It is beyond doubt, therefore, that capitalism’s transition to the stage of monopoly capitalism, to finance capital, is connected with the intensification of the struggle for the partitioning of the world.
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It is beyond doubt, therefore, that capitalism’s transition to the stage of monopoly capitalism, to finance capital, is connected with the intensification of the struggle for the partitioning of the world.
So arguments like this are unmitigated bullshit, building mathematical models on non-empirical foundations — on pure ideology (religious belief that capitalism's benefits will ALWAYS overcome its externalities, that it enables human decoupling from the environment, etc etc).
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January 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
So arguments like this are unmitigated bullshit, building mathematical models on non-empirical foundations — on pure ideology (religious belief that capitalism's benefits will ALWAYS overcome its externalities, that it enables human decoupling from the environment, etc etc).
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Fascist movements are the authoritarian instincts, resentments, and paranoias of imperialist capitalism's semi-privileged layers, organised.
Fascist governments are when such movements enter into a successful tactical alliance with monopoly capital as a response to intractable capitalist crisis.
Fascist governments are when such movements enter into a successful tactical alliance with monopoly capital as a response to intractable capitalist crisis.
January 26, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Fascist movements are the authoritarian instincts, resentments, and paranoias of imperialist capitalism's semi-privileged layers, organised.
Fascist governments are when such movements enter into a successful tactical alliance with monopoly capital as a response to intractable capitalist crisis.
Fascist governments are when such movements enter into a successful tactical alliance with monopoly capital as a response to intractable capitalist crisis.
The last thing modern companies want is for you to be happy in your work. Because happy workers are a threat to the sociopaths who turn late capitalism's barbarous wheels.
January 30, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The last thing modern companies want is for you to be happy in your work. Because happy workers are a threat to the sociopaths who turn late capitalism's barbarous wheels.
"leftists are arguing for free market parliamentary democracy vs dictatorship"
well, communists and socialists understand capitalism's role in rising authoritarianism and fascism. to outline that as the argument for this moment is to be completely disengaged from the reality of imperialist america
well, communists and socialists understand capitalism's role in rising authoritarianism and fascism. to outline that as the argument for this moment is to be completely disengaged from the reality of imperialist america
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 PM
"leftists are arguing for free market parliamentary democracy vs dictatorship"
well, communists and socialists understand capitalism's role in rising authoritarianism and fascism. to outline that as the argument for this moment is to be completely disengaged from the reality of imperialist america
well, communists and socialists understand capitalism's role in rising authoritarianism and fascism. to outline that as the argument for this moment is to be completely disengaged from the reality of imperialist america
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t actually think there’s one such thing as human nature. We are capable of great evil, but also great good. I reject capitalism’s claims that we’re are inherently cruel and selfish on the whole. Many have pointed out we would not be here without an impulse toward community.
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t actually think there’s one such thing as human nature. We are capable of great evil, but also great good. I reject capitalism’s claims that we’re are inherently cruel and selfish on the whole. Many have pointed out we would not be here without an impulse toward community.
What if we rethink Braudel's 'antimarket' top layer - which he, looking back, viewed capitalism's essence - as liqui(fie)d feudalism?
Banks become neo-feudal actors - as argued by Graeber, Hudson, Pistor, Polanyi, ... - whilst Trump's tributary antics suddenly make sense.
bsky.app/profile/aben...
Banks become neo-feudal actors - as argued by Graeber, Hudson, Pistor, Polanyi, ... - whilst Trump's tributary antics suddenly make sense.
bsky.app/profile/aben...
1/From Greenland to Venezuela to tariffs, Trump foreign policy baffles leaders and readers. Why? Because it is not about national interest but those of insider elites. To understand and manage, you have to name it: what @segoddard.bsky.social and I call neo-royalism.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy
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January 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
What if we rethink Braudel's 'antimarket' top layer - which he, looking back, viewed capitalism's essence - as liqui(fie)d feudalism?
