For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This was both an economics and a worldview. Here in the United States, we have the Statue of Liberty sitting in the harbor in New York, which says in huge letters, We stand for absorptive capital. A poetic version: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses." But what it means is, Come here, we'll absorb you. We absorb these inputs and add them to our growing economy, and we manage this with liberal democracy.
For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This was bot… - Joshua Clover
For a long time, early industrializing countries were absorptive. They were endlessly able to absorb new labor inputs to keep expanding. This was bot…
- Joshua Clover
People often say, "Riots aren't revolutions." That's true. The vast majority of riots never become revolutionary. On the other hand, show me the revo… - Joshua Clover
People often say, "Riots aren't revolutions." That's true. The vast majority of riots never become revolutionary. On the other hand, show me the revo…
The most important quote about poetry and politics that I know is from a different situationist, Guy Debord. He was locked in a debate with the Frenc… - Joshua Clover
The most important quote about poetry and politics that I know is from a different situationist, Guy Debord. He was locked in a debate with the Frenc…
I'm trying to mediate between individual agency and structural determination. I accept that people make individual choices, quite thoughtful, quite c… - Joshua Clover
I'm trying to mediate between individual agency and structural determination. I accept that people make individual choices, quite thoughtful, quite c…
I don't want to be hubristic about art's possibilities. I don't think that art has a causal relationship to revolution. I do think it's a way people … - Joshua Clover
I don't want to be hubristic about art's possibilities. I don't think that art has a causal relationship to revolution. I do think it's a way people …
People do make considered choices about whether they want to fight, and how, and they do so from disparate circumstances. But I think there are two i… - Joshua Clover
People do make considered choices about whether they want to fight, and how, and they do so from disparate circumstances. But I think there are two i…
When people are in a workplace where it's possible to organize and engage in labor actions, that's how they fight, and it can be very effective. When… - Joshua Clover
When people are in a workplace where it's possible to organize and engage in labor actions, that's how they fight, and it can be very effective. When…
Over the last few decades, I've grown more skeptical about a few things in which I used to have more faith. I believe as much in the necessity of, an… - Joshua Clover
Over the last few decades, I've grown more skeptical about a few things in which I used to have more faith. I believe as much in the necessity of, an…
My point is that the alienation of theory and practice, intellectual and manual labor, is a real issue, but it's the outcome of social domination; it… - Joshua Clover
My point is that the alienation of theory and practice, intellectual and manual labor, is a real issue, but it's the outcome of social domination; it…
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