mtshc.bsky.social
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@mtshc.bsky.socialThis is basically the heart of what I'm getting at when I talk about ideological reproduction in capitalism vs the necessary ideological parameterizes of social reproduction in communism. The former forces us into behavior where we affirm its logic.
Show PostIt forces us to get rid of attachments that center any aspect of humanity that seeks cooperation and center all aspects of humanity that cut against that and reaffirm the individual as detached from a context and self-sustaining.
Show PostOr we can defy this economic regime's logic and say worth can't be quantified at all to render us ineligible for basic needs. But what capitalism is constantly centering is that human life, on its own, is worth less than what it costs to reproduce.
Show PostTo overcome this, we can raise each other up to being worth the baseline that capitalism won't provide, thus establishing, for the first time, a basic humanity that must be respected and preserved.
Show PostThe capitalist class itself only perseveres through kind of class solidarity. But the reproduction of our society is reified into patterns that pit humans against one another for the sake of economic generation.
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