So it's a dumbass exercise to hold up capitalism as the ultimate expression of such laws.
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Replying to @RealEnverHoxha @Outsideness and
It's a dumbass exercise too hold up socialism as the ultimate expression of such laws.
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Replying to @Djomo_Arigato @Outsideness and
No one's fucking doing that. I'm saying that socialism is necessary to deal with the externalities and crsises that capitalism, specifically, has created. I also find it hilarious that you'd mock climate change as "wrath of the gods" while breathlessly praising capitalism for
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Replying to @RealEnverHoxha @Djomo_Arigato and
it's adherence to "cosmic law"
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Replying to @RealEnverHoxha @Outsideness and
To claim that capitalism is creating externalities and crises is to claim a knowledge of the operation of external laws. Furthermore, to put forward socialism as the solution is to claim that it is somehow more in line with those laws.
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Replying to @Djomo_Arigato @Outsideness and
Not at all, it doesn't require any knowledge of cosmic metaphysics mumbo jumbo to realize capitalism is causing climate change and this is a threat to our survival.
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Replying to @RealEnverHoxha @Outsideness and
This isn't metaphysics. This is a claim of knowledge of how the world works.
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Replying to @Djomo_Arigato @Outsideness and
I've already made my claim, as you can plainly see, it's quite limited in scope.
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Replying to @RealEnverHoxha @Outsideness and
Sweeping claims about the future trajectory of human history based on a theory of materialist dialectic. Yeah, real limited in scope.
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Replying to @Djomo_Arigato @Outsideness and
I'm a vulgar materialist, I don't care about dialectics.
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As if there's a more vulgar materialism than diamat out there somewhere.
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Replying to @Outsideness @Djomo_Arigato and
Ever heard of this fellow named Louis Althusser
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