Por Kevin Carson. Título original: Meritocracy is Bullshit, 24 de Septiembre, 2024. Traducido por Walruunäut En una entrevista reciente con Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk declaró que uno de sus valores es “la meritocracia, tanta meritocracia como sea posible, donde sales adelante en función de tu habilidad y nada más”. Se suele presentar a la “meritocracia”, por…

บทวิเคราะห์ว่าด้วยข้อวินิจฉัยต่อทุนนิยมโดยวอลเตอร์ เบนจามิน เฉียนสื่อ. บทความต้นฉบับ: Capitalism as Religion and The Myth of Capitalist Nature 9 มีนาคม 2019. แปลเป็นภาษาไทยโดย Kin โดย เฉียนสื่อ “เราอาจมองเห็นร่องรอยของศาสนาได้ในทุนนิยม กล่าวคือ ทุนนิยมมีบทบาทสำคัญในการบรรเทาความกังวล ความทุกข์ทรมาน และความปั่นป่วนที่ศาสนาในอดีตเคยพยายามตอบสนอง” “ทุนนิยมอาจเป็นตัวอย่างแรกของลัทธิความเชื่อที่สร้างความรู้สึกผิดแทนที่จะสร้างการไถ่บาป” – วอลเตอร์ เบนจามิน, Capitalism as Religion “มายาคติไม่ได้ปฏิเสธสิ่งต่างๆ กลับกัน หน้าที่ของมันคือพูดถึงสิ่งเหล่านั้น เพียงแต่มันทำให้สิ่งเหล่านั้นบริสุทธิ์ ให้ดูไร้เดียงสา สร้างความชอบธรรมด้วยการบอกว่าสิ่งนั้นเป็นธรรมชาติและเป็นนิรันดร์ และให้ความกระจ่างที่ไม่ใช่ในรูปของคำอธิบาย แต่ด้วยการยืนยันข้อเท็จจริง” – โรล็อง บาร์ตส์, Mythologies: Myth Today มีวิธีการมากมายในการอธิบายและแสดงให้เห็นถึงระบบแห่งการครอบงำ กดขี่ กีดกัน แปลกแยก และปล้นชิงที่เราเรียกว่าทุนนิยมนี้ สำหรับวอลเตอร์ เบนจามิน วิธีเดียวที่จะเข้าใจทุนนิยมคือการมองมันเป็นระบบศาสนา ระบบที่คนแต่ละคนต้องมีส่วนร่วมในพิธีกรรมที่ปราศจากทั้งเทววิทยาและหลักคำสอน แต่ในท้ายที่สุด…

Oleh: Trevor Hauge. Teks aslinya berjudul “Might Doesn’t Determine Right…”, diterjemahkan oleh Sachadru. …Tetapi Kekuatan Menentukan Rezim Kepemilikan Kita “Kalian bodoh! Jika kalian mengambil kekuatan, kebebasan akan datang dengan sendirinya.” – Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own Pada 12 Desember 2023, halaman Facebook AFL-CIO memposting sebuah meme yang berbunyi: “Elon Musk tidak membuat mobil,…

Oleh: Kevin Carson. Teks aslinya berjudul, Meritocracy is Bullshit diterjemahkan oleh Sachadru. Dalam sebuah wawancara baru-baru ini dengan Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk menyatakan bahwa salah satu nilai yang dia anut adalah “meritokrasi, sebanyak mungkin meritokrasi, sehingga kamu bisa maju berdasarkan keterampilanmu, dan tidak ada yang lain.” “Meritokrasi” sering dianggap oleh kaum liberal sebagai sesuatu yang…

Di Kevin Carson. Originale pubblicato il 24 settembre 2024 con il titolo Meritocracy is Bullshit. Tradotto in italiano da Enrico Sanna. Intervistato recentemente da Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk dichiara che tra le cose che più ammira c’è “la meritocrazia, tanta meritocrazia: far carriera in base alla propria bravura e nient’altro.” La “meritocrazia” è una di…

Por Kevin Carson. Artigo original: On Captive Clienteles and Enshittification, de 13 de agosto de 2024. Traduzido para o português por Ruan L. Há quatro anos atrás, em uma coluna, recontei a experiência de uma amiga no âmbito do Ensino Superior [no original: academia] com um “software de gestão do aprendizagem”, software este que sua…

If there’s one leitmotif in Jacob Hornberger’s commentary at the Future of Freedom Foundation over the years, it’s that unlimited accumulation of capital by the super-rich is the pathway to prosperity. That musical phrase received its latest tinny, tinkling iteration in “The Importance of Capital” (March 13): I was recently walking through a construction site…

In a recent interview with Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk stated that one of his values was “meritocracy, as much meritocracy as possible, so you get ahead as a function of your skill, and nothing else.”  “Meritocracy” is often framed by liberals as a thing that would be good if we actually had it, as opposed…

Por Kevin Carson. Artigo original: AI and the Real Hard Pill to Swallow, de 14 de agosto 2024. Traduzido para o porguguês por Ruan L. Na Foundation for Economic Education (cf. “The Ego vs. The Machine”, 24/02/2024), Dylan Allman, autointitulado “tecno-otimista”, rejeita as controvérsias recentes acerca da IA como uma simples questão de egos machucados….

