The most successful trick for the right is turning working class from a material, class condition into a culture and an aesthetic. No longer defined by labor, but instead by what you consume, what skill you have, what dialect you speak, how you do your hair, etc etc.
For some reason this comment just made me feel hopeless, like we are at this point where the culture is so far removed from materialism, and have been for so long that most of us only shed that layer of stupidity through continuous self deprogramming over the course of years.
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The most successful trick for the right is turning working class from a material, class condition into a culture and an aesthetic. No longer defined by labor, but instead by what you consume, what skill you have, what dialect you speak, how you do your hair, etc etc.
it's the logic that gets the BBC to interview landlords as working class based on them having regional accents
For some reason this comment just made me feel hopeless, like we are at this point where the culture is so far removed from materialism, and have been for so long that most of us only shed that layer of stupidity through continuous self deprogramming over the course of years.
What is the antidote?