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Why revolution is no longer possible

The tough logic of capitalism prevails even at the heart of the sharing economy. As nice as it may be to share, no one gives away anything for free.

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Translated by Erik Butler

Credit: Flickr/Remo Cassella. No changes made. Shared under a CC 2.0 license, some rights reserved.
Credit: Flickr/Remo Cassella. No changes made. Shared under a CC 2.0 license, some rights reserved.

Credit: Flickr/Remo Cassella. No changes made. Shared under a CC 2.0 license, some rights reserved.

A year ago, I responded to Antonio Negri’s presentation at the Berliner Schaubühne, where two critiques of capitalism collided. Negri had enthused about global resistance to “Empire,” the neoliberal system of domination. He presented himself as a Communist revolutionary and referred to me as a skeptical academic.