Message from @nagarjuna
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Ok
when something dominates the world system, then resistance seeps from all sectors
yes yes hypothetical
It would be natural to have such anti-thesis because it still has conflicting elements left unresolved.
Does this not occur on a smaller scale
Dialectically.
It does but suppose the world becomes subjugated under Islam.
No
I need contemporary empirics
absolutely, but muslims can still blame a larger power
Up to nagarjuna
If it cannot occur non-globally, I would say that is a serious point to discuss
9/11 was great for the US because then the US gets to claim its a victim, which is rich for the most powerful country ever
I am aware of the existence of the petrodollar
Please save me
And answer my question
we have hegemony of the commodity form, everyone is forced to participate in what is functionally one economy
Rip
so this is like a gift which is given to us, a gift we don't want but we are powerless because we cannot refuse it (seemingly)
All baudrillard really says then is that it's about turning power against itself, and also that systems get more fragile as they get more perfect
so "the system" is definitely vulnerable. it's just we play into its hands perhaps by emphasizing all these different good guy/ bad guy schemes
Is this some sort of deterministic oriented philosophy?
I get the feeling that the distinctions regardless, main point being we're all in one coin.
Isn't all materialist philosophy inherently determisnistic
regardless of ideology to pick
Tru
How do I word this uhhhhh
it's more fatalist than deterministic but its like the same
^ yeh what I was trying to say
It reeks a bit of nihilism
and he likes talking about destiny
Hmmm
As a staunch materialist, I would argue that marxist theory provides a more fatalist approach to our world that is supported by history
Partly fatalist.
Considering, this is purely hypothetical
but to my nihilism is just a way of saying the world is beyond categories, can't we agree on that?
Unless you mean it in a different light
No
or what do yall mean by nihilism
"Fatalism is a philosophical doctrine that stresses the subjugation of all events or actions to destiny" So you mean this one?
The world is a complex organization of energy interacting through space-time