Wizinsky-Quote

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“This slow transformation will make use of the productive technological and innovative gains of capitalism but repurpose them toward more democratic and egalitarian social and economic outcomes. This change will not take place through a sudden or violent political revolution, nor will it happen organically on its own. It will require collective effort toward remaking work, culture, and society beyond the competitive, free-market models defined by private ownership of the systems of value production....

.... design puts into motion huge quantities of labor, materials, technology, and investment. How designers do this work, how they exercise their authority in decision making, how they engage the communities in which they work and live – makes a tremendous impact.”

- Matthew Wizinsky in Design After Capitalism (2022)