Yes, reading Superimperialism at the moment. It's good. DoE was co-written so feels different to bullshit jobs (only other thing if his I've read). I think it's an important book.
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Good points. I was referring to Thatcher and the start of the neoliberal policies which led to 2008 crash and then the austerity which led from it.
As for the neolithic revolution thing. Have you read The Dawn of Everything? That book disputes quite forcefully the idea that agriculture led to class structures etc. They state that this idea is outdated and has since been disproven by archeological findings. Some ancient agrarian societies were tyrannical, others were not. In the same way some forager groups were heirachical and even had slaves and some were far more egalitarian. It's an excellent book.
I found it powerful as it presents the idea that we choose how we live to a large extent. It's not determined by our mode of food production/technology alone (and therefore may not be doomed).
Class war has been on since 1979.
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services
Is there any way to build a library for a NAS without illegally downloading it?
Wonderful news. I just updated and it's working again. YouTube is so far down the enshittification tunnel that it's only a matter of time until something like this gets rolled out again. I really want Peertube to be the one, but there's just not that many people using it. I've done away with reddit and Twitter and now much prefer Lemmy and Mastadon, but YouTube is harder to kick.