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Psychoanalysis and Racism

Why Theory

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Is There a Theory of Ideology?

I actually think the quote problem with Marx and his theory of capitalism is that he doesn't take ideology seriously enough. And he doesn't see it that like, I think there's not. He doesn't have a theory of ideology. It's like material conditions are seen as ideas. That's not really a theory of ideologies. The surplus value, you would have to, the actual worker would be generating such an astronomical amount of surplus value that it's impossible to theorize it that way. Because it's the brand that creates the that creates. So you have to buy in to the ideological position, which is that like, Oh, well, so China is. Well, they're terrible

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