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Originally Posted by loquitur
well, sure, if you don't like economic development and you prefer tyranny.
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This comment makes no sense at all in the context of a discussion about individual responses to the capitalist system.
Ignoring that detail for the moment and considering the assertion that capitalism = non-tyranny & economic development (whatever that is), what are we to make of the all too frequent overlap of capitalism, tyranny, and/or economic under-development? How does one account for the history of colonialism? As far as i can tell, your general strategy is to ignore the real world operations of capitalism and the modern state, which is its Siamese twin. Instead we get moralising about Individual Responsibility and how things Ought to Be. Guantanamo is your reality. Detroit is your reality. Deal.
RB wrote somewhere that neoliberal ideology was becoming increasingly incoherent. He was spot on.