system anthropomorphization

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“Capitalism subsumes all critique unto itself”.

Ok but like… capitalism isn’t an entity. It’s not a being with wants. To what extent can you call it one?

A lot of times, it is helpful to think of things as beings (and what does it mean to be an individual being, anyways), but it’s important — and interesting — to think about what makes up this “being”. What are the brains of capitalism? What extends its power? you can only demolish a building whose structure you understand