>Could we in fact be seeing the conditions for the further radicalization of capitalism? German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk once told me that, if there is a person alive to whom they will build monuments 100 years from now, it is Lee Kuan Yew, the Singaporean leader who did more than anyone else to promote and implement the marriage of capitalism and authoritarianism – an arrangement he euphemistically referred to as "Asian values." The virus of this authoritarian capitalism is slowly but surely spreading around the globe, nowhere more so than China. t. Zizek
I hope so, only authoritarian capitalism can evolve into communism
Dominic Gonzalez
Oh god what has my country done
Adam Campbell
Douthat's been reading Memebug I see.
Jace Lopez
took them long enough from the last time
Eli King
shouldn't you be whining about Trump on twitter?
Jason Thomas
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Christian Williams
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Caleb Smith
Damn, there's more niggas who read him on Holla Forums?
John Rodriguez
Who is the guy in bottom left?
Angel Kelly
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Connor Cruz
Jiang "Uphold Leeism-Dengism" Zemin, 5th president of the Porky's Republic of China. He got China from bottom tier to top 3 in 5 years of policy making.
Mason Phillips
oh boy
Brandon Martinez
Chinese internet memes, man
Robert Thompson
This guy is probably exaggerating but it is that bad
there are people in Singapore who literally live like dogs in kennels because they can't even afford a proper bed to sleep in
Blake Walker
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Dominic Powell
trying to compare apples and oranges, turn out to comparing pears with pears
Isaac Long
No it doesn't
James Rivera
If he's exaggerating why would you say that it is that bad?
Angel Clark
My bad if the grammar of the sentence isn't good. The problem is serious here, but Roy probably hyping it up a bit
Connor King
In Amsterdam on the 24th, right?
William Phillips
yup
Nicholas Baker
Ik ga misschien ook nog. FF kijken of ik mijn inschrijving bij de HU nog kan gebruiken voor die 10 euro korting (ben al een aantal maanden afgestudeerd).
Xavier Turner
this is the worst/best timeline
Luke Taylor
Personally i see it as something that could actually work Won`t be like a nazi future, but will accommodate many principles that look like it, will humanize and normalize it Frightening prospect sure but entirely possible… If youre into sci-fi, cyberpunk etc, there it is predicted to be inevitable So what we need to do, is coopt it early by taking advantage of the layers… what go into creating this, for example Bannon is a fucking leninist apparently, we need to use that to get a foothold inside, all these kind of nuances are vulnerable
Start stocking up on wine bottles and oily rags m'boy
Carter Flores
Fixing capitalist shortcomings just means lowering labor costs as much as possible while raising productivity. Not good for anyone but capitalists anda tiny minority of a middle class who won't have the purchasing power from a middle class in the west that died years ago. And it'll just keep getting worse as the rate of profit falls
Juan Howard
You're new to this
Luis Long
You want to know what the future is, the middle class no longer exists, its just the extremely poor and extremely rich, there are mega cities filled with millions and millions of people, the poor live in slums, crime and violence is rampant, the rich lived in walled off communities above or far away. Giant mechanical birds referred to as drones target rebel groups. Hackers do battle with governments. Corporations have more power than countries. Im sure western capitalists envy the way china can just ignore human rights.
