Jack and Dan are at it again, dishing up some more bonus capital content. Things take a literary and all around fantastical turn in this section; expect phantoms, illusions, necromancy, and who knows, maybe a wizard or two? Oh won’t Jack be thrilled.
The lads delve into the world of commodity fetishism, the essential ideology that supports and makes possible the capitalist commodity economy. A form of economy whereby the only relationships that truly matter are those that exist between things and where meaningful economic relations between humans are rendered impossible as a result.
Reading: Capital Vol.1, Part 1. Commodities and Money, Chapter 1. Commodities, Section 4. The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof.
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