When you commodify all the people’s wants and needs, you commodify the people.
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2025
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What are we to them capitalists but (wage) slaves?
Or, to look at it the other way round:
When you commodify people, you will commodify all their wants and needs.
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How do you fight against it?
My personal take:
No thanks! is the most powerful thing you can say. Don't engage, stop buying endless toys and distractions, build a local community, hang out with real people in reality, share stuff and be kind. Maybe blow up a pipeline too.
Edit: I didn't see the comment below, it's much better!
depends on where you live
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This is why I became comfort not owning things
See how in the US we wait to potty train until 3,4,5 years old, while most other countries potty train earlier. Gotta sell those pull-ups!
What? No we don't.
When capitalism has commodified everything, then all ingrediences for a revolution can be bought.
All is capital.
Capital is all.
Oh i know so many people who are into vanity. Everything goes as long as there's no point in it.
someone read adorno
commodity production