Capitalist need-satisfaction depends on suppressing needs

Evidence

We have created a socioeconomic system in which meeting our needs depends on mechanisms that thrive on their suppression. A far cry from the best possible world, ours is an upside-down one. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 383

Categorization

• APHORISMS: Condenses the entire political-economic critique into a memorable paradox of engineered scarcity.
• XREF: connects to: Bourgeois distinction is a performed public suppression of bodily need — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 562; Under capitalism consumption targets abstract value rather than bodily need — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 753; Capitalism subordinates social values to economic value via a rogue value paradigm — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 561 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• False-need satisfaction reinforces the rat race and profitable domination. #exemplifies (0.90) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 841
• Capitalism subordinates social values to economic value via a rogue value paradigm #expands (0.82) — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 561
• The discourse of creativity masks real needs that capitalism cannot actually satisfy #expands (0.78) — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 572