hm.

so i got in touch with mike. wrote and mailed carrie jay. went to air india, filed complaint and got concrete ticket changing information. finished a paulo friere essay. emailed rents. emailed ise folk. showered. bought figs and those wonderful sesame balls.

the lecturer today, arun sabrahimin, was engaging and challenging. he presented a critical but fully capitalist position. i caught myself feeling overwhelmed by the picture he painted of the world and how capital is everywhere and a relentless beast, ever growing consuming and changing. word to that. but i got over my fear and was like, hey wait a second! capital aint got shit on me!

i mean, it does, but ive got more shit on it. like say fertilizer from the ISE? or sustainble building skills? or growing your own food?

he posed a question, to the critics of globalization, to our group this morning: if not this system, what else? what is your alternative?

that there is no one alternative and there need not be. capitalism functions so amazingly becuase it leaves no room for alternative ideologies to exist; capitalism is a monoculture. it must grow and grow and grow to exist so it has to reach all corners of the world; there need not be an alternative that functions similarly.

its not as simple as that, but as a foundation, i think that sentiment holds up well.

im hungry and the dinner bell rang

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