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First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

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What’s it about?

A blistering diagnosis of the 2008 crisis as a farcical replay of history, arguing that capitalism's structural violence demands a radical leftist alternative beyond liberal reform.

You’ll learn

  • Why the 2008 crisis was a farce, not a tragedy
  • How liberal communism masks systemic injustice
  • The difference between subjective and objective violence
  • Why genuine political acts require radical imagination