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229 - Paul Kingsnorth - Civilization and Control

The Symbolic World

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Is There a Borderless System?

A kind of ideology of borderlessness that really is about that. It appeals to a lot of people on the left because they th thin boarders are oppressive, which sometimes theye can be. And it appeals to capitalists because boarders get in the way of ha free flow of movement and labor. Once you start to say there are no limits, then you're into the technological system again. Because the technological system fundamentally says, we are going to use technology to liberate you from nature, including your human nature. The guys in silican valley are very, very open about their project that we're all going to end up living forever. This is how it's going to be whele the

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