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The Culture of the New Capitalism
Capitalism is an insecurity machine, though we rarely think of it as such. Alongside profits, commodities, and inequality, insecurity is a fundamental output of the system. Neither an incidental byproduct nor a secondary consequence of the concentration of wealth, it is one of capitalism’s essential and enabling creations. “The bourgeoisie cannot... See more
Astra Taylor • The Insecurity Machine
Throughout the last few decades, our economic system has transformed society into a market, citizens into consumers, and communities into individuals
Thomas Klaffke • From Self-Reform to Worldview-Reform
precarity, fear, competition, and ruthless self-optimization direct us away from the sort of solidarity and small and large sacrifice and patience that would enact change. And so we flounder, eager and anxious, wondering what it will take to actually act .