Sasuke [comrade/them]

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Cake day: September 24th, 2020

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  • The remainder of chapter one, and really the rest of Capital, is Marx developing these abstract categories in order to recover concrete reality again.

    I feel like this has to be one of the greatest value of reading Capital today. Not sure how to word this properly (especially not on mobile), but to me it seems capitalism creates layers of abstraction (beginning with the fact that all commodities, regardless of use-value, can be reduced to a 'third thing' in its exchange form), and that these layers, which obfuscated the material reality of commodities and commodity production, only intensifies over time.

    Great read, thank you for the write-up!




  • In recent months, the Chinese government has donated various components for the installation of photovoltaic parks (renewable energies based on sunlight) on the Caribbean island. The region’s climatic conditions make sunlight the most favorable source of renewable energy for the country.

    Currently, more than 95% of the country’s power generation comes from fossil fuels, while only 5% comes from renewable sources. Cuba aims to generate up to 25% of its electric energy from renewable sources over the next five years. By 2050, the aim is to cover the entire energy matrix with electricity generation based on renewable energy sources.

    i hope china can make this happen even faster