Just Manifest Already HWOS 04 025

2024-04-11T00:00:00Z

Just Manifest Already "The allure of accruing wealth from nothing. In this respect, [occult economies] are born of the same animating spirit as casino capitalism; indeed, perhaps they are casino capitalism for those who lack the fiscal or cultural capital—or who, for one or another reason, are reluctant—to gamble on more conventional markets. Like the cunning that made straw into gold (Schneider 1989), these alchemic techniques defy reason in promising unnaturally large profits — to yield wealth without production, value without effort. Here, again, is the specter, the distinctive spirit, of neoliberal capitalism in its triumphal hour. So much for the demise of disenchantment" (pp. 313-314). Comaroff, Jean and John L. Comaroff. "Millennial Capitalism: First Thoughts on a Second Coming." Public Culture. Vol. 12, no. 2, 2000. https://read.dukeupress.edu/public-culture/article/12/2/291/85483/Millennial-Capitalism-First-Thoughts-on-a-Second