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      3 months ago

      Krishnamurti noted that “It is no measure of mental health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society,” and I think capitalism feeds on a profoundly sick society.

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      Is it reinventing itself when it’s just a rehash of the same old fascist tendencies?

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        I try not to throw such strong words around but it’s not meant to be a rehash, more like evolution. Like when a bacteria becomes immune to certain antibiotics.

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      I recommend you read the section “11. CAPITAL AND THE DESTINY OF CAPITALISM” of the introduction to Capital vol. 1 (Penguin Classics version), written by Ernest Mandel. You are basically regurgitating what he calls:

      ridicule by a monotonous succession of authors in the last decades

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      That’s because you can’t uninvent money no matter how many concentration camps you build.