Forces At Work

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Tag: capitalism

  • Campism is a non-sequitur

    The campist says “conditions are not ideal, but we must conform to them and put aside ideological considerations,” as if the pressure to conform could ever escape what is latent in choosing an opposition. If you oppose a pole within capitalism, you either have ideological considerations for doing so, which necessitate considerations of praxis, or…

  • Monstrous alienation

    The left side of this video still is what is granted to the right side and vice versa to keep them locked in capitalist relations without revolt. The worker can at least spend, and the consumer is sustained from their labor. This ends up being unfreedom on both ends. They are both a consequence of…