“All natural and technological processes proceed in such a way; the availability of the remaining energy decreases. In all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves an isolated system, the entropy of that system increases. Energy continuously flows from being concentrated to becoming dispersed, spread out, wasted, and useless. New energy cannot be created, and high-grade energy is being destroyed. An economy based on endless growth is unsustainable.” –From The Second Law by Muse
Economics is the study of the conversation of kinetic energy (labor) into chemical energy (wealth). The laws of thermodynamic therefore directly apply to economics. Inflation is therefore simply the measurable increase in economic entropy. Wealth, as a storage medium for the value of energy extracted through labor, losses value over time as the system tries to expand beyond it’s fixed physical limits. It’s value goes from being concentrated to being disappearsed.
Therefore, according to the second law of thermodynamics, if no wealth enters an isolated system, such as is the case on the planet Earth (or more accurately the solar system if you insist on being pedantic), under the pressure of capitalism’s need for constant economic expansion, it will always ultimately devalue the currency until it inevitably reaches collapse. They call this a “market crash“. This is the inevitable result of what happens when the needs of the people outweigh the amount of value their labor can provide them. Since there’s only so much time in the day that one can use for working without physically collapsing, there is therefore a fixed wall beyond which no more labor can be extracted from an individual. As the pay cut effect inflation has on one’s income increases exponentially, eventually you reach critical mass.
Therefore, because of the fundamental laws of thermodynamics, capitalism is inherently unsustainable. Late stage capitalism always gives way to fascism in a desperate attempt by the exploitive class to keep capitalism alive on life support. It starts with corporate subsides and bailouts at the taxpayer expense, and ends with a totalitarian expansion as the rich try desperately to hold their crumbling wealth together as it inevitably gives away to entropy. Economic expansion hits its fixed physical limits and so they look to military expansion to try to maintain the endless growth, but that too is unsustainable and will inevitably fail.
Under such conditions the poor, who’s share of the pie continues to dwindle, is forced to work harder and harder to make less and less until they can’t anymore. Eventually they have no choice but revolt or starve.
This isn’t hypothetical. We have direct historical evidence of this happening. After the end of the first world war, the economy of the Weimar Republic was in shambles. Its currency had reached an inflation rate so astronomical that they literally had to carry carts of the stuff everywhere in order to buy anything. Faced with such a situation, the rich turned to a fascist takeover of the country, turning it into what we now know as Nazi Germany. In order to win over the masses, they pulled a bait and switch. They feigned socialism while being its literal polar opposite. Additionally, they used forms of prejudice such as racism (primarily in the form of antisemitism and romaphobia), homophobia, transphobia, ableism and the like to turn the working class against themselves so they would accept the new totalitarian regime, mistaking their neighbors as their enemies rather than the predatory class that was pulling the strings. (Sound familiar?)
If it wasn’t for the brave heroism of the allied Anti-Fascist (Antifa for short) forces taking the flight to the shores of Normandy, it likely would have gotten a whole lot worse before it got any better.
Therefore, if we want to halt the inevitable march towards fascism, we must convert our economy from one centered on endless growth into one centered on maintaining stability, such as democratic communism. We have no other options and time is quickly running out. Like it or not, the rise of fascism is inevitable under capitalism due to the fundamental laws of nature.
The word communism likely made you flinch, but have you ever considered why? How about we follow the money and see who has a vested interest in keeping you afraid.
Now, if communism is really as bad as they say, why would they feel the need to spend so much money to keep you afraid of it? Really makes you think, doesn’t it?
I know the knee-jerk reaction is to say “yeah well communism failed” but have you ever thought about why that is? If in the Olympics, a US athlete pulled a gun and shot off the kneecaps of the Russian athlete, we wouldn’t say that the Russian athlete was a failure, we’d say the US athlete cheated, so why when the race was economic, do we let the sabotage of the Soviet Union by the US get a pass? In reality, capitalism cannot compete with communism without cheating. I’m not just talking out my ass either, I’m holding physical proof in my hands.
If you need further proof of what’s coming if you don’t fight immediately, look into the actions of Plantir and Oracle, which is a capitalist led effort to build a social credit score system designed to force people into compliance with the upcoming fascist regime.A great breakdown of this threat to democracy can be found here:
All the horrors they said would come about under communism are things they’ve done under capitalism. It’s the old “everything accusation by the right is a confession” once again.
I’m now reminded of the words of one of the founding fathers of the United States:
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” –Patrick Henry
So in the words of the Dropkick Murphys 🎵 Who’ll stand with us? 🎵