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On the Marc Steiner Show, Joshua Clark Davis discusses his book ‘From Head Shops to Whole Foods,” which details the effects of bringing the New Left, Black Power, feminism, and environmentalism into the marketplace

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20 thoughts on “Can a Business in the US be Anti-Capitalist?”

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Wtf ! Left political leaders , union leaders , media are all anti small and medium. Business in Australia

I was waiting to hear the name Rosa Luxemberg, she addressed the theoretical problems of coops and worker-owned businesses within capitalism in her book "Reform or Revolution" first published in 1900. If you want to understand "where we're going you need to understand where we've been (Steiner), "history" goes back a bit further than the 1960's…

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"horizontal hierarchies"?

ANOTHER GREAT INTERVIEW AND SHOW MARK. Very informative and interesting. I and my friends and Family are looking forward to more of your Great shows. Paul Jay please have a dedicate Mark Steiner show. I can have people sign a request and drum up some donations and support for a MARK STEINER SHOW
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I/m 73 so I was there, it was a great time to be young. We were on a mission against injustice & we saw big business & consumerism as a division to separate people. There was a resurgence of art galleries, art leagues, occult/ metaphysical.stores & centers; musicians; learning centers: yoga, crafts, cooking, guitar; day care; coffee houses, thrift & consignment shops, record stores, book exchanges,bike shops, .community gardens, tents & camping gear Many of us went into teaching & social services to empower kids, women & poor – our path to educate & to help build community centers. We also rehabbed old city houses, integrated neighborhoods – DIY was huge. Home Depot prospered into the current chain & so did Volkswagen! And then came Reagan…

I was 15 in 1970, have never had a business and know nothing about economy. Bearing this in mind, that era, insofar as I understood it or participated it, was perhaps, more than anything else, anti-materialistic and anti consumer society. There was a feeling of hope, and that hope was built on a future that focused on fraternal love, spirituality, the environment, thought, creativity, art and the value of the individual versus the consumer. While not an economic movement, the values that were widely held were, in many instances, the inverse of those of the capitalist system (profits above all else and the commercialization or commodification of everything; the 'worth' of a person being measured by how much money they had.

By their own nature mega multinational corporations are self evidently anti small "c" capitalist as a base function of their existence. If business leaders and senior managers instill in the employee the sense "You're lucky to have a job here, don't screw it up" rather than the sense that "We seek to ensure your flourishing, security and prosperity". Then you'll know the underlying agenda. Your senses won't lie.

Fantastic video. Thank you.

Capitalism = Profits Over People and Planet

I won't be giving business to any of these political businesses. For the exact same reason I won't get food from Poppa Johns pizza, or Chick Fillet, I also would not get food from these places. Businesses have no place pushing politics, and if they do push politics then I and many other people will simply not give them business. It used to be that businesses held a political stance of not serving black people, then later with the help of honorable people like Martin Luther King Jr., our society moved on past that. Now we are having social degeneracy and are moving back to this segregated political pushing ideologies that attempt to oppress minorities.

If you want to fight capitalism, make a cooperative employee owned business that competes with traditional corporations. But still your business should not be attempting to push ideology.