Por Kevin Carson. Artículo original: Walter Block: Once Again Defending the Undefendable — Part I, del 26 de junio 2024. Traducido al español por Mariano Vidal. En un sentido, Walter Block pertenece a la tradición de libertarios de derecha y anarco-capitalistas controvertidos, en la medida que camufla las relaciones de poder y las instituciones coercitivas…

Oleh: Kevin Carson. Teks aslinya berjudul “Book Review: It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism.” DIterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia oleh Ameyuri Ringo. Bernie Sanders. It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism. With John Nichols (New York: Crown, 2023). Buku Sanders berfokus pada dua masalah yang harus dihadapi rakyat Amerika. Dia menyatakannya di awal sekali….

Di Kevin Carson. Articolo originale: AI and the Real Hard Pill to Swallow, del 14 agosto 2024. Traduzione italiana di Enrico Sanna. Il sedicente “tecno-ottimista” Dylan Allman, in un articolo su Foundation for Economic Education (“The Ego vs. the Machine,” 24 febbraio), liquida gli scettici dell’intelligenza artificiale (IA) come persone dall’ego ferito. “Più o meno…

At Foundation for Economic Education (“The Ego vs. the Machine,” February 24), self-described “techno-optimist” Dylan Allman dismisses recent controversies over AI as a simple matter of wounded egos. “They feel, on some instinctual level, that if machines can do what they do — only better, faster, and more efficiently — then what value do they…

Di Kevin Carson. Originale pubblicato il 20 luglio 2024 con il titolo Walter Block: Once Again Defending the Undefendable — Part II. Tradotto in italiano da Enrico Sanna. Nella puntata precedente parlavo di Walter Block e della sua difesa reiterata del “contratto di schiavitù volontaria”, uno dei tanti casi in cui Block presenta come “spontanei”…

Di Kevin Carson. Originale pubblicato il 26 giugno 2024 con il titolo Walter Block: Once Again Defending the Undefendable — Part I. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Walter Block rientra perfettamente nella tradizione dei polemisti anarco-capitalisti e libertari di destra, come dimostra la sua tendenza a nascondere relazioni di potere e istituzioni coercitive dietro la facciata…

In the previous installment of this column, I discussed Walter Block’s repeated defense of “voluntary slavery contracts” as one example of his long record of defending economic phenomena as “voluntary,” regardless of the role of background or systemic violence in making them possible. But it didn’t stop there. Consider his defenses, just within the past…

Por Kevin Carson. Artigo original: Walter Block: Once Again Defending the Undefendable — Part I, publicado em 26 de junho de 2024. Traduzido para o português por Ruan L. Em certo sentido, Walter Block está bem inserido na tradição das polêmicas do libertarianismo de direita/anarco-capitalismo, na medida em que o mesmo esconde as relações de…

In one sense, Walter Block is very much in the tradition of right-libertarian and anarcho-capitalist polemics, insofar as he hides power relationships and coercive institutions behind a facade of “free exchange” and “voluntary contract.” In another, however, he is much worse. Anarcho-capitalists, traditionally, have focused on convincing the average person that a stateless regime centered…

Di Kevin Carson. Articolo originale pubblicato il 25 aprile 2024 con il titolo Capitalism Is Still Closer to Ceasar Than to God. Tradotto in italiano da Enrico Sanna. Su The Freeman, Cody Cook si chiede: “Gesù Cristo aveva simpatie per gli affari?” Comincia citando alcuni passi dei vangeli che condannano chiaramente la ricchezza e nota…

Di Kevin Carson. Originale: I Pencil, Revisited, pubblicato l’undici luglio 2023. Traduzione italiana di Enrico Sanna. Scarica qui la versione stampabile in formato pdf. Introduzione Non credo che esista testo libertario controverso più diffuso, più noto, o più amato, di I, Pencil: My Family Tree as told to Leonard E. Read. Comparso per la prima…