eco-situationism

Fuck capitalism.

— Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

Musings from Anna Fusco

The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism

Murray Bookchin (author, The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy, 1980)

― Byung-Chul Han, extracts from The Burnout Society

I’m not saying that mass actions aren’t important - no doubt, they accomplish things that couldn’t be done otherwise - but be aware of what can get done independently when those protests aren’t coming together. Get creative, stay active, direct action gets the good

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if you define quality of life and freedom in terms of access to cheap commodities and convenience at the cost of others, you might not be a socialist!!

socialism quite literally is not defined by “increased access to goods” (this is something capitalism technically does as well and what proponents of capitalism argue to defend it). it is defined by changes in the relations of productions, it is a shift in the social reality of daily life, through restructuring production and who is in control of production. reorganizing economic life according to peoples direct needs and not to existing superfluous capitalist markets that depend on an entire advertising apparatus to manufacture desire therefore will impact what is produced, and impact consumption. if your politics are primarily concerned with consumption and not around the locus of production and peoples working lives, you are not viewing this as a socialist, you just want social democracy. to say that the excesses of western life, propped up by hyper exploitation of the third world, are not sustainable and not preferable to the people whose labor produces them, is not even an argument on moral grounds, its a reality of the contradictions inherent to modern imperialism.

Just 10 minutes of kid commercials - Kids WB (1999)

In an ideal world, movies and shows will continue to exist. Ads will not.

Socialists prioritize common ownership and usufructory norms in the public arena because they're ways of guaranteeing access to all people and they make explicit the social/transitory nature of possessions. Capitalists prioritize private (top-down) ownership and commodification of everything because they see property, acquisition, and competition as paramount to our identity as humans.

Rendered gaudy and impoverished by the tyranny of economics and the enchantment of neoliberal capitalism, our sensibilities need replenishment from the sacramental imagination. As Americans begin to experience the initial stages of imperial sclerosis and decline, and as the advanced capitalist world in general discovers the reality of ecological limits, we may find in what Marx called the “prehistory” of our species a perennial and redemptive wisdom. We will not be saved by our money, our weapons, or our technological virtuosity; we might be rescued by the joyful and unprofitable pursuits of love, beauty, and contemplation. No doubt this will all seem foolish to the shamans and magicians of pecuniary enchantment. But there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of on Wall Street or in Silicon Valley.

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