Money Re: 2008 McCain Moment of the Day
posted by on July 10 at 9:59 AM
Got that? This faltering economy stuff is all in your head. Please continue to consume and spend as usual.I actually agree with McCain’s assessment of things, and, to a good degree, so would Marx. If the first book of Capital is about anything, it’s this: capitalism is less an economic system and more a belief system. The end of capitalism is then the end of a certain spell, a disenchantment. This disenchantment, however, is not like the one that’s pictured in the movie The Matrix, a fall from the illusions of happiness to the miseries of reality. Nor is it the absolute elucidation that Marx longed for his whole life long. It’s more instead a re-enchantment, another kind of dreaming and believing. We accept that the nature of humans is first of all symbolic, and so the solutions to their problems must first be found in the human system of symbols. The superstructure—not the base—is our foundation.
Great. Just what I need first thing in the morning. A lecture on semiotics.
in other news, karl rove refuses to testify in front of congress, may face contempt charges.
Ah, to be re-enchanted, a thousand times over, again and again. Peace everlasting, world without end!
how much did marx pay for a gallon of milk?
@ #4. That's a difficult question, his labour theory of value was pretty much worthless.
It appears you also agree with Phil Gramm, another great marxist- he says we are not in a recession at all, its all in our heads.
Charles Mudede- Marxist Republican
It does have a certain ring to it...
Charles...is Marxism a belief system?
Is it possible to develop an intense personal dislike of someone simply by their Slog posts (namely Charles)?
Yes, #8. Yes it is.
Marx wrote about THE MATRIX?
It is impossible to dislike Charles.
I like Charles' posts.
This is quite true. Economic activity is self-fulfilling: if you think it's slowing down, it will.
What?
"We accept that the nature of humans is first of all symbolic."
What does that mean?
I feel like I'm reading stuff I wrote when I was high in college. Talk to the jury, Charles, make it clear.
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