The front story of the future, i think, is elon musk its self driving cars and high frequency trading. The idea that we somehow catapult ourselves out of embodiment, out of our planetary material existence makes no sense to me. It's only possible like manchester because there's mississippi somewhere else. And that means other people whose conditions of life, life are being devastated.
Featuring Nancy Fraser on why a total analysis of capitalism requires taking Marxism beyond a narrowly economistic view: what everyday labor exploitation requires from politics, care work, war-making, borders, appropriation of nature, sexism, racism, and more. Dan's 2018 interview from the archives.
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