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Capitalism gives the mental images of Wall Street, dollar bills, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, etc.
Capitalism gives the mental images of Wall Street, dollar bills, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, etc.
In capitalist countries, the means of production lies in the ownership of private enterprises with minimal political.
Pros of Capitalism have been long discussed and debated globally. Most capitalist countries are observed to be functioning smoothly than other kinds of existing economies.
It’s been a while since I studied Marxism at school, a refresh of my memory was required, and having never read The Communist Manifesto, I thought I might as well try it.
My views have changed. When I studied Marxism as a teenager I was enamoured with its idealistic belief that capitalism would inevitably end in revolution and somehow result in a more utopian and equal society. No one could ever accuse me of being an optimist, even back then, but I think perhaps Marx’s revolutionary philosophy played on my pessimistic “the world’s going to hell in a hand basket” outlook and shining a spark of optimistic hope that once society finally crumbles, things will get better.
Panellists: Laurie Penny, Daryl Gregory, David Towsey, Claudia Kern, Deborah Christie
According to M John Harrison, “The zombie is the ultimate other in a neoliberal society … they will never embarrass you by revealing their humanity.” To what extent does this reading explain the popularity of zombie franchises? And what are we to make of works such as Warm Bodies, The Returned and In The Flesh, that start to rehumanise the zombie?
