In our final shareout, we dive into the types of politics, the importance of political alliances, and how we can “change everything.”

In our last shareout, we made visible the problems with our capitalist food system, from the metabolic rift to the exploitation of land, the environment, and people. We also countered some popular capitalist arguments. But knowing the talking points and issues with a capitalist food system isn’t enough. We must also understand the system’s core components to grasp how they are fundamentally opposed to the well-being of people and the land.

In our last shareout from the book, A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism by Eric Holt-Giménez, we learned about the historical emergence of our food system through centuries of land privatization, colonization, and imperialism. In this shareout, we clarify the numerous problems with our capitalist food system and counter some common capitalist talking points.

In the previous shareout, we expressed the importance of understanding our capitalist food system in order to change it. In this shareout, we tackle the question, “How did our capitalist food system come to be?”

Capitalism is the dominant global economic system we live in today. Capitalism affects nearly everything surrounding us, from the food we eat to our health and living conditions. Yet, how capitalism functions eludes most of us, even among activists who are aware of its harmful impacts.