I feel like I need to write a column carefully explaining that just because someone drives a truck and wears camo doesn’t make them the “working class.”
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Yep. Yet another example of the way late-stage capitalism has rotted our brains. We no longer define people based on who they are or what they do, but on the things they buy and how they market themselves
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Tangentially related question (but no pressure to answer if you don't feel like it): What do you predict comes next after "late stage capitalism"?
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Realistically? I think it leads to fascism and authoritarianism Ideally? I wish I knew. I think about it a lot. I really need to get serious about my reading list...
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But is this unique to now? Conspicuous consumption has probably been around forever, and certainly has been part of American culture for the entire 20th century
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Me, walking away from a timely, underexplored and disturbing theory of social ordering with philosophical implications, on twitter, on a Monday: "NOT TODAY SATAN" Thanks though.
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