Status Updates From Brecht On Art And Politics

“. . . In the reality of high capitalism, we find not only the desire of capitalists to neglect the full development of human capacities, but also their practice, which does, in fact, cripple humanity, make it one-sided, empty it out, etc., in other words leaving crippled, one-sided, emptied human being in its wake.”

4 sections down, 1 more to go!

“Those who are against Fascism without being against capitalism, who wail about the barbarism that comes from barbarism, are like people who want to eat their share of the calf without the calf being slaughtered. They want to eat veal, but they can’t stand the sight of blood. (...) They are not against the conditions of ownership which produce barbarism, just against the barbarism.”

[section 3 was VERY good]

“The craze for ownership blocked the advance towards grasping the material value of the classics, which after all could have served to make the classics useful again, but this was always prevented because people were afraid it would destroy the classics.”

This second section of essays was GREAT. Again it’s so interesting seeing that progression esp VS the 1st section

Young Brecht is like.....okay Jughead kinnie. Also seeing his writings reflect him progressively getting more into Marxism is rly interesting