It seems obvious to me that there are lots of ways to (ab)use the rules and logic of capitalism to fund a socialist revolution. What are your ideas to make capitalism eat itself?
It seems obvious to me that there are lots of ways to (ab)use the rules and logic of capitalism to fund a socialist revolution. What are your ideas to make capitalism eat itself?
Mine is to make a customer co-op insurance company, with better premiums, coverage, etc than traditional ones, because we don’t have to make a profit. By trying to compete, the capitalists would have to break their staff, heightening contradictions etc, and removing the profits from the insurance industry. A bit accelerationist, but I want the insurance companies to burn.
A second one is to massively short a company, then burn it to the ground. Then you roll the profits into the next one(s). A bit more direct, that.
If you’ve got the capital to do either of these, you could do something a lot more positive. If you do this to a company, you’ll destroy the livelihoods of all the workers. Maybe I could see the logic with a fossil fuel extraction, but you must have billions to short it and you could build social housing and schools with that money.
Edit: and if you short it, the capital still exists. Other capitalists will eventually get their hands on the machinery and nothing much changes.