A podcast discussion of the post-capitalist future with Douglas Rushkoff

On democratic confederalism, alternative currencies, Rojava, the utopian imagination and a lot else besides

I recently talked with Douglas Rushkoff (who’s also on substack) on his Team Human podcast. Douglas is a theorist of post-capitalism, especially in tech and media. Our discussion was a joyous exploration of where we’re heading.

We talked about the origins of the relationship between capitalism and government, the financial crisis, cooperative banking, alternative currencies, resilience in the ecological collapse, democratic confederalism (of Bookchin and Ocalan), Mondragon and cooperative business, self-government in Rojava, taking on Hobbes, mutuality when authority collapses, alienation and the origins of fascism, the utopian imagination, Occupy Wall Street, the inevitability of financial crisis and emergence of a new post-capitalist paradigm. It was fun.

Or go to this link. Try to ignore the annoying ads at the start.