define Capital.
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you first
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exactly
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Thank you for another charasterically smug gnomic and useless interjection, next time just drop another link to an irrelevant math paper
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Obviously I offered part of a definition, that it involves the processing of human desire, I was using the term as it stands as a part of common parlance which is recognised to resist easy definition, it may be worthwhile to work on that but I assume you have nothing.....
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to contribute or you would have done so.
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Human desire is literally alien abduction.
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can you elaborate?
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It's theological. So the alien is demonic, other. Materialism = capitalism. By giving in to desire you are giving in to demons/aliens. Civilization doesn't need capitalism. But capitalism needs civilization.
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this is a set of assertions not an argument
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It makes sense in my head. I’m sure you would agree that most desires are not beneficial to humans? Or at least taken to extremes they can be harmful. And we live in a world of abundance which means it is more likely desires are taken to extremes.
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So if ‘our’ desires end up being detrimental, they could be considered as Other or alien. Or as religious folks would put it, they are brought about by demons, leading to demonic possession. In our secular age, these demons become ‘aliens’ This just synthesized the movie Upgrade
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Yeah I follow you
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Naivety resists recognizing itself; ergo its exteriorization seems alien.
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best answer yet
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In what sense is a food-processor not food?
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I feel owned but... in the case of capitalism isn't it more like the food built the processor and is pushing the button, an actual alien might treat us with more dignity
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If it was only processing human desire you would expect greater goal alignment. Most people don’t like Tesco
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They might say they don't, but revealed preference suggests otherwise.
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Tbf I’m open about my love for their 3 grams of salt luxury salmon sandwich range. But Tesco superstores are as built around human desire as beehives are for bees
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true desire mode is what's behind the counter
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