Materialist analysis doesn’t deny that poor men can perpetrate horrific violence against women and queer people. It rejects the idea that these relations are ahistorical or can be understood as products of individual morality, detached from the social conditions that shape them.
Demand does not create a right to supply. Without currency or profit, people cooperate to meet needs directly. If a community decides hypercars waste resources needed for essentials, they simply won't produce them despite some demand. Socialists put people over materialist slop.
It cannot be overstated the fact that we’re all gonna die for the wealth of like 1000 people max. When the collapse happens, just keep those people in mind.
isn't it funny how being anti-cop & anti-ice is a universal statement but being anti-military is a taboo that will get you called a classist. isn't it interesting how we only judge systems of power when they harm americans but they are not that bad if they affect the global south
Class struggle is violence, even when it's bloodless. Strikes, blockades & boycotts deprive capitalists of profits – the means of their survival. Capitalists know this and respond accordingly. Don't preach peaceful resistance and expect the capitalist to accept it as such.
Cuando VALVe estaba al borde de la quiebra y Gabe Newell fue a pedir ayuda para lanzar Steam, el 99% de la industria le dijo que no, que perdía el tiempo. No fueron una o dos empresas. Fueron todas. Lo cuenta el propio GabeN en el documental del 20º aniversario de Half-Life 2.
Ahora esa misma industria llora porque quieren parte del pastel que su propia incompetencia y arrogancia les impidió ver.
Excepto VALVe, nadie pensó a largo plazo. Nadie se jugó la empresa y el patrimonio personal contra una industria sin visión. Nadie apostó por tratar a sus clientes como personas.
Por eso CEOs como @TimSweeneyEpic y compañía se la pasan despidiendo gente en masa mientras buscan nuevas formas de exprimir y abusar de los jugadores, en vez de construir una comunidad de verdad.
Steam no es un monopolio. Es la recompensa por hacer las cosas bien cuando nadie más tuvo cojones.
The police are a gang, a protection racket. Politicians and other officials are terrified of them, and they make sure it’s with good reason. They also depend on them for protection against the public they’re fucking over. All cops are crooked cops.