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[–] miz@hexbear.net 37 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Marx’s impressive predictions are a direct result of this analysis. Weber paraphrases Marx as appreciating that “the limits to the exploitation of the feudal serf were determined by the walls of the stomach of the feudal lord.” Under capitalism, on the other hand, we have profit-oriented commodity production. This means that neither “stomach walls” nor any other kind of natural limit impose themselves: accumulation can be infinite, and since everything is tradeable with everything else, the capitalist not only can but must (in order to compete) accumulate without limit. Growth for the sake of growth, a growth that is indifferent to what kind of work anybody actually does.

from https://redsails.org/why-marxism/

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 6 months ago

The fact that Marx continues to be relevant today really highlights the power of material analysis.

[–] SupFBI@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

The complicity will continue until the billionaires and their sycophant politicians are safely ensconced inside their NZ bunkers.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

The complicity will continue until the billionaires and their sycophant politicians are safely ensconced inside their NZ vaults.

FTFY

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I find the whole bunker thing incredibly funny myself. Like we all saw how people were going nuts during pandemic lockdowns. Now imagine the most narcissistic people who are used to their every whim catered living in a cage. It's not gonna matter how gilded they can make their cages, they will go insane within weeks.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

Looking forward to cracking their bunkers open and seeing them fully turned into Morlocks after a fortnight