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True! I remember marking down this passage as a “I’ll definitely use this irl when needed” (emphasis mine):

Certain bourgeois writers […] have expressed the opinion that international cartels, being one of the most striking expressions of the internationalisation of capital, give the hope of peace among nations under capitalism. Theoretically, this opinion is absolutely absurd, while in practice it is sophistry and a dishonest defence of the worst opportunism.

https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch05.htm

Played https://themachinegame.com/, but the revolutionary endings really let me down. Still very enjoyable overall

I love the footnotes on my edition for this, grandpa could’ve made a whole side career out of making fun of the bourgeoisie

Can you add me too? Thanks in advance!

I am not the most well read on Marx, but from what I could understand from his discussion on constant and variable capital, the former still requires human work for creating, operating and maintaining it.

Machinery would only be deployed if it was cheaper than the human workers executing the same tasks, and its adoption would lead to layoffs, thus to the reserve army of labor, humans made “cheaper” by competing against the machines.

I am not acquainted enough with the TRPF to comment on it, but my assumption would be that once labor is made cheap enough the capitalists would not have any incentive to keep investing in automation, thus restarting the cycle. I have a vague feeling that the TRPF also mentions the impact on profits of a much impoverished consumer base (the laid off workers) , but I defer to any comrade who can correct my understanding

Just thought it would be a nice addition, but yes, I don’t think he is writing anymore.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Parenti