We believe that money is only a meaningless token of no intrinsic worth, yet we act as if it has holy value. According to Žižek, capitalism, in general, relies on this structure of disavowal. “So long as we believe (in our hearts) that capitalism is bad, we are free to continue to participate in capitalist exchange.
(I will only write four quotes so that I don’t end up quoting the whole book itself) Since Fisher’s words and sentences and ideas are extremely dense, instead here are some quotes that were oh-so sticky. Much like parts about Capital stuck out to me when reading Marx, there definitely were some points that stuck with me more, although I do confess this book is one you must read more than once.
Short, but every sentence carries a vastness of ideas, constructions, and theories that make your head spin. This book is sort of like the modern-day Communist Manifesto.
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