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Hell yeah more capitalism as cosmic horror :lets-fucking-go:

  • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    This video really reminds me of this article I read a while ago - Marx on Capital as a Real God

    I don't know if it was this article or another on that blog that proposed Capitalism as having killed the other, older God (the Christian one). Pretty interesting stuff.

    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah it's an idea I have had kicking around in my head for a while now and this video really concisely summed up my thoughts on it and puts it into the words I couldn't quite find myself.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Capitalism is a deity already. It has prophecies, tenets and moral codes, salvation promises and damnation threats, and it even has idols and rituals, most obviously present on Wall Steet (see the literal fucking bull idol and the opening ceremonies). It even has an elect that is claimed to be chosen by the deity because of intrinsic virtue.

        • Nakoichi [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          And as this video describes, it has its own priests and acolytes as well, it is a "real" god in the sense that it exists everywhere and nowhere simultaneously and has a very real material impact on the world.

          A great line from the essay @LiberalSocialist linked:

          We often say that a capitalist possesses capital. But it is more accurate to say that capital possesses them. Capitalists are the human face of an inhuman intelligence with its own logic and its own goals.

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            I think modern Lovecraftian horror would do well to delve deeply into this manufactured horror beyond our (complete) comprehension.

            • Nakoichi [they/them]
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              2 years ago

              That kind of disappointed me about Lovecraft Country. It was good (both the book and the tv adaptation) but it could have done so much more.

            • Nakoichi [they/them]
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              2 years ago

              Just watched the trailer holy shit this looks right up my alley thank you.

              • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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                2 years ago

                Enjoy! Ironically, it had a big viral marketing campaign at first and then just kinda disappeared from the public eye. Pretty decent watch though.

                • Nakoichi [they/them]
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                  2 years ago

                  lmao @ the bit about Lenin being responsible for it all though, I was like wait what the fuck?

                    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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                      2 years ago

                      lol yeah Misha after the scene where he tears apart the fridge goes on this hysterical rant to Abbie about how Lenin invented advertising and that we're all "still living in the world he created".

                      Also the central plot device about "making fat cool" to sell more fast food seems pretty reactionary.