From Matt Carmichael
I was delighted to discover an authoritative analysis of exactly who the “markets” are that we are all so beholden to (22 October, p 8). However, as someone who has been involved in many gatherings of so-called anti-capitalists, it was a shame the story resorted to clichéd caricature by suggesting such protesters believe in a corporate “conspiracy to rule the world”.
In my experience, demonstrators at these protests are far better informed. The anarchists have read Kropotkin, the Marxists have a touching faith in every line Marx wrote and a good many, such as the Keynesians and the steady-staters, are not anti-capitalist at all, but seek a radical revision of capitalism.
It is precisely because the economic flaws are structural, and not the result of cheating or even secretly playing the system, that we need a new structure.
Leeds, UK