Banks become neo-feudal actors - as argued by Graeber, Hudson, Pistor, Polanyi, ... - whilst Trump's tributary antics suddenly make sense.
bsky.app/profile/aben...
Banks become neo-feudal actors - as argued by Graeber, Hudson, Pistor, Polanyi, ... - whilst Trump's tributary antics suddenly make sense.
bsky.app/profile/aben...
Capitalism's dead. Welcome to technofeudalism. There is, however, a way out...
January 28, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Capitalism's dead. Welcome to technofeudalism. There is, however, a way out...
...Yeah, I'm posting about capitalism's loathing of infrastructure again. A lot of people have a Tumblr or, shudder, Facebook still, knowing how evil the companies are and how at-the-mercy-of it puts them. You think none of them would rather have a Geocities?
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM
...Yeah, I'm posting about capitalism's loathing of infrastructure again. A lot of people have a Tumblr or, shudder, Facebook still, knowing how evil the companies are and how at-the-mercy-of it puts them. You think none of them would rather have a Geocities?
the last six words are extremely telling here from capitalism's paper of record
January 26, 2026 at 5:10 AM
the last six words are extremely telling here from capitalism's paper of record
Everything you hate about winter is capitalism's fault, not the weather's.
Me, alienating myself by being unlikeable and bringing up climate change when people complain about winter:
a woman in a red dress is standing in front of an orchestra and says `` i do n't care '' .
Alt: Judy Garland flailing her arms and singing "I don't care"
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Everything you hate about winter is capitalism's fault, not the weather's.
finished rewatching Kaiji and it's truly incredible just how tapped into the id of the different mindsets oiling capitalism's gears FKMT is
January 24, 2026 at 7:29 AM
finished rewatching Kaiji and it's truly incredible just how tapped into the id of the different mindsets oiling capitalism's gears FKMT is
A result of capitalism's desire for ever-increasing profits? We're at a point we're even highly productive workers producing more than they've ever been capable of, need to produce impossible levels of products, infinite product, in order to justify their employment?
January 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
A result of capitalism's desire for ever-increasing profits? We're at a point we're even highly productive workers producing more than they've ever been capable of, need to produce impossible levels of products, infinite product, in order to justify their employment?
What can the history of global capitalism reveal about today’s rising inequality? On this week’s Inequality Podcast, @svenbeckert.bsky.social joins @durlauf.bsky.social to trace capitalism’s rise to its expected demise.
🎧 Listen → bit.ly/45vFkaP
🎧 Listen → bit.ly/45vFkaP
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
What can the history of global capitalism reveal about today’s rising inequality? On this week’s Inequality Podcast, @svenbeckert.bsky.social joins @durlauf.bsky.social to trace capitalism’s rise to its expected demise.
🎧 Listen → bit.ly/45vFkaP
🎧 Listen → bit.ly/45vFkaP
#WolffBites: Many global billionaires see capitalism's global crisis, leading them to call on politicians to tax the rich - like themselves - to cut global inequality rather than just talk about it... Too bad other billionaires have bought those politicians.
timetowin.world
timetowin.world
Time To Win
timetowin.world
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM
#WolffBites: Many global billionaires see capitalism's global crisis, leading them to call on politicians to tax the rich - like themselves - to cut global inequality rather than just talk about it... Too bad other billionaires have bought those politicians.
timetowin.world
timetowin.world
I’m serious about this. The Super Bowl is racial capitalism’s great holy day. Dozens of huge corporations who haven’t done shit about this (or have actively supported it) have poured eight-figure budgets into getting ahold of your money in the run up to and aftermath of that event.
Loudly skip it.
Loudly skip it.
This might feel far away but let’s start organizing now. Boycott the fucking Super Bowl.
January 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I’m serious about this. The Super Bowl is racial capitalism’s great holy day. Dozens of huge corporations who haven’t done shit about this (or have actively supported it) have poured eight-figure budgets into getting ahold of your money in the run up to and aftermath of that event.
Loudly skip it.
Loudly skip it.
