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The World Before COVID Wasn't Healthy—It Was Dying. (Werner Wintersteiner)
Learning to Rethink the World: A Plea for Planetary Politics
What if the 'normal' world we desperately want to return to was never actually healthy? Austrian peace researcher Werner Wintersteiner, in his book *Learning to Rethink the World: A Plea for Planetary Politics*, argues that the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't a random accident—it was an X-ray of a system already in terminal decline. He reveals how our global economy, built on infinite growth and extraction, actively manufactures pandemics, ecological collapse, and staggering inequality. This video breaks down his radical framework: the myth of Western charity (the Global South actually subsidizes the rich by $3 trillion annually), the fatal flaw of 'green growth,' and why our military budgets are useless against a virus. Wintersteiner doesn't just diagnose the disease; he offers a way out—'planetary politics' and grassroots solidarity. But be warned: his conclusions are brutally uncomfortable. Watch to understand why the crisis isn't the problem—it's the symptom.
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