The Economy, Society and the State

In this monologue I will attempt to explain the intersectionality between the economy and society, and how it is justified and moderated by the state. The modern West, like all the economic regimes of the past ten thousand years, relies on myths to beguile the public into accepting the economic status quo. This happens prior to revolutions bringing into existence new social relationships, built upon new economic foundations which it is the role of the new state to protect. The modern neoliberal status quo, promoted as the Western way of life since the 1970s is now, with the collusion of politicians, undermining society in ways that only a few of us can imagine. It therefore feels like a good time for ordinary people to once again start talking about what the next revolution might look like.