And for Jared, a question: when you ask who is being freed, what do you think they are being freed from? Certainly not from capital, not in the way Marx theorized. I think the whole point of everyday politics is that capital is so prolific we can’t escape it, so we need to find ways to live with it that still allow us to connect with each other and our social realities. Sure, the activities that allow us to “make do” are still labour, but the idea is to use our labour power in a different way, to somehow improve the quality of our everyday lives. Yes, there is work to be done – but there’s work to be done anyway. Wouldn’t you rather work to better ends? Admittedly, I don’t know exactly what that would look like either – which is part of what I’m trying to work out here.

And a small bone to pick: There is no great enlightenment project that we’re working towards – the great enlightenment project is what got us here in the first place.

Don’t worry Bridget, I have plenty of complaining to do and it’s bound to land here again!

I like Get rid of yourself’s idea of living an example, but I have no idea what that would actually look like.

I ask myself, when the majority is caught up in the spectacle and the banalities of everyday life, they’re not thinking about class conflict, they’re thinking about survival! Maybe showing folks how to live, giving them examples, being supportive and let them know it doesn’t have to be this way. We’re all capable of this realization; not all come to it.

I’d love to speak more on this, I really really really hate typing.

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