Capitalism’s Waste: Planned Obsolescence
Planned obsolescence is a strategy that is unique to the capitalist system. Under this strategy, products are designed to be phased out. This results in a waste of resources and labor power.
Planned obsolescence is a strategy that is unique to the capitalist system. Under this strategy, products are designed to be phased out. This results in a waste of resources and labor power.
These attacks do not exist in a vacuum. They are calculated attempts to discredit Marxism as a theory of revolutionary change. The ruling class is terrified of a united working class that organizes across racial and gender identities.
The Communist Manifesto may be in the news lately because of Grimes’ trolling of the paparazzi, but it truly is one of the most important pieces ever published.
“That this dictatorship itself only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.”
It will take true revolutionary action to overcome the corrupt system that murdered the Haymarket martyrs and continues to oppress the working class to this day.
The only solution must come through a change in the system that brings the means of production under control of the working class.
The backstory of the plot is this: in 2042, capitalism is beginning to collapse without any new markets to grow into. So, the United States has an idea: what if the world turned war into a regular industry?
If 2020 hasn’t taught you how to spell bourgeois/bourgeoisie on the first try due to sheer repetition, you should really try it out. You’ll probably discover that it’s a very useful word when describing basically everything wrong with America.
A new series of articles from the co-editor in chief about the intersection of progressivism and Christianity.