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you see man as a rather dismal creature

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@WhiteSocialism8 An interesting question that emerges from an acquaintance with NS theory and history is, “could NS have ever been anything but a fleeting historical moment?” If you cut me some mystical slack, allow me to invoke here Jung’s archetypal equation of the TR with the elusive Wotan.

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It may be difficult to admit it, but very few people, including myself and most of you on here, can truly imagine a world where int’l finance does not presence at all or a state that isn’t even partly enmeshed with it. This speaks to the power of the system and little else.

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The problem of legitimacy will continue to plague movements that are anti-establishmentarian to the point of standing outside the system (e.g., usury abolitionists, hippie style politics, etc.). Subconsciously we still accept political legitimacy is conferred by the system.

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@ScionOfTaal @ScionOfAsuryan @WhiteSocialism8 You can be humble, thank me for providing you with direct excerpts, and concede it was wrong of you to reduce capitalist society to MCM, or you can continue shifting the goalposts of discussion. Whatever the case, I wish you all the best in pursuing much-needed further reading!

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@ScionOfTaal @ScionOfAsuryan @WhiteSocialism8 Don’t stray from my objection, which was not that MCM wasn’t visible in the TR economy, but that the reduction of capitalist society to MCM is a misstep. These parts of Capital Vol. 1 may help you, and I’ve included the mention of MCM as also present in pre-capitalist society.

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@ScionOfTaal @ScionOfAsuryan @WhiteSocialism8 If you think he is referring to MCM here, and if you think that any mention of commodities = MCM, you are retarded. Just read down and you’ll understand that commodities start with use value b4 exchange v. I take it you’re new to Marxist theory, so I don’t mean to be too harsh.

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@ScionOfTaal @ScionOfAsuryan @WhiteSocialism8 I’m not disputing that, but to assess a society’s status as capitalist or not through the sole criterion of M-C-M betrays a lack of exposure to Marx. It’s as though you’ve watched one or two Harvey lectures on YouTube and called it a day. Im suggesting you’re being too reductive.

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It has fully devolved into recycled posting of British Empire edits, Sonnenrad memes, performative masculinity via looksmaxxing and forced obsessions with female celeb xyz, fawning over 80s Northeast USA aesthetic, Nietzsche w/o context, and clips of Jews talking about the goyim.

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Right wing side of X is just aggressively asserting that you are right wing over and over again. Oh you are racist and anti immigration and you think trannies are bad. Wow that is really interesting tell me more man.

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@Syncophated Hyperpolitics’ value is that it offers a sort of schema which can helpfully frame some discourse going forward, but it isn’t revelatory and is effectively just the use of Dewey’s social capital to critique contemporary politics. We all bought it bc of the cover let’s be real.

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@Syncophated Pale Blue Eyes and Sister Ray are good starting points

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New Sleep song The Morrisist isn’t bad but sounds more like a Sleep-inspired local band -- they should really have kept Jason on drums (and Matt ofc), Dale is great with Melvins but just doesn’t suit Sleep’s style. But Al has blazed himself to total indifference it seems…

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@guilherme94jose The left is largely incapable of effecting transformative political change because it is bogged down in its myopic anti-fascism (and anti-racism) instead of focussing on articulating class struggle anew. It’s not just Trotskyists that are responsible for this either.

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Bessent’s contempt for Lutnick confirms he is the most interesting cabinet member of Trump 2. He compares Trump with Soros: “They are the same animal, but George is in the market, President Trump is political. Incredible propensity to take risks, and incredible survival skills.��

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Amusing to learn in Haberman and Swan’s new book Regime Change that Trump had his whole bathroom carpeted in the White House.

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@RonaldCHRIST12 @guilherme94jose Which Wolin work are you referring to?

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@someone5553680 The issue is status seekers thinking quantity of words confers status, so they just write up awful uninformed long form pieces (or AI-generated essays) to appear ‘intellectual’ and end up just oversaturating the zone.