Communists are against consumerism and luxury production as a general rule, on this site alone there’s a lot of mocking of treats, society needs bread but does it need circuses? At what point is asceticism good and when is it reactionary?
Communists are against consumerism and luxury production as a general rule, on this site alone there’s a lot of mocking of treats, society needs bread but does it need circuses? At what point is asceticism good and when is it reactionary?
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It's useful shorthand for the countries outside the imperial core i.e. those exploited by it. You are literally the first person I've ever seen complain about the term.
It’s not useful, it’s an overgeneralization that furthers the reactionary arguments that geographic location determines economic success. And imperial core, what use is that word in an era of globalization?