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Any books about how all-powerful capital is?
Especially with regard to social change. Something along the lines of how progressivism, environmentalism, war, civil rights, lgbt, etc. are all just pushed by corporations for the sake of opening up markets or increasing capital, and that all individuals'/activists' interests are entirely manipulated.
It doesn't matter whether it's pro-/anti-capitalist, left/right, whatever.
I know Marx's materialist dialectic and Land's self-perpetuating capital intelligence basically imply this, but something which more specifically discusses the issues above would be better.

>> No.9961661

probably not because you're just making up an argument that's suuuuuper simplistic and ignores like every other factor imaginable in social movements and change. very simple reading of capital itself. just keep reading marx, really is the best lens for understanding capital's power over government and society.

>> No.9961671

>>9961661
>keep reading Marx
Eww

>> No.9961701

I'm looking for something like this too. I would - sort of - reduce capital to human behaviour and group dynamics though. While it is about politics, I think The Dictator's Handbook is relevant. You could also look into complexity science, like the popular-scientific book The Origin of Wealth.
Not my cup of tea, but I had The Rebel Sell on my reading list and that might be relevant too.

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>>9961459
If you like Land give Negarestani a go, he has this whole conceit about commodities like oil acting as if they're sentient and malevolent toward humans

>> No.9961817

>>9961729
What do you suggest?

>> No.9962156

>>9961701
>The Rebel Sell
This might be along the right kind of lines. I'll check out the other books too, thanks.
The Happiness Industry is another book I remembered which could be relevant.

>>9961729
Negarestani is interesting, and that kind of anthropomorphism seems common in that speculative realism/ex-Ccru scene, although usually optimistically (Tim Morton?) whereas I'm thinking something more cynical. Cyclonopedia looks extremely dense though, is there anything else you'd recommend by him?