• @9point6
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      Disco Elysium is fantastic

      And it’s a predictably huge shame that capitalists sent a wrecking ball through the studio

      (And inexplicably getting rid of Scouse cuno, the fuckers)

  • @cmbabul
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    I believe this is called reclamation and it’s one of the most powerful aspects of capitalism, it’s really frighteningly resilient.

    Edit: Commenter below is correct I meant recuperation

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      Recuperation

      I don’t believe reclamation has a particular political definition, though leftist projects will often speak of reclaiming things from capitalist culture, which is “reverse recuperation” or what the Situationists called détournement.

      • @cmbabul
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        Thank you that is what I meant, got my vocabulary mixed up

  • @architectonas
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    Co-opt I understand. But why commodify? Can somebody explain? I am just stupid

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      they turn it into a product or a consumption lifestyle

      the college kids of yesteryear, who wore Che shirts and soviet hats, but were ultimately no threat to the system are a great example of this.

  • @Okokimup
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    Excess ain’t rebellion. You’re drinking what they’re selling.