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I don't think it's universally accepted in accelerationist circles that humanity strictly has no agency. Jehu[1], a left-accelerationist, advocates for decrease
by CrackerNews 7y ago
I don't think it's universally accepted in accelerationist circles that humanity strictly has no agency. Jehu[1], a left-accelerationist, advocates for decreased working hours as that will apply pressure on the capitalist system to drive down labor value even more. This will lead to capitalism's collapse as that will disrupt capitalism's reliance on surplus value (profit) of goods and services produced from labor (based on the labor theory of value). The capitalists will eliminate each other through competition until only state capitalism is left, and then the nation state will be overthrown under the weight of its own contradictions. (This is in opposition to Marxists usually citing the state as a necessity for socialism.) Granted, this tendency will happen whether or not people push for it, but there is collective agency to accelerate towards the next phase of society.
[1] https://therealmovement.wordpress.com/ https://therealmovement.wordpress.com/
[2] https://therealmovement.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/exacerbating-the-tendency-why-labor-hours-must-be-reduced/ https://therealmovement.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/exacerbatin...
[3] https://therealmovement.wordpress.com/2019/04/18/society-chose-barbarism-and-it-has-its-own-peculiar-political-economy/ https://therealmovement.wordpress.com/2019/04/18/society-cho...