☭ Marxist Dad ☭

@marxistdad.bsky.social

11 months ago

This is the cleverly camouflaged truth about what capitalist “growth” really is. It’s the main reason #Marx BEGAN “Capital, Volume 1” with a discussion of the #CommodityFetish. The nature of capitalist commodities is the HIDDEN exploitative social & economic relations involved in their production.

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦

@dbcurren.bsky.social

1 year ago

“Unlike the figures of Egyptian lore, our mnemonic #icons no longer no longer mediate the animist power of magic or the social magic of kings, but the power of #corporate identity and the #commodityfetish.” - #ErikDavis, TechGnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information