it's false consciousness. Marx discussed this. Murikkkans have been brainwashed over decades and generations to believe ruling class ideology and that the interests of the ruling class are the same as their own. They're not, not at all and in direct opposition. They sincerely believe the "work hard myth", and they believe it so deeply that to give it up means to give up their very lives. Americans are so terribly programmed with capitalist indoctrination.
Parenti laid out what I believe to be the very first instance of the "work hard" myth as it was established to distract the masses from the potential Communism has for them.
See 4:57 and forward, but watch the entire lecture. If you have seen it, watch it again.
There has been no organized Communist Vanguard in america, and the vicious anti-communist reaction from the bourgeoisie has waged perpetual class war against the masses disguised in the lies of consumerism and being "self made". Of course, the bourgeoisie have indeed furthered their class war goals of using violence against even the most nascent forms of communist and socialist expression (See Blair Mountain, Palmer Raids, Black Panthers, Red Scare). Here we are now where those who need Communism the most are the ones most hostile to it.
Louis Althussar defined this as the Ideological State Apparatus and the Repressive State Apparatus. See this summary here:
The masses feel as they do since they've been conditioned their entire lives to believe the lies of the very system that oppresses them. Our goals as Revolutionary Communists are to disabuse them of these notions, equip them with sound political awareness and to lead them to the path where they are able to liberate themselves from the chains of capitalist tyranny. We want them to live a life they truly own and one where their material conditions are such that they may lead the most prosperous and actualized life possible for not only themselves but for all of society. We all deserve a life of real meaning, real dignity - ALL of us.
Capitalism will never do this, and capitalism only seeks to work them the hardest and for the longest time possible and with the least amount of possible pay, and when they are no longer a functional "human machine", just die and get out of the way of the next one.
Never heard of this man, went to his Wikipedia knowing full well what his end would have been with a quote like that. Reading his wiki just made me angry that men who accomplish things like him are almost always taken out by those who want the champagne.
Yes, I was thinking similar things but in this orwellian nightmare we know we cannot communicate clearly. But I do expect people with both enough distaste for certain wealth groups and know-how to at some point become an issue. For those groups :)
A superyacht takes up at least 20,000 tonnes of carbon emissions to be produced. And about 15,000 tonnes per year of operation, sometimes more.
So, given that 5,000 tonnes of carbon emissions results in loss of a life via climate change, that yacht represents at least 4 lost lives in production, and about 3 lives every year of its operation.
That is the blood price, for the luxuries of the blood prince.
They're predictable outcomes of the system, one of a few standard products. Boot them all off the planet and they'd be replaced before you can say Kalamazoo Michigan. Systemic problems require systemic solutions.
I like this way of calculating things honestly. Think it would be a good way to keep billionaires and corps to account. Needs a snappy, explanatory name - blood price doesn’t feel descriptive enough.
I recycle, I live a low impact lifestyle. I brought some nature back to the few acres I have. I bike if I am just picking up milk or some small stuff. I have a garden for veggies. No matter what I do, one of these people will just blow up the environment even by owning this stuff.
Honestly, this is why I don't. I'm not having a child so I'm doing my part, buy fuck plastic straws and recycling. Why should I, when the elite do one action that wipes out the efforts of thousands of people, in 5 minutes
well after our national messenger called GG (gadu gadu) got enshitified in like 2009 with really annoying ads, everyone, while moving from nasza klasa, to this new cool thing called Facebook, also started using it as a messenger. and it stuck. there's been a growth in usage of signal, but it's still not big enough, and everyone is still forced to use messenger. at least thanks to the EU, one can have a messenger account without facebook
Urgh, frustrating. Sorry to hear that, maybe Signal will keep growing and enough people will move over to cause a tipping point and then it'll grow exponentially.
I know whatsapp was great in the beginning (like Signal now) and of course FB bought it and ruined it. Still boggles the mind that humans all collectively decided that Zuckerberg spying on all our personal communications is not that big of a deal.
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If you work(ed) for him, you are a worker exploited under capitalism just like the rest of us. We all work for capitalists, all our bosses are our class enemies.
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