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prdctvsm

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  1. no , but it needs to be transcended imho. no , but once again science itself has become limited by its materialistic structure , eg.
  2. neither , both are forms of materialism & well past their use by date. not proposing anything comrade , sry don't have the necessary qualifications ! if u say so lol.
  3. marx (& co)'s work helped define communism as we now know it today , & as an ideology it is grounded in dialectical materialism , despite collectivity existing for millennia. while agreeing w. many aspects of communism , i feel that any materialistic ideology is
  4. communism is grounded in dialectical materialism. capitalism is also a materialistic ideology. both are inherently flawed, corruptible & it shd b p f obv rn that dogmas grounded in materialism cannot get the planet & its life out of the bunghole that they've got us into, imho.
  5. the poor then, we agree, require their basic needs met. their desires however...
  6. you'd be surprised tho; & desires aren't needs. desires quite often come pre-packaged - borger, $60k utes, McMansion, tatts, brood, 30ft plasma, bulk. "let them eat cake"
  7. The Mirror of Production (French: Le Miroir de la production) is a 1973 book by Jean Baudrillard. It is a systematic critique of Marxism. Baudrillard's thesis is that Karl Marx’s theory of historical materialism is too rooted in assumptions and values of political economy to provide a framework for radical action. The fault of Marxism is in prioritizing the very concepts that founded capital, e.g. necessity, value, and labor. For Baudrillard, Marx did not transcend political economy but merely saw its reverse or its “mirror” side. Marxism merely strengthens political economy’s basic propositions, in particular the idea that self-creation is performed through productive, non-alienated labor. In Baudrillard’s words, “[Marxism] convinces men that they are alienated by the sale of their labor power, thus censoring the much more radical hypothesis that they might be alienated as labor power.” Baudrillard proposes to liberate workers from their "labor value" and think in terms other than production. jean baudrillard - 'the mirror of production' 1973.pdf
  8. How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously, by Gideon Lewis-Kraus April 30, 2021 NYT
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