From *the moment* the genocide began, although we couldn't say precisely what form it would take, this was *always* its locked-on final destination: total expropriation of Gaza from the Gazans & international gangster capitalism's accumulation by dispossession
Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.
January 22, 2026 at 12:17 PM
From *the moment* the genocide began, although we couldn't say precisely what form it would take, this was *always* its locked-on final destination: total expropriation of Gaza from the Gazans & international gangster capitalism's accumulation by dispossession
Listened to a talk on capitalism's third world war on YouTube yesterday describing the new colonial movement underway. this illustrates the concept perfectly. the US not only allowed this to happen to the Palestinian people but encouraged it and will profit from it. Ashamed and outraged.
January 23, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Listened to a talk on capitalism's third world war on YouTube yesterday describing the new colonial movement underway. this illustrates the concept perfectly. the US not only allowed this to happen to the Palestinian people but encouraged it and will profit from it. Ashamed and outraged.
Elon Musk is singlehandedly doing more to ruin capitalism's reputation than a thousand communist propagandists could hope to do in a hundred lifetimes.
January 19, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Elon Musk is singlehandedly doing more to ruin capitalism's reputation than a thousand communist propagandists could hope to do in a hundred lifetimes.
#WolffBites: Minneapolis Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO strongly endorses March 23 general strike to protest actions of ICE. A major step in capitalism's deepening crisis.
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
minneapolisunions.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
#WolffBites: Minneapolis Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO strongly endorses March 23 general strike to protest actions of ICE. A major step in capitalism's deepening crisis.
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
this is what capitalism's necropolitical "market" favours: we ofc could keep more patients alive and give (predominantly women) workers a better quality of life if nurses and carers were paid more money—and that's precisely why they aren't
Now these people should get the six figure bonuses
January 21, 2026 at 8:41 AM
this is what capitalism's necropolitical "market" favours: we ofc could keep more patients alive and give (predominantly women) workers a better quality of life if nurses and carers were paid more money—and that's precisely why they aren't
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Ask the uncomfortable question: coincidence or choreography? Regulatory retreat, selective enforcement, and donor-friendly deals move trillions—upward. Workers get volatility; insiders get certainty. That’s not capitalism’s invisible hand. It’s a visible thumb on the scale. #RiggedForTheRich
Ask the uncomfortable question: coincidence or choreography? Regulatory retreat, selective enforcement, and donor-friendly deals move trillions—upward. Workers get volatility; insiders get certainty. That’s not capitalism’s invisible hand. It’s a visible thumb on the scale. #RiggedForTheRich
January 20, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Ask the uncomfortable question: coincidence or choreography? Regulatory retreat, selective enforcement, and donor-friendly deals move trillions—upward. Workers get volatility; insiders get certainty. That’s not capitalism’s invisible hand. It’s a visible thumb on the scale. #RiggedForTheRich
Ask the uncomfortable question: coincidence or choreography? Regulatory retreat, selective enforcement, and donor-friendly deals move trillions—upward. Workers get volatility; insiders get certainty. That’s not capitalism’s invisible hand. It’s a visible thumb on the scale. #RiggedForTheRich
Carney's Davos confession: Globalization's 'rules-based order' was a lie. "We participated in the rituals," Canadian leader says, as U.S. capitalism's junior partners face a wake-up call.
#politics #news
#politics #news
Carney’s Davos confession: Globalization’s ‘rules-based order’ was a lie
When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney offered his assessment of a “rupture” of the global order before an audience of statesmen and corporate CEOs at the World Economic Forum, he wasn’t giving the ...
peoplesworld.org
January 21, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Fully agree. Addressing capitalism's exploitation is an avenue to ensure they're taken care of for the value they provide. Addressing piracy does little, particularly for creatives working for a corporate entity.
Exposure doesnt pay rent, though.
Exposure doesnt pay rent, though.
January 22, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Fully agree. Addressing capitalism's exploitation is an avenue to ensure they're taken care of for the value they provide. Addressing piracy does little, particularly for creatives working for a corporate entity.
Exposure doesnt pay rent, though.
Exposure doesnt pay rent, though.