States Created Markets. Markets Require States. Neither

Neoliberalism Isn't An Economic Program - It's A Political Program Designed To Produce Hopelessness And Kill Any Future Alternatives.

If Your Father Is An Air-conditioner Repairman From Nebraska, Its Conceivable That You Might Become A Ceo, But You Can't Imagine Being The Drama Critic For The New York Times. So If You Come From A Background Like That And You Want To Actually Have A Career Which Involves Doing Something Noble In The World, What Can You Do? You Can Join The Army. That's About It. Or You Can Work For The Church. That Explains A Lot Of The Focus Of Right-wing Populism. The Right Wing Figured That Out, That People Want Enough To Survive And To Do Good.

All Societies Are Based On A Sort Of Minimum Level Of Communism. Otherwise, You Couldn't Have Any Social Relations At All.

Now, We're Used To Thinking Of Communism As Being Once-upon-a-time-all-things-were-owned-in-common, Maybe-someday-this-will-come-again. And People Agree That There Is A Sort Of Epic Narrative Going On Here. I Think We Should Just Throw This Narrative Out, It's Irrelevant Anyway, And Who Cares Who Owns Things? I Don't. You Know, We All Own The White House. So What? I Still Can't Go In, Right?

Money Has Always Been A Particular Problem For Revolutionaries And Anti-capitalists. What Will Money Look Like 'after The Revolution'? How Will It Function? Will It Exist At All? It's Hard To Answer The Question If You Don't Know What Money Actually Is. Proposing To Eliminate It Entirely Seems Utopian And Naive.