Round’m up, put them in a room, make them all be friends. They all have that in common.
Jokes aside, maintaining relationships is not easy, and the capitalism does not make it easier.
We’re literally seeing Marx’s theory of alienation playing out here. I love how people keep trying to claim that Marxism is somehow no longer relevant, yet it continues to provide the most lucid explanation for what we’re seeing all around us.
I was finally getting started on Capital this weekend, and he makes an offhand note about diamonds regarding their value, basically saying: “If we were to contrive a way to create diamonds from carbon, the price of diamonds would fall to the price of bricks”. Well, it turns out In general, lab-created diamonds are about 60-90% cheaper than natural diamonds. They may not be “The price of bricks” but they sure are a hell of a lot cheaper than natural diamonds.
Capital is a great read. I found it starts out a bit rough, but it just keeps getting better the further it goes.
