Liberatory Business with Simone Seol
Let's build community care, social responsibility, and allyship into every aspect of your business — not as an afterthought, but as a core foundation. Because business isn’t neutral. The way we sell, market, and structure our offers either upholds oppressive systems or actively works to dismantle them.
We’re here to have honest, nuanced, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations about what it really means to run a business that is both profitable and radically principled.
Liberatory Business with Simone Seol
35. Business does NOT equal capitalism: a guide for reclaiming commerce
Capitalism is so entrenched in our world, it's hard to think of business, money, and wealth outside of it. And yet, capitalism is extremely new to human history — even the history of human commerce.
Commerce that connected and enriched humanity, as opposed to exploit and extract, has existed for thousands of years before capitalism. And it's time for us to reclaim and re-create what commerce can look like.
Listen to hear more about:
- What sophisticated human commerce looked like for thousands of years before capitalism existed
- The shocking historical event that changed everything overnight (that they didn't teach me about in school)
- Why capitalism literally cannot stop — it's not a choice, it's built into the system
- Five key ideas that will point you toward participating in alternative liberatory forms of commerce
This conversation is deep and rigorous, and it matters. If you've ever felt conflicted about doing business in our current system, this episode will change how you see everything, and offer you a viable path forward.