Talk:Late capitalism

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"an ideology of postmodernism which postulates liberal democracy as the end of history, i.e. the summit or horizon of what human life can reach."

what is going on here? i would try to edit it, except that i don't understand what they're really going for. i know postmodernism definitely doesn't postulate liberal democracy as the end of history, but i don't know what the exact association between either of the two specifically in terms of late capitalism. but i know that's definitely not right. i'll just delete it if nobody says anything in a day or so

71.56.70.127 07:16, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

^ that was me, by the way. i just finally got around to signing up. anyways, i didn't want to wait the more i thought about it -- you know, be bold and all -- so it got snipped. anyhow, here's the quote if anyone knows how to salvage it:

"* an ideology of postmodernism which postulates liberal democracy as the end of history, i.e. the summit or horizon of what human life can reach."

• Thanks for snipping it. It reads like a description of Hegelianism rather than of postmodernism. --Duncan 19:26, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Qoute : ["an ideology of postmodernism which postulates liberal democracy as the end of history, i.e. the summit or horizon of what human life can reach."] 71.56.70.127 07:16, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Is pomo an/has an ideologie? rather fuzzy logic

Qoute : [A description of Hegelianism rather than of postmodernism.] Duncan 19:26, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Ping, Hegel and Marx?

[edit] Characteristics of Late Capitalism

The list of characteristics of 'late capitalism' could just as well be a description of how things are right now in the United States. This causes me to wonder if these are actually predictions or if they are postdictions written down by someone eager to portray the modern world as being in the last throes of capitalism. If it is the former, then this list of characteristics is a very impressive accomplishment of Marxism and I would like to see how they were derived from its first principles. If it is the later, however, then this list is not very meaningful since presumably we will just continue to alter it to match whatever the facts are about the world we are living in. It is the difference between having a useful list of features that could help us recognize late capitalism, versus a wishful list of features that validate the prejudices of someone convinced that we must be living under late capitalism right now. Is there a way to know which it is? --Emeriste 01:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)