the future needs "a way to invest in survival, to go long on civilization, as opposed to the many ingenious ways that finance had found to short civilization, thus in the process shifting most of the surplus value created in the last four decades to the richest two percent of the population" (288)
> from Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future (2020)
> tagged with #future, #capitalism
> created May 28, 2025 at 10:07:02 AM
> part of unfinished everything
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