Well, it seems to work. Go on r/ShitLiberalsSay and you see people defending Stalin, Mao and the DPRK, merely because of their rhetoric it seems.
Well, it seems to work. Go on r/ShitLiberalsSay and you see people defending Stalin, Mao and the DPRK, merely because of their rhetoric it seems.
It's funny because in my experience here the opposite seems to be true. I teach a unit about Marx (I mean, uh, "Economic Systems and Fairness") in my middle-school humanities class here in Taiwan and the kids are usually on board with him until I get to the word "communism" and then the kids are like WELL HOLD ON A MINUTE, HUMAN NATURE.
It's funny because in my experience here the opposite seems to be true. I teach a unit about Marx (I mean, uh, "Economic Systems and Fairness") in my middle-school humanities class here in Taiwan and the kids are usually on board with him until I get to the word "communism" and then the kids are like WELL HOLD ON A MINUTE, HUMAN NATURE.
Yeah. To be fair, I'm at an Western-style school so most of my kids have at least a little bit of exposure to the Western educational system and common reflexes their teachers have against anything anti-capitalist, but you'll find similar thinking among the Taiwanese adult population who never even set foot in a bilingual school (thank you, KMT). I do this unit after one concerning the French Revolution, though, so I get to press them on why they don't think Feudalism was human nature, which is a good way to get them thinking at least a tiny bit more critically.
To what extent do you think the White Terror has an influence or significance for this?
Is there a modern day equivalent to Das Kapital for the digital economy? E.g looking at software/labor the way Marx looked at the industrial revolution.
I believe you mean his son, Dan Schiller.Herbert Schiller's Digital Capitalism in the first decade of the 2000's is one example, but it's mostly concerning information.
Christian Fuchs is probably the most well-known academic who's transposed Marx's concepts to today's age. I highly recommend this one as a primer: http://fuchs.uti.at/books/reading-m...tion-studies-perspective-on-capital-volume-1/
The journal tripleC is the go-to for open-access academic articles. They had a special issue called 'Marx @ 200: Debating Capitalism & Perspectives for the Future of Radical Theory' that might interest you.The rest of the journal is worth a look-through, so go check out the rest of the issues in the journal.
Otherwise there are many others who applied political economy to the digital age. Herbert Schiller's Digital Capitalism in the first decade of the 2000's is one example, but it's mostly concerning information. There's a book coming out next year called Marx and Video Games at Zero Books by Jamie Woodcock that might also interest you.
Yes, Fuchs is the way to go - but would still say Monthly Review (overall) has more interesting and high quality OA articles than 3c.
Here is another Fuchs' article MR: https://monthlyreview.org/2016/01/01/digital-labor-and-imperialism/
Yes, Fuchs is the way to go - but would still say Monthly Review (overall) has more interesting and high quality OA articles than 3c.
Here is another Fuchs' article MR: https://monthlyreview.org/2016/01/01/digital-labor-and-imperialism/
Da fuck is that ? LMAO.
No no. I know know who the first two are. But the hell is a Wooper ? LOL.
I know how they feel. :D
Hey all,
I'd like to educate myself a little bit. Specifically looking for any texts which more objectively lay out the pros/cons of both capitalist systems and socialist systems and historical performance of each, with minimal advocation for either, any suggestions?
The person above made a lot of good points as well, and a follow up point I'll make is: pretty much all nations currently calling themselves "socialist" aren't really. That's not a "no true scotsman" thing, there are very very basic standards about how workers control labor that no-one is doing right now, and so when you're reading about this stuff its important to keep in mind that what's being discussed is not "lets turn the world into Vietnam or North Korea". The important thing to understand is how much of capitalism is both destructive and also unnecessary.Hey all,
I'd like to educate myself a little bit. Specifically looking for any texts which more objectively lay out the pros/cons of both capitalist systems and socialist systems and historical performance of each, with minimal advocation for either, any suggestions?
The ills of this world can all be tied in one form or another to capitalism
Hey all,
I'd like to educate myself a little bit. Specifically looking for any texts which more objectively lay out the pros/cons of both capitalist systems and socialist systems and historical performance of each, with minimal advocation for either, any suggestions?
That's not a negative. The problem is the continual move towards unrepairable design fostering a replacement culture. Reversing that will undoubtedly cause growing pains, but it's a net benefit compared to today where something is simply disposed because it's cheaper to replace than the labor required to fix it.suddenly inner city leftists will have to fix things that break in their apartments themselves.
I guess the negative is that you might have to read them complaining online, but that wouldn't really be a new thing.You think the average ChapoTrapHouse subscriber can plaster over the hole in the wall left after throwing their Xbox controller in a fit of passion?
how can politics be shitty if politics doesn't exist tho
No no. I know know who the first two are. But the hell is a Wooper ? LOL.
you've been explicit that the world is deterministic and not shaped by political forces or actions
House in your view politics don't exist so why do you care what others do or don't do
Ohhhhh, it's a Pokemans. I never played a pokemans before.https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wooper_(Pokémon)
Specifically a Shiny Wooper which has pink coloration instead of the normal blue.
Honestly. Never played one before. Though i might get the mainline one that comes out on the Switch.