I interpret this as in current treatlerite society, the conditions wouldn’t be there for Marx to invent socialism. So instead of creating socialist literature he would be distracted by video games
Ironically our treats are the net result of the Chinese education system and economic planning enabling mass production of high tech goods at an unforeseen scale. Would prefer the productive forces to go to prefab housing and trains but thems are the breaks.
It could be seen as a rejection of capitalism by emulating old games for free on existing hardware instead of buying new.
And apparently he had no strict schedule, would wake up at noon, do whatever for a while, then sit down and write for hours. So maybe he’d wake up at 12, play Resistance until 8, then write until 4 in the morning
I interpret this as in current treatlerite society, the conditions wouldn’t be there for Marx to invent socialism. So instead of creating socialist literature he would be distracted by video games
Ironically our treats are the net result of the Chinese education system and economic planning enabling mass production of high tech goods at an unforeseen scale. Would prefer the productive forces to go to prefab housing and trains but thems are the breaks.
It could be seen as a rejection of capitalism by emulating old games for free on existing hardware instead of buying new.
And apparently he had no strict schedule, would wake up at noon, do whatever for a while, then sit down and write for hours. So maybe he’d wake up at 12, play Resistance until 8, then write until 4 in the morning