Putnam --- A prime example of the metaphor of a dominant technology re-conceptualizing the notions of the social sphere. Human relationships are reified as 'so

Putnam --- A prime example of the metaphor of a dominant technology re-conceptualizing the notions of the social sphere. Human relationships are reified as 'social capital' and the fundamental functioning of such is interrelated with productivity (which by common definition is always seen as needing to continually advance on an upwards trajectory). All relations (from the Rotary Club to romance) can be codified in terms of transactions. The Left --- Does it exist in the United States? The last time a member of the American Communist Party was elected to a state senate was 1929. They're often spoken of in the 2nd person in American political discourse (and have been since the 1870s) but have tended to lack any official capacity to speak in the 1st person, and no one (not even the most minor of minority parties) presents themselves on the floor of any state or federal congress. Those who do occupy these positions (at the most extreme) advocate for political and social changes that could be summarized by their detractors as: capitalism with a few bandaids. (As with the above) government is re-defined in terms of the operations of business. As such, to advocate for anything else would in effect create a business whose function was to be an anti-business, which leads to a situation where: 'All true Dadaists are against Dada'. Fukuyama --- After over 100 years of communists trying to destroy capitalism, one political scientist almost single-handedly ends it. Interesting how communists, liberals, neoliberals, and neoconservatives have all implicitly accepted Hegel's End of History. The only distinction being three of the four view the present as that End while the first sees that End one step beyond the present. With regards to the latter three, the system is a near Platonic ideal (just short of) enacted -- right up until it's the only game in town (End of History) in which case everyone's looking for the ejection seat. Whereas the communists rub their hands together, believing such creaks and grown signal that Utopia is just over the horizon and around the corner.