Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, social theorist, political journalist, historian, a key figure of the labor movement, and a critic of capitalism and religion.
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Prof Richard Murphy asks a number of question in this short blog, the central one being :’…who is asking where the money is coming from?’ And the others follow on from that one.
It is a very short read, but a telling one for #MMT and perhaps a calling out of all the hypocrites and their economic dogma.
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I noted this in an email last night. You can see the source: A number of thoughts follow. First, who is questioning the value of government now? Second, who is asking where the money is coming from? Third, who is discussing whether the cost should be added to the national debt? Fourth, who is worrying...
🎧 New #RevolutionNow podcast ep 58 drops the #IntegralWhitePaper & exposes the “Marxism” mirage. Joseph argues that market prices fail, vague ideologies hide real problems, and a cyber‑netic, post‑market system is needed. Listen & rethink systemic change!
Episode webpage: https://revolutionnow.podbean.com/e/revolution-now-w-peter-joseph-ep-58-integral-the-mirage-of-marxism/
Quick Overview
Core focus: Introduction of the Integral White Paper, a technically‑grounded, cyber‑netic framework meant to replace market‑driven economics with a coordinated, post‑scarcity system.
Key critique: Terms like socialism, communism, Marxism are treated as monolithic “actors” that mask real systemic analysis. Joseph argues they are empty abstractions that deflect attention from concrete structural change.
Market failure argument: Market price mechanisms are shown to be inadequate for genuine ecological balance, democratic coordination, and efficient economic calculation.
Integral proposal:
Five core subsystems (resource stewardship, collaborative value exchange, participatory governance, cyber‑netic feedback loops, and sustainability metrics).
Emphasis on human compatibility with cooperative structures rather than “human nature” myths.
Calls for structural redesign over ideological debate—change the system, not just the rhetoric.
Takeaway: To move beyond the “marriage of myth and capitalism,” we need a technically precise, system‑level alternative—the Integral model—rather than relying on vague left‑wing labels.
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About: In this episode, Peter Joseph addresses the release of the Integral White Paper, as the core focus, and critiques the pervasive vagueness of alternative economic discourse, arguing that terms like socialism, communism, and Marxism function as empty abstractions that obscure real systems analysis and ultimately reinforce capitalism. He outlines why market price mechanisms fail as tools of economic calculation, ecological balance, and democratic coordination, and introduces Integral as a technically grounded, cybernetic, post-market transition system built around five core subsystems designed to enable cooperation, sustainability, and post-scarcity conditions. The episode also explores human compatibility with collaborative systems, challenges myths about “human nature,” and emphasizes the necessity of structural change over ideological debate. Joseph concludes by warning of accelerating authoritarianism in the United States as a product of capitalist power dynamics, stressing that without transforming underlying economic structures, political regression and ecological collapse will continue unabated. Please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Integral Website / White Paper: https://integralcollective.io/ Read the latest Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149986086?source=queue&autoPlay=false Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.amazon.com/New-Human-Rights-Movement-Reinventing/dp/1942952651 Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography --Socials--Peter Joseph:https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial/https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Integral:https://www.facebook.com/integralcollectivehttps://x.com/org_integralhttps://www.instagram.com/integralcollective/
Socialist ends by market means: A history
https://lucasvance.github.io/2100/history/
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The abundance trap: our greatest success registers as catastrophe.
Cognitive work: $36/hour → $0.0001
Radiologist: 13 years training → AI diagnoses for pennies
The economy doesn't measure free expertise. It measures industry collapse.
GDP screams depression when knowledge becomes free.
The Paradoxical Efficient Market Hypothesis (2024)
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2024/09/the-paradoxical-efficient-market-hypothesis.html
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Life, Work, Death and the Peasant: Rent and Extraction
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This is the third piece of the fourth part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd,IVe, V) looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers – a majority of all of the humans who have…
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