Levi Bryant's 8/4/12 blog post discusses
capitalism as a hyperobject. As such it is non-local, everywhere and
nowhere. We can experience its local manifestations but its substance is
withdrawn from them. So how can one affect such a hyperobject? He
certainly thinks that merely complaining about it through ideology is a
waste of time and does nothing other than perpetuate its own autopoetic
structure in academia. However every hyberobject requires its material
infrastructure and it is at these points that one can have an affect. He
suggests if you really want to change it then occupy a highway, shut
down satellite communications, block a port, erase data banks.
He
half-jokes that the Dept. of Homeland Security will come visit with
such suggestions. I say half because that is a distinct possibility given the 'materiality' of their law enforcement function. If
he was serious about affecting capitalism he'd be building a
material underground under strict secrecy. Just inciting others to take up the cause of doing something
about it is just as much effete academic posturing as those he
criticizes.
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