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the secular base

Essentially Marx tells us that while Feuerbach has noted the symptoms of a deeper malaise, he has done nothing to understand that malaise itself. The invention of religion was not simply an unfortunate mistake, but a response to the miseries of life on earth. Removing the opium leaves us only with …

—p.20 Why Read Marx Today? Early Writings (13) by Jonathan Wolff
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unemployment deserves another name today archive/so478

Unemployment, that more or less well-calculated deregulation of a new market, new technologies, new worldwide competitiveness, would no doubt, like labor or production, deserve another name today. [...] The function of social inactivity, of non-work or of underemployment is entering into a new era.…

—p.100 Specters of Marx Wears and Tears (Tableau of an ageless world) (96) by Jacques Derrida
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platform imperialism archive/dissertation archive/mc433

The dominant positions of several social media, including Facebook and Google have been considered as clear examples of platform imperialism. While these sites can offer participants entertainment and a way to socialize, the social relations present on a site like Facebook can obscure economic rela…

—p.337 Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism The Construction of Platform Imperialism in the Globalisation Era (322) by Dal Yong Jin