“The only way out of this political trap is progressive internationalism, based on solidarity among large majorities around the world who are prepared to rekindle democratic politics on a planetary scale. If this sounds Utopian, it is worth emphasizing that the raw materials are already available.”
Yanis Varoufakis was Greek Minister of Finance from the left wing Syrizia Party until very recently.
Fredric Jameson is credited with the observation, one he denies authorship of while confessing to memory loss of the source, “that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.”
Utopian imagination is something we are in need of!
[My] Contribution to the [Return of] the Critique of Political Economy 