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2026-08-04 12:35 UTC
"As for the more recent reconstruction of London, I find almost all of it architecturally dire and socially repellent, particularly the clustering skyscrapers that proclaim the triumph of finance capital and the interests of its corporate elite while signalling disdain for people at large, closing down on publicly available space, and darkening our streets."
Full article: Realism, humanism and alternative hedonism: an interview with Kate Soper, Part 1
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14767430.2026.2678095
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@hamishb@mstdn.ca 2026-08-04 13:48
This stood out for me: "Marxist thinkers have been good at exposing the capitalist mode of production as historical and therefore transformable rather than naturally ordained. They have been less consistent and progressive, in my opinion, in treating the consumer culture created by capitalism as if it were the ‘naturally’ determined form of the ‘good life’ that could and should be endlessly expanded and provided for all in a post-capitalist global order." @markhburton@mstdn.social