Saturday 6 February 2010

Defining people according to their use value

If your use is defined by somebody or something else, then it should become very apparent to you that it is not even logically possible for that "something else" to be considered to be abusing you, no matter how harsh your circumstances. A professor for instance is actually DEFINED by his capacity to be used by the University Adminstration. Should he withold his services, or enter into a debate with said administration, he is to that degree no longer a professor.

Likewise, a woman, a female, is defined by how useful she is to the males around her. If she wants to be in life for herself, she is no longer that useful thing that is capable of facilitating the system. In this sense, she is no longer able to be considered "feminine".

Rather, she has entered a realm of infinite possibilities -- a realm of being FOR herself. Her identity has effectively become fluid, again, after a period of being limited, and crystalised by conformity to conceptions of use value.

DISCLAIMER: This post has been an analysis of the logic of fascism, and is intended to show how pernicious it is. It also suggests an escape route.

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