Day: May 26, 2021
Lukashenko’s Revenge (Served Cold)
Iran Election Preview
A confusing aspect of Iranian politics is that the socially conservatives, which the west unfairly calls ‘hardliners’, are on the social-democratic left on economic issues while the socially liberal reformers tend to favor the bazaari and capitalists. Still, it is not yet clear to me what Raisi’s economic preferences and policies are.
Douma – Three Years On
Why capitalism now needs ‘lockdowns’ (social enclosure/segregation) and ‘medical’ tyranny
Because capitalism is working towards its own abolition by replacing commodity-producing labour with automated machines, capital’s profitability is increasingly dependent on low wages, high unemployment, public debt, state purchases, the centralisation of wealth, and — frankly — depopulation.
Why capitalism now needs ‘lockdowns’ (social enclosure/segregation) and ‘medical’ tyranny
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 