Capitalism and the Working Class

All movements against conspicuous or even compensatory consumerism constitute a political threat to realization. Capitalists have to organize to counter this threat, but the existence of ongoing struggles in and around the politics of realizations are undeniable. In producing surplus value, the labor of produces capital and reproduces the capitalist. This class struggle occurs in a hidden ability of production. It entails a quite different politics from that between buyers and sellers that dominate the mileage of realization.