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Mahsa Shekarloo: Well, at the rate that capitalism is going, perhaps nothing. It might just destroy the world by the time it’s finished.

by Mahsa Shekarloo

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Martin Almada: We believe that at some point in time people will notice that this economic model cannot function any longer, it can´t continue like this. We expect the mankind to see that there is going to be a suicide,a collective suicide. This year the climate change has demonstrated how ferocious it can be. There is no time left for any doubts, we have experience and we have proof. We have to prepare and build up a more human political and economic system. Our next stage is possibly going to be socialism, democratic socialism, equitable and pluralist, multiethnical and multicultural. Such a world is possible and we need it. Probably our next phase is going to be that o suicide ferocity socialism

by Martin Almada

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Masami Saionji: Under capitalism, capitalists take sole possession of profits Very few of them gain prosperity. On the other hand, the people who cannot possess these profits are frustrated at this inequality. This frustration creates tense and conflict between them. If this type of capitalism continues, it destroys the harmony among people and turns into open conflict. To avoid such conflicts, I believe, hearts and minds of people are very important. There seems to be only the capitalism with self-interest minds around the world. Many people under current capitalism think only their own interest, profit and happiness. Gradually ... I think after capitalism reflecting every person's mind... pure-sharing... one lives with one's own man... one asks only what one needs... such ....

by Masami Saionji

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Masuma Bibi Russel: Well, well, I would say it’s socialism or we will have a real world. You know, we are enough of this capitalism and all this people will live in a world better way. There will be peace, there will be happiness, there will be love, affection, and people are part of this world. I think socialism, but I don’t know – I don’t know the word but there should be something, enough of capitalism. I think people will be living in the world which is a free world, it’s like – you are not stamped that you are coming from that part of the world, this part of the world. There will be a world where the economic development will be from each part, not only industrial development, in the agriculture, in crafts, in art, music and everything. I think that after capitalism I think we would have a world where will be wonderful to live. I don’t know the word of what will be. But maybe socialism in a better way, in a better world.

by Masuma Bibi Russel

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Mayank Mehta: That’s a good question. My first answer is, I don’t know, because we have no idea really right now what is capitalism and where is that going? I think the world is still inventing itself or still discovering itself and I could imagine a very positive way out of this. As more and more countries become capitalistic, there will be competition between capitalism itself. Right now, the capitalism, today it is practiced is the hands of very few and those countries who are capitalistic, or the so called First World. They are not really competing with each other. They have some way of pushing their competition over to some part of the world, perhaps to the Third World and win this war of capitalism. And my hope is that as people in the Third World, which are right now, the battle ground for the capitalism war between the First World countries as they become more and more prosperous, those countries in the Third World will migrate over to the Second World and then eventually to the First World. And then, there’ll be competition lets say, between China, which will be a capitalistic country, which will be able to fight in economic terms with the First World countries such as, Europe any of those in Europe and the United States. In that situation, I have a feeling that these whole game that is going on right now will move on in a better way. In that case, people will be able to treat each other much more even terms and capitalism will be tampered, it won’t be that mere profit of one set of country or a small subgroup of people in one country will dominate, as it is going on right now. The decisions of across the world, but it will be farmers in China, will be able to have some say in the development all along with perhaps, the mega-corporation in the United States, that’s the hope.

by Mayank Mehta

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