Partisans of the GND, when they are not harking back to FDR’s work
programs, often compare the calamity ahead of us to the massive military
buildup for WWII, but this is a fallacious analogy. Then relatively
direct commands – build tanks, ships, guns – were assigned to corporate
bosses who knew what to do. Our situation today doesn’t resemble a
war-time economy. This is not to discount the patriotism of millions to
civilians who entered the factories and shipyards (including many women
who promptly lost their industrial status when the troops returned).
What we face is a country-wide diversity of tasks that no Captains of
Industry (if any can be found) are equipped to undertake. And instead of
patriotism driving the population to participate, an ecological
internationalism seems more appropriate as current motivation. An
internationalism, however, that’s grounded on democratic participation
at the local level—all over world. The solidarity necessary to transform
a profit-driven economy arises from local actions like, to choose one
example, the rise of Mutual Aid groups across the world to mitigate the
effects of COVID19 lockdowns. People participate in these activities
because they are invested in fostering a good life for themselves and
their neighbors. There’s no place for Progress here. Or, rather, we need
to define progress as the avoidance imminent catastrophes in pursuit of
a life of abundant joy.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/05/the-green-new-old-deal-a-new-industrial-policy-when-we-need-a-de-industrial-policy/
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