tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612867235894979409.post2581671263297799826..comments2024-03-27T08:38:29.990+01:00Comments on artefactphil: Freedom to earn a living as the core of emancipation?Michael Eldredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15312973352124078686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612867235894979409.post-91712479034937594962012-02-14T21:53:18.032+01:002012-02-14T21:53:18.032+01:00Hi Michael and thanks for your comment. Yes, the G...Hi Michael and thanks for your comment. Yes, the Gestell, and even the very thought of it, is totalizing, leaving no room for individual freedom of movement mediated by reified value (money, income, wages...).Michael Eldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312973352124078686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612867235894979409.post-2929250393613514802012-02-13T16:34:18.819+01:002012-02-13T16:34:18.819+01:00Hi Michael, I think that if we do see such freedom...Hi Michael, I think that if we do see such freedom (from, to) as a value then I would suggest it matters what the employment is itself for (what it makes or serves or does) and not just that a (fe)male is employed and earning a wage (whether pittance or banker-bonus-sized) and thus part of the labour market. That is only a valid (or invalid) comment as long as we see employment in terms of value (i.e., in terms of the market). The nihilistic sense of employment comes from the fact of the gestell (total mobilisation of the world, the industrial-military-technological complex), whereupon work is largely (if not only) pursued in order to order and secure further work. Same goes for war/armed peace. Work as the real war of the world: World War Zero.<br /><br />regards<br /><br />michael pennamacoormpennamacoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818399427157859863noreply@blogger.com