Transitioning beyond Capitalism Part 2
Welcome to our third online Prout Conference.
Capitalism is in serious crisis, with spiraling government and private debt, enormous wealth concentration in a few hands, stock markets propped up by central banks, escalating unemployment, inflation, environmental degradation and deepening corruption. When capitalism reaches this level of dysfunction, war is typically not far behind – and war, indeed, is what we’re now seeing in Europe.
Today, more than ever, a growing body of people are realising that capitalism is beyond reform and repair – and systemic change is now necessary. While Marxism may have looked good in theory, it, too, proved a dismal failure in the practical world.
Now, more than ever, clear, robust alternatives to capitalism and communism are essential. It is this situation that prompted P.R. Sarkar to develop the Progressive Utilisation Theory or PROUT – a holistic set of dynamic principles which can be applied by communities and nations to effect balanced, integrated development, free from local and foreign exploitation. Noam Chomsky had this to say: “Prout’s cooperative model, based on sharing the planet’s resources for the welfare of everyone, deserves our serious consideration.”
In this online conference we will focus on several aspects of Progressive Utilisation Theory.
Our presenters look at:
- What is Prout’s ideal form of government? This is discussed from historical, ideological and administrative viewpoints.
- How Prout is expanding the idea of resources beyond the physical to include the subtle and very subtle: the supramundane, the metaphysical and the spiritual potentialities of the individual and the collective body.
- The current world situation and why capitalist nations are moving towards totalitarian control: what is unfolding, from where it comes and how to change it