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What is ‘post-capitalism’?
It’s an empty phrase used by people who wish to bypass the necessity of struggle, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Marx in Space

A CLUTCH of recent books and the associated media hype hail the end of capitalism — not through conscious struggle by those, us, the “many,” who have the most to gain from its end, but gradually, piecemeal and of its own accord.  

Some of them come from the left and are well-intentioned.  

A recent example is Fully Automated Luxury Communism — A Manifesto (FALC) by Aaron Bastani a self-proclaimed left-wing provocateur, co-founder of Novara Media and (since the publication of his book) a television personality.  

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