THE PARADOX OF LIFE
Most of us want the same things out of life. Here are my five:
◦ To be loved by others, have someone to love and to be helpful to others
◦ To be happy and satisfied
◦ To eat well, to be healthy and to be compassionately taken care of when not healthy
◦ To enjoy and appreciate nature
◦ To not suffer from extreme climates - to be not too warm or not too cold
I expected more from you, Noam!
The task, as Foucault insists, is undoubtedly to reveal the groundlessness of the precise workings of our institutions and thus the groundlessness of power itself (and further, of Being). Chomsky is right that we need a vision. Spartacus is proof. The vision, however, can only be unconcealed through the analysis Foucault and the other post modernists advocate.
Beyond the Fog: Reframing Power, Consciousness, and the Working Class
Social transformation isn’t just about changing who owns the factories. It’s about changing how people see themselves, each other, and the world.
Beyond the 4-Day Workweek
Reducing the workweek to four days, while seemingly a positive step in transitioning to a more humane existence, fails to address the root issue: the grotesque alienation and exploitation of workers that comes as a package deal with a capitalist economic system.