Foreseeing the end: the pandemic that highlights the capitalism contradictions and rekindles the debate on restructuring and overcomes

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and deepened the capitalist system's contradictions, leading to the reappearance of the debate on system restructuring in political and economic discussions. In this context, the article aims to highlight the unsustainability of capitalism – due to such contradictions being inherent to the system –, and discuss options for overcoming inequality, unemployment, exploitation, and environmental crisis. Such as the Associated Mode of Production and the Economy of Francisco and Clara. Models in which the needs of human beings, their development, and environmental preservation are the central objectives of the production process.