Man as object

One of the persistent criticisms of “Capitalism” [can we not define Capitalism as “that which opposes socialism?”  It would come quite close.  Marx had an enemy, one that he created in his work, and one which was needed to rationalize the totalitarian impulses latent in his writing, which were later made concrete by Lenin] is that it is “dehumanizing”, that it objectifies people, that their only value is their labor cost.

This is patent bullshit of course.  Only stupid people even consider this proposition, but regrettably our universities are filled with stupid people, and they have preaching podiums.

Think about this: in a free society, one relatively undominated by pervasive government interference, you can choose your education, your work, and how hard you work. If you want to get ahead, you work hard, and get more.  If you don’t want to work hard, if your free time is valuable to you, then you will always have less things, but more time.

You don’t get these choices in the “utopias” these amoral assholes STILL want to create, even after so much death and dying, even in the present day.  You are a thing, a number, and you go where you are told, and do what you are told, or awful things happen to you.

Further, this argument conflates the economic system with the social system.  What you do for work need have NO connection with the network of social relations you have.  For everyone who is in your family, or a friend, your value is that of an individual.

Only when the State mediates social relations, only when families are broken into pieces, as happens in most Communist coups, can your value as a unique individual be eradicated.  Only Socialists do that.  No one else.

Leftism is a moral sickness, a mental illness, a passion for death and pain.  Its apostles are people of the lie.  Quite literally every propaganda theme they use can be inverted.  If they talk about freedom they mean tyranny.  As an example, George Soros’ “Open Society” is one which is closed and unfree–and unsocial as well, since it will no doubt have ubiquitous government agents controlling all social interactions that matter.  If they talk about justice they mean injustice.  They mean treating people differently depending on their race, class, or gender.  If they talk about economic progress, they mean programs which will lower the standard of living for just about everyone but them.

The list is endless, and as long as their rhetoric.

I will add, I saw the word Disinformation today, and think it is time to bring it back.