Antonio Gramsci - 1916
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. --Antonio Gramsci
Today I Learned:
Antonio Gramsci's theory centers on cultural hegemony, which explains how ruling classes maintain power in capitalist societies not just through force or coercion, but by shaping cultural norms and ideologies so that their dominance is accepted as "common sense" by the oppressed.
Sound familiar?
And again - I'm a capitalist because god is a capitalist.
The real problems begin when the capitalists start to believe they're the be-all and end-all, and if they don't like the way the universe works, they'll just pay somebody to change the laws of physics or some-goddamned-thing.
And here we are again, having to mount another effort to rescue Capitalism from the Capitalists before they fuck it up to the point where people take to the pitchforks and torches - so now I have to accord due respect for a fuckin' commie.
You got any idea how that grates on my soul?
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