One of the main reasons our era is faced with intractable environmental problems is that we tend to look at the world with capitalist eyes, as an ensemble of commodities. Specifically, our world is forced into a cycle of commodities, in which the ultimate end of things is determined not by regeneration but by commodification. When something can no longer be a commodity, then, it is "externalized" -- made into trash. This diary will explore the cycle of commodities, and suggest an alternative way which doesn't present such intractable environmental problems.
(crossposted at Docudharma)
continued at Daily Kos....
