Status Updates From Inventing Reality: The Poli...

“As Napoleon once said, you can do anything
with bayonets except sit on them. A class that relies solely on the state's bayonets to maintain its rule is never secure. Along with suppression, the business class enlisted institutions: the church, the charities, the law, the schools, & the popular press. To secure their hegemony as captains of industry, businessmen, "aspired to become captains of consciousness.””

Capitalism's purpose is not to create jobs; in fact, capitalists are constantly devising ways of eliminating jobs in order to cut labor costs. Nor is its purpose to build communities, for capitalists will build or destroy communities as investment opportunities dictate. Nor is capitalism intent upon protecting the environment; for corporations will treat the environment like a septic tank to cut production costs.

major facts but puts me to sleep after about two pages every night. I fw parenti the long way, this def an essential text, but might have to retire this, not really learning anything new and wanna read other shit.