Seth Godin: The paradigm flip

Seth Godin discusses The paradigm flip.

Not all paradigms flip. Often, humanity is stuck with a culturally-entrenched system that’s difficult to change. But when we see an opportunity to contribute, the hard work is being willing to walk away from our reliance on how things were instead of simply trying to make a small shift happen.

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One can see Capitalism as a paradigm. It permeates everywhere: economics, politics, religion, philosophy, culture, etc. So extensive is this paradigm, many people can not see the influence of Capitalism in how they act and think about the world. Capitalism dominates the objective and subjective reality for many people.

This is why the consciousness of the working class is the paramount arena for the struggle for a better world. It is up to us to patiently explain that the discontent and suffering that workers feel is due to Capitalism. We offer an alternative in Socialim.

Change is scary. Revolution is especially so. There is comfort in the status quo despite the personal costs. The Capitalist ideologues reinforce this inertia by continually asserting that 'Socialism has failed everywhere it has been tried". This assertion is difficult to counteract given the collapse of the USSR and the ongoing poverty and underdevelopment of current Socialist states (Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela, and Laos).

The case against 'Socialism with Chinese Characteristics' is not mentioned by Capitalism ideologues. They prefer to attribute the success of China to authoritarism, possibly bolstering their arguments for authoritarian regimes in their own countries.

The Chinese Party of China (CPC) is trying to use state capitalism to develop their economy while maintaining the facade of a Socialist state. The local communities have direct democracy while higher levels are filled by what the CPC maintains is a meritocracy. The CPC calls this 'participatory democracy'. I do not know enough to further comment on this.