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Self-exploitation is an ideological control mechanism of the bourgeoisie in modern capitalism, where, instead of outright coercion, more insidious mechanisms ar
by malermeister 5y ago
Self-exploitation is an ideological control mechanism of the bourgeoisie in modern capitalism, where, instead of outright coercion, more insidious mechanisms are used to extract surplus value from labor.
By activating the worker's will to generate value and "empowering" them to partake in "hustle culture", they create a system in which they can seize surplus value while the subject isn't even aware of their own exploitation. (your comments are a prime example :))
See also the Gramscian notion of cultural hegemony for more details on the mechanisms at play here.
- legerdemain 5y agoYour explanation lost me at "Gramscian."
- malermeister 5y agoSorry to hear that - it's not that hard to understand if you put your mind to it! Glad to hear you made it pretty far though!
- legerdemain 5y agoIf you can't avoid hiding behind a po-mo smoke screen of gurus like Gramsci/Deleuze/Guattari/Adorno/whoever, maybe you don't have a very clear or even meaningful claim.
- malermeister 5y agoNot everything that goes above your head is a smoke screen :-)