Gückstag - Happiness and capitalism

In a world characterized by finiteness, where resources are abundant but finite, the economy cannot grow endlessly. Can a love tank filled by interpersonal relationships be the solution?

This is also the view of many experts, who are proclaiming the imminent end of capitalism - but then what?

There are countless theories that would like to save us in the future. Whether any of them are actually viable remains to be seen.

There are socially oriented ideas such as the economy for the common good, which, like its euphonious name, aims to keep society as a whole in mind. However, according to former EU Commissioner and President of the Board of Trustees for Advanced Studies in Vienna, Dipl. Ing. Dr. Franz Fischler, it is rather unlikely that this construct will play along with the rules of democracy, i.e. whether it can also win elections.

Theories that flirt with regression and propagate renunciation as the only solution should also be questioned, probably because rethinking seems so difficult. Voluntarily giving up our accustomed high standard of living is not an issue - but perhaps it is.

Hans-Otto Thomashoff, author of the book "More brains in politics", says that what is really important for human happiness are human relationships. However, these are neglected in our current system, as full-time employment in both our professional and private lives means we have little time to nurture these healing bonds.

In fact, interpersonal relationships come last in turbo-capitalism. According to Thomashoff, this is bad and counterproductive.

He argues that if we were to give the bonds the importance they actually have for us, the question of a second or third car would not even arise.

pro.earth conclusion:

Actually, that sounds really logical, maybe I'll ask the boss how that could be solved. 💚