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Richard Wolff runs down the 1930s pretty good in yesterday's youtube at Democracy At Work in a half hour talk-- x.com/democracyatwrk/st… . The part of religion in the turning a deaf ear to the outcry of factory farmed animals seems consonant with the rise of apocalyptic beliefs during the 19th century with the use of steam engines in gun…
Richard Wolff runs down the 1930s pretty good in yesterday's youtube at Democracy At Work in a half hour talk-- https://x.com/democracyatwrk/status/1906768583310340165 . The part of religion in the turning a deaf ear to the outcry of factory farmed animals seems consonant with the rise of apocalyptic beliefs during the 19th century with the use of steam engines in gunboat diplomacy such as used by the British off the coast of Lebanon in 1840, written about by Andreas Malm for verso books in an essay last year, "The destruction of Palestine is the destruction of the Earth." He says an 'articulation' of destructive processes takes place in which the impacts of technics has a formative affect upon the users involved, that I'm guessing involves apathy crowding out other feelings which the human heart or brain might contain. And what seems to compensate for the loss is command of services which a money income ensures. Plus the ability, it seems, to be jocular about it all, sometimes.
Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing James!