0x262d

15 ms·

151.
by 0x262d 7y ago
But that is entirely tangential to LTV. No one is denying the reality that supply and demand affect price in the short term. The argument is simply that in the long term as those equilibrate, the relative prices of commodities will tend to
152.
by 0x262d 7y ago
Ah, people who believe in marxism are ideologues and people who believe in the predominant ruling-class economic wisdom are simply wisely following expert advice. I feel like I've been here before. If you dropped the constantly condesc
153.
by 0x262d 7y ago
This is simply saying you disagree with the definition of the word value in LTV and want value to mean a different concept (what marxists call price or exchange-value). It's a semantic argument without real content.
154.
by 0x262d 7y ago
As a Trotskyist I think Russia was doomed to bureaucratization regardless of who won the power struggle given they were isolated, only semi-capitalist, and even the existing economy and proletariat were pretty much destroyed in WW1 and the
155.
by 0x262d 7y ago
> Marx does argue for a "mechanical determination of ideology" He literally doesn't. He is a materialist in that he doesn't believe in magic or god. He is not a mechanical, deterministic one because he doesn't th
156.
by 0x262d 7y ago
The Democratic party has always been an unhappy coalition between capitalists and workers with diametrically opposed material interests. But in the 60s and 70s there was an extremely militant labor movement and the balance of power between
157.
by 0x262d 7y ago
Looking through some of the comments, I want to add that Piketty talks much more clearly about these topics and makes better points than most consensus economists, pundits, etc, so I'm glad people are reading him rather than eg NYT col
158.
by 0x262d 7y ago
It's worth noting that Piketty has an astonishingly basic misunderstanding/non-understanding of the marxist analysis of capitalism despite the titles of his books. He hasn't even read Capital. I like his politics relatively w
159.
by 0x262d 7y ago
This post has some pretty good suggestions. But I always get frustrated with this issue and honestly there will never be a great solution to it. The underlying problem is that addicting people is core to the business model of facebook, twit
160.
by 0x262d 7y ago
what the fuck is up with that. it's such a hostile design choice.
161.
by 0x262d 7y ago
anywhere there's a road, and not forest, park, building, garden, trains, or people...
162.
by 0x262d 7y ago
I use onenote extensively and the mobile app has gotten steadily a little slower and worse. I would love to have a simpler, faster mobile app that would sync to my computer in plaintext so I could use vim with it.... Basically, onenote is
163.
by 0x262d 7y ago
well, people in suburbia get their infrastructure subsidized by everyone and in addition are destroying the planet, people in cities are paying artificially super-high rent to the landowning class. it seems like we could solve both these pr
164.
by 0x262d 7y ago
Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking an underage girl in 2008, by the way, long before many of MIT’s dealings with him. literally convicted, which is surprising! he got a 13 month sentence and spent most of it on “work release” because
165.
by 0x262d 7y ago
Our ruling class is chock full of pedophiles and rapists (Trump, Bill Clinton, Epstein, etc) and because they have all the power and wealth, it gradually filters down to other institutions that depend on sponsorship like MIT. This is what i
166.
by 0x262d 7y ago
Yes. And then to add insult to injury the luxury teslas have fancy air filters in them while everyone else is choking on wildfire smoke. I already linked this somewhere else but the only thing that makes me feel sane about the environment i
167.
by 0x262d 7y ago
Thank you. These changes are nice in the right context but are even worse than useless if they distract from systemic changes. Especially useless is the kind of personal change like buying solar panels or an EV that take being middle or upp
168.
by 0x262d 7y ago
I'm glad other people responded with this counter position. Bernie is getting people excited and engaged but on his own he will not be enough. I recommend getting organized with socialists, as collective, democratic planning of the eco
169.
by 0x262d 7y ago
I am spreading the knowledge that individualized improvements are not nearly enough and we have to change the structure of our entire economy to save the environment. I am optimizing my life to organize around that. I also think it can only
170.
by 0x262d 7y ago
The latent shallow male entitlement is gross. However, there is a valid point made that if all the single, unhappy men became cool and attractive, many would statistically still be out of luck. So my suggestion is that in addition to becomi
171.
by 0x262d 7y ago
one of the best-written essays I’ve ever read and helped cement my tech skepticism. I highly recommend it.
172.
by 0x262d 7y ago
I recommend becoming a marxist, the concept of alienation is exactly that most people in capitalism are paid to work on stuff that is profitable to rich people but not socially meaningful and so it isn't intrinsically motivating and be
173.
by 0x262d 7y ago
I'm sorry that you have viewed books this way for at least ten years. Deeper treatment of a given topic or story necessarily takes a long time to explain and the format of longform text exposition is called a book. They are worth readi
174.
by 0x262d 7y ago
The important context is that inequality driven by Amazon's low wages for non-programmers and their tax dodging has driven Seattle's homelessness crisis and they've tried hard to crush every political movement that tries to s
175.
by 0x262d 7y ago
this isn't a real distinction. people only displaced things like standard oil with a lot of outrage and after years.
176.
by 0x262d 7y ago
the argument is actually "this time it will be different because without material deprivation people will participate fully and democracy is oxygen to a planned economy, in contrast to Russia which was desperately impoverished when it
177.
by 0x262d 7y ago
Buying things sucks now. This drives me nuts all the time and is one of many reasons I want a democratically planned economy. In addition to too many choices to meaningfully use, the vast majority of them are trying to essentially trick you
178.
by 0x262d 7y ago
this is good advice but also ordinary people should be able to understand why the economy is breaking. most economists treat it as a mystical thing only they can divine the meaning of, so it can be pretty hard to find clearly written stuff
179.
by 0x262d 7y ago
absolutely. this is why the break up big companies strategy doesn’t work here at all and neither does free market competition as it’s nominally supposed to.
180.
by 0x262d 7y ago
this is a cool idea, but, the "is this bad for the planet" question seems like it's saying it isn't, but the comparison seems to indicate that actually it's quite bad for the planet, like very bad as far as lifestyl

More ›