Tag: Alienation

In honor of Mike Davis, with reference to the work of István Mészáros (Rob Wallace coauthors an essay published by OR Books)

February 20, 2024

It isn’t all black and white, of course. “Mastery over nature” doesn’t by definition preclude environmental conservation, nor does indigeneity bar overexploitation. But neither is the resulting system a mush of gray. For capitalists themselves cast the operative distinctions here as a matter of celebrated principle.