Glopartheid

When the rainbow nation of South Africa defeated apartheid in 1994, it was widely hailed as a political miracle. But we are still living under global apartheid – and it may be getting worse. South African apartheid was a brutal system of governance that had three fundamental characteristics: it was exclusive (benefiting the minority in power), exploitative (abusing labour and human rights) and extractive (‘cashing in’ natural resources for short-term enrichment). Yet, in the global capitalist economy, don’t the same characteristics apply? By contrast, how can we redesign our economic and business systems to be inclusive, empowering and restorative?

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 1. Buy on Lulu ↗