Disposability writes off people as depreciated consumption goods via group massification

Evidence

Disposability, in short, signals the disposition to write off people as depreciated consumption goods, reverse-engineering people through their massification into the base metal of presumptive groups, marked by a debased character all their own. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1881

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Manufactured scarcity and disposability sustain value by regulating perceived demand — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1879; Manufactured scarcity and disposability govern racialized populations by timing need — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1879; Disposability writes off people as depreciated consumption goods. (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Disposability writes off people as depreciated consumption goods. #expands (1.00)
• Responsibilized individuals remain disposable when economic exigencies require it #exemplifies (0.85) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 417