By: michael hampton

michael hampton — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:01:35 +0000

Frederic Jameson’s phrase “late capitalism” probably needs a rest, as it implies that an ideology is exhausted, or worse still overdue (at the office), even a train running behind schedule (Mussolini is not amused), whereas we can all see that despite its global paroxysm over the last 3 or 4 years, capitalism is just restructuring, en pire no doubt, but “late”? No. And no as in likely to come to a sudden end. It’s a mutable system that can absorb any number of whammies, fall in the shit and come up smelling of roses, except those roses wont have much real scent as they are grown in unnatural conditions besides some Kenyan lake that is being bled dry, etc etc. Ask yourself, is the future going to be totalitarian or communitarian? I think the answer is a foregone conclusion. Sorry to end on such a depressing note.

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By: michael hampton