Capitalism simultaneously destroys and expands human potential

Evidence

Once we admit this possibility, then, ‘with this one about-turn’, everything changes: we see both sides of Marx’s perspective on capitalism — not simply the destruction it wreaks, but the potential expansion of human capacities it involves. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 639

Categorization

• XREF: Marx’s dialectical view of capital in the Grundrisse — developmental vs. destructive — which is the theoretical core Callinicos opposes to the one-sidedness of postmodern readings. — connects to: Marx conceded capitalism universalizes human capacity while emptying out its content — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 169; Capitalism and materialism shape a society’s entire worldview and value system; Industrial capitalism operates as a machine that degrades and mechanizes colonized peoples — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 265 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Capitalism must be judged as both catastrophe and progress simultaneously #corroborates (0.93) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 154
• Industrial capitalism operates as a machine that degrades and mechanizes colonized peoples #exemplifies (0.78) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 265
• Capitalism and materialism shape a society’s entire worldview and value system #expands (0.72)