Ifs Quote by David Harvey

“But planned obsolescence is possible only if the rate of technological change is contained.”

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“In urbanisation, the suburbs are just as monocultural (as agriculture), with a lifestyle that maximises the excessive consumption of material goods in an astonishingly…

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The only solution to the contradictions of capitalism entails the abolition of wage labour.

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The accumulation of capital involves the expansion of value over time.

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