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229 - Paul Kingsnorth - Civilization and Control

The Symbolic World

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The Illusion of Togetherness Is Profitable

We take everything human, we destroy it, we monotize it, and then we sell it back to people as a kind of fake ditl community. And if they don't like it, they can have their bank accounts taken away. An the illusion of togetherness is profitable. Absolutely every aspect of it can be milked for money. Everything is tracked. Everything is monited,. unlike a real community which is not profitable at all, except on the cultural and spiritual level.

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