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Capitalism is in crisis all the time. Thus, millions upon millions of people dying from preventable starvation or lack of medication ought to count as crisis. Billions of people occupying economic roles that deny them dignity and influence even over their own immediate conditions much less over broader social relations, ought to count as crisis…Capitalism is only publicly recognized to be in crisis, however, when its deadly decay escalates to affect those at the top - which is why we now say, hey, this week capitalism is in crisis, whereas a year back, with only slightly less human costs piling up - we didn’t say it was in crisis. There is a balance sheet. Some peoples’ suffering counts - ours. Some peoples’ suffering doesn’t count - theirs. ”



Michael Albert, writer, activist and market-abolitionist