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  Capitalist Pathology Charles-Olivier Rivard   How Capitalism negatively impacts the mental health of individuals.          Ever since the industrial revolution of the 1800s, cases of mental health issues have kept steadily rising, as we reach an era of late-stage Capitalism. From the anxiety of the current economic system, to depression, burnouts and non-stop competition, Capitalism has had huge impacts on the wellbeing of individuals. Let’s look at the effects of hyper-individualism anxiety and overworking on the mental health conditions of the people, in this world of neoliberal, crony capitalism that incentivises people to work against their nature.         First and foremost, the development of a capitalist society has seen mental illness to be classified as one of the biggest reasons for distress and misery across individuals. According to the Hampton Institute, ‘One in four people in the U...

Hello everyone, here is a list of the books and essays I recommend reading if you're new to Leftism. The list is in no particular order. 1. State and Revolution - Lenin 2. Political Economy - John Eaton (best for beginners) 3. The Marx and Engels Reader 4. Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses - Althusser  5. Phenomenology of Spirit - Hegel  6. Socialism Utopian and Scientific - Engels  7. Capital - Marx 8. Capitalism by Anwar Shaikh  9. The Prison Notebooks - Gramsci  10. On Ideology - Althusser  11. Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844- Marx 12. The Grundrisse - Marx 13. Reading Capital  14. Value Price and Profit - Marx  15. What is to be Done -Lenin 16. Dialectic of Enlightenment - Horkheimer and Adorno  17. A Dictionary of Marxist Thought  18. Monopoly Capital - Paul Sweezy 19. Critical Theory - Horkheimer  20.One-Dimensional Man - Marcuse 21. History and Class Consciousness - Lukács 22. Introduction to Critical ...

 Hi everyone, linked below is my critique of anarcho-capitalism. Hampton made a "debunk" of it, however it was full of fallacies and I won't even bother to respond for the time being. Click Here

 1. There is a cultural genocide going on. The Chinese government actively profiles Uyghur Muslims. They force them into learning Mandarin and assimilate them to their culture, essentially erasing Uyghur culture. This is following a series of terrorist attacks. However, it's a minority group, and they're generalizing a considerable population. They are forcing them into "re-education" in response to that. It's easy to realize why it's not okay. 2. While Uyghurs who haven't been taken to detention centers enjoy religious freedom, the decrepitating state of their Mosques is being ignored, and they're essentially losing their safe spaces because of some negligence.  3. The US and other countries with trade agreements using this rhetoric that China is committing "mass genocide" to their advantage since China has become a world superpower, posing a threat to the USA's influence over the world. The USA and China have been fighting for resources...

  Defining police abolition and defunding First of all, let’s go over what police abolition is actually about since a lot of people have the m i sconception that it’s an instantaneous process that will cause every citizen to commit mass murder while shoplifting phones at the local mall, which would cause anarchy, the capital city exploding and the eradication of human race. It’s simply not the case. Abolishing the police is rather a gradual process, involving a reallocation of resources, responsibility and funding, away from the police and towards a community-based model of safety that revolves around prevention, treatment and support. It should be a crisis response unit that is better equipped to deal with crime. Again, I personally think that rehabilitation is better than punishment, and preventing crime rather than punishing people for it, would be a much better system. Empirical Evidence A lot of people think that a system like that would not work, but let’s disprove that by ta...

Hello, welcome to my personal blog. My name is Charles, I'm a 17 years old freelance writer, and I like politics , books and tech . This website is mainly about those two things, so I hope it's something many people will enjoy. I'm an Orthodox Marxist/Anarcho-Syndicalist and I have a few economic/political essays to write, which I will post here. As for tech, I'm into various products, I do not have a specific niche. It's pretty much the same thing with books.  Make sure to subscribe to the newsletter for no reason 🤔 Links Fiverr   TikTok YouTube