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any resistance is futile, and the resistors are only a part of an inevitable cycle -- already part of capitalism itself.
No, I don't think any resistance is futile, but you have to be very aware of just how easy it is to be co-opted.
Personally, I feel it tends to be a matter of scale-
From one angle, I see that as soon as something passes a certain threshold, it turns back on itself. Much like the idea found in the Kabbalah- when the light emanating out of the Sephirot gets too far from it's source, it turns back on itself and becomes Qliphoth- containing rather than liberating- yesterday's radicalism is today's orthodoxy. I see this concept playing itself out all over the place.
From another angle I look at the major breakthroughs in computer technology- such as object oriented programming or point to point protocol- where it has been much more effective to use many small things instead of one big thing.
So in terms of revolution, for me it's about keeping focused on a local level first- developing a localized autonomy- while keeping an eye on, and networking with, the larger scope of things- the old "think globally, act locally", but keeping in mind that what works in one locality is not necessarily going to work in another- the diversity of process is key.
The one thing that I see as not allowing for this to happen is the monetary system- it promises a universalized means of exchange, but has become a system that dictates the terms of exchange, so who controls the money, controls exchange, on a universal level- and there in lies "the problem" as I see it. Once you reduce all value to a singular system, you negate all other forms of value. Which tends to be the issue with any reductionist approach to things- the meat is cut away in favour of the bones- not a pretty sight.
In terms of infrastructure, I think the brute force, top down approach that may have been necessary for the industrial age is now becoming increasingly unsustainable (as my ex-boyfriend used to put it, "it shits in its nest and eats its young"). So, for me, it's not a matter of elimination, it's more about an inversion- where we had unity through isolation, I hope to see us move towards intimacy through diversification... In this I might be completely up a tree, but a boy can dream can't he ;-) |
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