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"Great stuff so far. Sets a standard in terms of carrying out rigorous materialist analysis. Deeply rooted in Marx's writing.
Focuses on the question of how capitalist production stays in power. Many Marxist theorists answer with a combination of "violence" and "ideology". Mau builds up the language & theory necessary to really analyze "economic power"—the sort of dependency people have on capitalist production." — Sep 08, 2023 12:48PM
"Great stuff so far. Sets a standard in terms of carrying out rigorous materialist analysis. Deeply rooted in Marx's writing.
Focuses on the question of how capitalist production stays in power. Many Marxist theorists answer with a combination of "violence" and "ideology". Mau builds up the language & theory necessary to really analyze "economic power"—the sort of dependency people have on capitalist production." — Sep 08, 2023 12:48PM
“This is what the most cunning cultish leaders do: Instead of sticking to one unchanging lexis to represent a unified doctrine, they customize their language according to the individual in front of them.”
― Cultish
― Cultish
“In this way, it’s not desperation or mental illness that consistently suckers people into exploitative groups—instead, it’s an overabundance of optimism”
― Cultish
― Cultish
“Totalitarian leaders can’t hope to gain or maintain power without using language to till a psychological schism between their followers and everyone else.”
― Cultish
― Cultish
“But you couldn’t mourn forever. Or you could, but as it turned out there were better things to do.”
― The Magician's Land
― The Magician's Land
“Techniques like us-versus-them labels, loaded language, and thought-terminating clichés are absolutely crucial in getting people from open, community-minded folks to victims of cultish violence;”
― Cultish
― Cultish
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