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minus-squareGraylitic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoBoth 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.
minus-squareSeethingSloth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoCan you point me towards a particular chapter or book where he wrote about capital as a god? It sounds intriguing.
minus-squareGraylitic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoHere’s a great article on it, with direct quotes. Marx gets funky.
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.
Can you point me towards a particular chapter or book where he wrote about capital as a god? It sounds intriguing.
Here’s a great article on it, with direct quotes.
Marx gets funky.