Capitalism

John Philpin
Jul 30, 2017 · 1 min read

Sometimes you read something and realize yes — absolutely — and how can I add to that … you can’t. This is one of those.

“To understand capitalism, one first has to strip away the appearances presented by its ideology. Unlike most bourgeois theorists, Marx realized that what capitalism claims to be and what it actually is are two different things. What is unique about capitalism is the systemic expropriation of labor for the sole purpose of accumulation. Capital annexes living labor in order to accumulate more capital. The ultimate purpose of work is not to perform services for consumers or sustain life and society, but to make more and more money for the investor irrespective of the human and environmental cost.”

Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds via Stowe Boyd — and a whole host of others over at Tumblr that moved the quote through the system.

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