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Grayox@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Capitalism is killing our planet

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Capitalism is killing our planet

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Grayox@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.world
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    It’s crazy that people can’t even imagine doing things differently than capitalism.

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      Both crazy and omnipresent. Capitalist Realism is a troubling mental hurdle to cross, as it’s so ingrained into common culture.

      Marx’s depiction of Capital as a living, breathing God is fascinating and worth looking into, if you haven’t before.

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        Can you point me towards a particular chapter or book where he wrote about capital as a god? It sounds intriguing.

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          Here’s a great article on it, with direct quotes.

          Marx gets funky.

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      I think it’s more that the attempts so far haven’t been very promising

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        Yep, Capitalism hasn’t shown much promise, every single instance has resulted in eventual decay and stagnation, with rising exploitation, stagnating wages with respect to productivity, and more. That’s why Socialism is necessary.

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          I was talking about communism

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            Oh, sorry, thought you said something smart. Guess I overestimated you.

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              It’s fine

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