☝️me when I don't understand how the ideological reproduction of capital works
(besides the classical anecdotal evidence)
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
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Its difficult to describe capitalism & its overarching effects without sounding vaguely conspiratorial.
The idea that a maligned incentive system can result in profound society-wide harm without operating under some agreed upon master plan absolute breaks liberals brains. Individualism brain really cannot fathom the idea that class interests arise from a bunch of people making decisions that benefit their individual interests. The vague notion of competition outweighs the fact that every "competitor" has a shared interest to make decisions that directly run counter to the interests of the workers & society at large. Somehow that same conceptualization of competition never carries over to reducing labor costs.
Emergent behaviors require no collusion. Capitalism would still result in widespread social ills even if the entire ownership class was comprised of nice people™
Its difficult to describe capitalism & its overarching effects without sounding vaguely conspiratorial.
It is not surprising that the CIA financed several conspiracy groups and on the other hand propagated the very idea of "conspiracy theory" to disqualify any point of view against hegemonic.