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Nathan J Robinson

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Editor of @CurAffairs, former political columnist for the @guardian http://nathanjrobinson.com 

New Orleans, LA
currentaffairs.org
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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Nathan J Robinson

      I hate neo-liberalism too, man, but it's not the neo-libs fault that you can't travel faster than the speed of light, that interstellar space is inhospitable to life, and distances between stars are very, very large.https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson/status/1340824411100901376 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson
      I think reluctance to believe in extraterrestrial life is part of neoliberal "end of history" ism. If the universe is teeming with life we haven't yet found, but could, it suggests that neoliberal capitalism is not our peak but is in fact a very primitive early historical state.
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Nathan J Robinson

      Counterpoint: there's almost certainly ETs. But given vast distances of space, contact is low priority. Humans evolved on earth, which will always be the home for almost all of our species. Our political focus should be on preserving that home.https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson/status/1340824411100901376 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson
      I think reluctance to believe in extraterrestrial life is part of neoliberal "end of history" ism. If the universe is teeming with life we haven't yet found, but could, it suggests that neoliberal capitalism is not our peak but is in fact a very primitive early historical state.
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    3. Jesse Emspak‏Verified account @Mad_Science_Guy 21 Dec 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      The problem is @NathanJRobinson 's premise is off. Neoliberal capitalists don't need to care whether anyone believes that ETs exist or not. It's just not relevant. And we didn't need aliens to think capitalism mightn't be the best idea ever.

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      Nathan J Robinson‏ @NathanJRobinson 21 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Mad_Science_Guy @HeerJeet

      Capitalist realism depends on convincing you that There Is No Alternative. The existence of socialist aliens would invalidate this. Thus capitalists do not want you to think about aliens. But I agree capitalism would be just as bad without aliens supplying additional proof

      3:36 PM - 21 Dec 2020
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        2. Jesse Emspak‏Verified account @Mad_Science_Guy 21 Dec 2020
          Replying to @NathanJRobinson @HeerJeet

          This assumes that aliens could even be anything like socialist or capitalist -- the social relations of jellyfish, octopi or fungi have no bearing on that, and those are just on Earth. Aliens would be even *more* different. Marx didn't need to reference aliens.

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        3. Jesse Emspak‏Verified account @Mad_Science_Guy 21 Dec 2020
          Replying to @Mad_Science_Guy @NathanJRobinson @HeerJeet

          Even among *humans* there are social systems that don't really fit into the Marx (or Adam Smith) narrative so neatly. (Honestly, Marx was a little too enamored of the idea of progression from A to B as a linear upward trajectory)

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