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An understanding that the marking and biocertification of bodies as non-normative or surplus constitutes a false, socially constructed imposition of negative value is also a threat to capital. An understanding that illness, disability, and debility are driven by the social determinants of health, with capital as the central social determinant, itself constitutes such a threat.
Health Communism
Beatrice Adler-Bolton;Artie Vierkant
So why are newly radicalizing liberals so susceptible to ultraleftism? ... First, because it allows them to continue their sense of superiority felt that they had from being the furthest left in the room and most moral for most of their lives. ... Secondly, because newly radicalized liberals develop an obsession with “radical tactics.” ... Thirdly, a skepticism of mass politics. ... Fourth, a view of “the left” as a consumer subculture and not organizations. __Many newly radicalized liberals approach politics as if it's about what podcast you listen to or magazine you subscribe to. This thinking promotes acting as a fandom rather than an organization.__
The Liberal-to-Ultraleft Pipeline: Breaking the Cycle
washingtonsocialist.mdcdsa.org
The epicentre of the developmentalist movement was the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, based in Chile. Founded in 1948, the Commission was headed by the progressive Argentinian economist Raúl Prebisch, one of the thinkers who developed the theory of dependency and unequal exchange.
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