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>As a student and proponent of humanities education The STEM movement intentionally excludes humanities and socials on purpose. I understand being upset there

>As a student and proponent of humanities education The STEM movement intentionally excludes humanities and socials on purpose. I understand being upset there's a movement excluding your field and then asserting its a problem. Seemingly the author doesn't understand the purpose behind STEM. >The new logic of a post-Marxian techno-capitalism is an economic process which transforms life processes — in this case interaction through technology and social networks — into commodities Oh yes, we're definitely going post-marxian that's for sure. >Data colonialism opens a new frontier for Marxian labor alienation: the way in which labor, in this case our contribution to these platforms, distances us from our humanity You're totally able to create your marxist movement against STEM. Lets be realistic though, we're past the marxist peak. It's time for Marxism to become a religion. Move out of the politics field and operate probably pretty successfully as a religion. >In China, I was able to leave my computer at my table in a cafe without fear of it being taken because I knew every square inch of that cafe was in the view of cameras. China's state surveillance and massacres of dissidents is not something to be prideful about.

wumeow 3y ago
>> In China, I was able to leave my computer at my table in a cafe without fear of it being taken because I knew every square inch of that cafe was in the view of cameras. > China's state surveillance and massacres of dissidents is not something to be prideful about. East Asian countries tend to be low-crime anyway even without blanket surveillance.
- ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
  That's because being a criminal is seen as a bad thing in Asia.
  - dingnuts 3y ago
    as opposed to..?
    - ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
      As opposed to the west where they're a protected class.
- wakawaka28 3y ago
  >East Asian countries tend to be low-crime anyway even without blanket surveillance. Lol! You might be right about certain types of crime but overall I don't think this is true. There is also something to be said about crime that is sanctioned by or enabled by state officials.
dingnuts 3y ago
>Lets be realistic though, we're past the marxist peak. It's time for Marxism to become a religion. Move out of the politics field and operate probably pretty successfully as a religion. it already is a religion, essentially, isn't it? it's just an atheist one -- aka, an ideology. Is there really any difference between a religion and an ideology that claims to explain every detail of the world, other than a deity? I mean, just take a look at r/latestagecapitalism -- even the term Late Stage Capitalism comes directly from Marx, except he was talking about the 19th century and the impending collapse of capitalism then. Doesn't that sound like an apocalypse myth? The people on that subreddit remind me very strongly of the rapture evangelicals. They'll be proven right.. any day now... they're sure of it...
- phainopepla2 3y ago
  > even the term Late Stage Capitalism comes directly from Marx The term comes from Werner Sombart, several decades after Marx's death
mixedmath 3y ago
> The STEM movement intentionally excludes humanities and socials on purpose. Could you say more?
- bnj 3y ago
  Not OP, but STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Math; so on its face it does not include social sciences or humanities

wumeow 3y ago

>> In China, I was able to leave my computer at my table in a cafe without fear of it being taken because I knew every square inch of that cafe was in the view of cameras. > China's state surveillance and massacres of dissidents is not something to be prideful about. East Asian countries tend to be low-crime anyway even without blanket surveillance.

ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
That's because being a criminal is seen as a bad thing in Asia.
- dingnuts 3y ago
  as opposed to..?
  - ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
    As opposed to the west where they're a protected class.
wakawaka28 3y ago
>East Asian countries tend to be low-crime anyway even without blanket surveillance. Lol! You might be right about certain types of crime but overall I don't think this is true. There is also something to be said about crime that is sanctioned by or enabled by state officials.

dingnuts 3y ago

>Lets be realistic though, we're past the marxist peak. It's time for Marxism to become a religion. Move out of the politics field and operate probably pretty successfully as a religion. it already is a religion, essentially, isn't it? it's just an atheist one -- aka, an ideology. Is there really any difference between a religion and an ideology that claims to explain every detail of the world, other than a deity? I mean, just take a look at r/latestagecapitalism -- even the term Late Stage Capitalism comes directly from Marx, except he was talking about the 19th century and the impending collapse of capitalism then. Doesn't that sound like an apocalypse myth? The people on that subreddit remind me very strongly of the rapture evangelicals. They'll be proven right.. any day now... they're sure of it...

phainopepla2 3y ago
> even the term Late Stage Capitalism comes directly from Marx The term comes from Werner Sombart, several decades after Marx's death

mixedmath 3y ago

> The STEM movement intentionally excludes humanities and socials on purpose. Could you say more?

bnj 3y ago
Not OP, but STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Math; so on its face it does not include social sciences or humanities