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Can’t stop alienation by trying to end automation

Can’t stop alienation by trying to end automation

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Carl Beijer
Jul 04, 2019
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An extraordinary amount of our interactions with other humans takes place in the context of economic activity – while we are consuming, working, conducting transactions, exploiting labor, and so on. And because these activities proceed according to the rules of capitalism, capitalism exercises a profound influence on our social lives. When I am shopping…

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