Jetsetting is now not the privilege of the elite so much as a veritiginous mundanity for a permanently dispossessed global workforce.
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What needs to be kept in mind is both that capitalism is a hyper-abstract impersonal structure and that it would be nothing without our co-operation.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Capitalism is an abstract system reliant on human participation and cooperation.
In this quote, Mark Fisher emphasizes the dual nature of capitalism as an impersonal structure that exists in theory but is brought to life through the actions and cooperation of individuals. While capitalism may appear as a distant, abstract system, it fundamentally depends on the collective involvement of people, illustrating the intricate relationship between societal structures and human agency.
Themes
CapitalismCooperationStructureSocietyAgency
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a discussion about economic systems in a classroom setting.
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