we succumb to the mechanism of reification, in the course of which we forget the best thing of all. That turns a part of the process into an absolute
it is still unclear why work should be cathected in the first place
The gesture of the savage who pauses for an instant to reflect whether or not he wishes to eat his prisoner contains teleologically the end of violence
ordoliberalism, ordnungspolitik, and the rest, are all about rules means precisely that good economic governance is not about spending
Germany's 2000s turnaround is often attributed to the so-called Hartz reforms of that decade, which reduced welfare protections and increased labor market participation.
he says this is false because: wages actually fell for the decade prior to reforms because of reunification + expansion of German auto sector abroad (?); all these reforms did is increase inequaity
