Moon, Exploitation and Opportunity
10/17/20 • 55 min
We talk about the excellent solitary space adventure that is Moon (2009). Topics discussed:
How exploitation is marketed to white men
Foucault's "Care of the self"
How space capitalism is an especially risky form of exploitation
How space can be an opportunity to organize
The race between capitalist exploitation and worker organization
Capitalism's obvious failures
Links:
Innuendo Studio's discussion of the right's obsession with cucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQjVbk6JSck&ab_channel=InnuendoStudios
The Ethics of the Care of the Self as a Practice of Freedom: https://pages.uoregon.edu/koopman/events_readings/cgc/foucault_ethics_concern_for_self.pdf
PhilosophyTube and Mexie's video on the housing market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qihG6AGjkRk&t=1059s&ab_channel=PhilosophyTube
Current Affairs' Fake Nerd Boys of Silicon Valley: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/07/the-fake-nerd-boys-of-silicon-valley
We talk about the excellent solitary space adventure that is Moon (2009). Topics discussed:
How exploitation is marketed to white men
Foucault's "Care of the self"
How space capitalism is an especially risky form of exploitation
How space can be an opportunity to organize
The race between capitalist exploitation and worker organization
Capitalism's obvious failures
Links:
Innuendo Studio's discussion of the right's obsession with cucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQjVbk6JSck&ab_channel=InnuendoStudios
The Ethics of the Care of the Self as a Practice of Freedom: https://pages.uoregon.edu/koopman/events_readings/cgc/foucault_ethics_concern_for_self.pdf
PhilosophyTube and Mexie's video on the housing market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qihG6AGjkRk&t=1059s&ab_channel=PhilosophyTube
Current Affairs' Fake Nerd Boys of Silicon Valley: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/07/the-fake-nerd-boys-of-silicon-valley
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