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You Won't Survive as Human Capital

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The article "You Won’t Survive As Human Capital" from Palladium Magazine discusses the concept of human capital in the context of modern society and its implications. It argues that individuals are viewed as inputs in the process of social reproduction, quantified and evaluated by large organizations. The article highlights the limitations of this paradigm, notably in terms of reproduction and sustaining human life. It delves into the historical concept of ethnogenesis, where small, cohesive groups form distinct communities and states. The modern state, however, is seen as drifting from its founding purposes, with populations treated as replaceable elements. The piece concludes by questioning the sustainability of the technocratic paradigm and the need for new forms of life and community [[]](https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/11/24/you-wont-survive-as-...) [[]](https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/11/24/you-wont-survive-as-...) [[]](https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/11/24/you-wont-survive-as-...) [[]](https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/11/24/you-wont-survive-as-...).

The title "you wont survive as human capital" sounds interesting, but beyond the first paragraph, i cant quite connect the content to the title, it seems to mostly talk about the size of political groups. I feel like it needs a conclusion paragraph that ties the points made in the article back to the central point.

I'm of the same mind.

Social reproduction and reification are familiar subjects to me - I enjoy using them as framing devices - but the author seems to want to talk about the effects of social reproduction and reification as constraints on social change and that's not very interesting of a topic unless one goes into the details, which they avoid.

Take, for example, the social reproduction and reified ideas and institutions of feudalism. What compromises that list and in which ways were they made irrelevant in the face of capitalism? Now do the same for capitalism. That's a much more interesting article and the one I wish the author had the desire to write.

Looks like the third draft of something that could eventually be readable, and perhaps even useful.

Palladium is very author-dependent. I read a couple of pretty interesting essays there and was quite intrigued. After reading a few more... I was considerably less so.

I got real 'wouldn't it be great if we could just, you know, put all the poors in a wage cage and feed them bugs' vibes from some of it which was what finally turned me off for good.

Sounds like he's just saying that Society == Slavery With Extra Steps

And that's why the Amish are succeeding on their own terms, they've opted out.

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