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piabo 's review for:
The Invisible Doctrine
by George Monbiot, Peter Hutchinson
This book helped me put my thinking more into historical context. Why the world is how it is today seems to make more sense to me now. I was especially happy when the author mentioned complexity :)
While reading the book, following the narrative was easy, but now trying to recount it is not as easy. I wonder if this is because neoliberalism is so deeply stuck in my being that it is hard to imagine a world outside of it.
I still wonder about the "why" of the other side. Why would people with a lot of money be so mean? Is it just because money makes people bad (I can't believe it)? Or is there something more complex at play (must be, but what is it?)? How can we stop the rich from exploiting the planet and the people? I believe that most people have good intentions, but that the system makes them act a certain way. What are those levers we must push to change it?
I also wish there were more answers on how the thinking of the people who vote for the right works. There are currently so many, and I am still looking for answers on their motives other than "the rich people put a lot of money into changing their opinion into supporting them". How exactly does it work? Someone tell me. There are still so many black boxes I feel like I need to understand better before we can actually change this system. Or am I just one of those people he describes at the end, who wants to change the world incrementally rather than in big waves at a time? Do we have all the answers we need, and does change really lie in doing rather than thinking about it? Possibly. Maybe both at the same time?
While reading the book, following the narrative was easy, but now trying to recount it is not as easy. I wonder if this is because neoliberalism is so deeply stuck in my being that it is hard to imagine a world outside of it.
I still wonder about the "why" of the other side. Why would people with a lot of money be so mean? Is it just because money makes people bad (I can't believe it)? Or is there something more complex at play (must be, but what is it?)? How can we stop the rich from exploiting the planet and the people? I believe that most people have good intentions, but that the system makes them act a certain way. What are those levers we must push to change it?
I also wish there were more answers on how the thinking of the people who vote for the right works. There are currently so many, and I am still looking for answers on their motives other than "the rich people put a lot of money into changing their opinion into supporting them". How exactly does it work? Someone tell me. There are still so many black boxes I feel like I need to understand better before we can actually change this system. Or am I just one of those people he describes at the end, who wants to change the world incrementally rather than in big waves at a time? Do we have all the answers we need, and does change really lie in doing rather than thinking about it? Possibly. Maybe both at the same time?