As opposed to the Progressive/Conservative dichotomy which produces...
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Mar 22, 2025
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As opposed to the Progressive/Conservative dichotomy which produces Neoliberalism— we need the Marxist/Libertarian dichotomy, which will produce Proudhonian Federalism.
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Yang is the first step to this— which is why I still think he’s the most interesting candidate of the new lot.
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Both pure Marxists & pure Libertarians are insufferable— but any synthesis of the two will be preferable to the majority rule of either (& honestly, both in pure form are better than Progs/Conservatives/Neolibs at any stage).
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Culture War Issues are the bread & butter of the Neoliberal synthesis, because the Neoliberal worldview is based on CONSUMPTION & not on PRODUCTION— & Culture War is merely a marshalling of two Consumptive Tribes.
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At the very least the Marxist/Libertarian axis understands political economy from the perspective of PRODUCTION.
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Marxists of course consider production from the level of material— & labor— while Libertarians consider production from the level of mind— & shareholder incentives. The reconciliation of the two leads to better contracts between labor & “(intellectual) property holders.”
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What we have now is pure form without material— on the level of consumption— in which “whose bullshit you buy” functions as a signifier of elect/damned status in a totally fucked form of Secular Civic Religion (what NRx called The Cathedral).
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“But what about the abortions logo!”
“But what about Gay Marriage logo!”
These are the programmed responses to maintain the lockstep hegemony of consumptive culture war as the ground of political economy. The fact that either are “motivating issues” is the root problem.
“But what about Gay Marriage logo!”
These are the programmed responses to maintain the lockstep hegemony of consumptive culture war as the ground of political economy. The fact that either are “motivating issues” is the root problem.
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This is America— if your motivating issue isn’t “more money for me & mines”— you got memed on.
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@turrible_tao The source of both Libertarians & Marxists.
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@turrible_tao Proudhon man! Good shit