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In truth, it is no more clear in our time than it was in Marx's how socialism will come about in either developed or undeveloped countries; what is clear is that for humanity to have a decent future,...

Benjamin Kunkel

In truth, it is no more clear in our time than it was in Marx's how socialism will come about in either developed or undeveloped countries; what is clear is that for humanity to have a decent future,...

Tags: historical materialism, socialism

Currently the party line I give myself, and do in part believe, is that what’s the happiest is just to be alive and sensitive when it comes to feeling the world, and if what your senses, honed beyond...

Benjamin Kunkel

Currently the party line I give myself, and do in part believe, is that what’s the happiest is just to be alive and sensitive when it comes to feeling the world, and if what your senses, honed beyond...

About Author
Benjamin Kunkel (born December 14, 1972, in Colorado) is an American novelist and political economist. He co-founded and is a co-editor of the journal n+1. His novel Indecision was published in 2005, and Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis and Buzz: A Play & My Predicament: A Story were published in 2014.

Mais tu crois que c'est quoi, une famille ! Sinon des gens dont on ne se remet pas ?

Benjamin Kunkel

Mais tu crois que c'est quoi, une famille ! Sinon des gens dont on ne se remet pas ?

Però, spesso, quando ero in ufficio, rilassato e prigioniero, sovraqualificato e climatizzato, avevo il sospetto che la condizione dell'ape operaia di basso livello fosse ingiustamente deprecata dai s...

Benjamin Kunkel

Però, spesso, quando ero in ufficio, rilassato e prigioniero, sovraqualificato e climatizzato, avevo il sospetto che la condizione dell'ape operaia di basso livello fosse ingiustamente deprecata dai s...

Tags: lavoro

There is no worse preparation for adulthood than having been a child.

Benjamin Kunkel

There is no worse preparation for adulthood than having been a child.

Un peu comme lorsque je rentre d'un voyage quelque part et que tout le monde me demande comment c'était : peu à peu mes différentes réponses n'en font plus qu'une, mes impressions se resserrent sur el...

Benjamin Kunkel

Un peu comme lorsque je rentre d'un voyage quelque part et que tout le monde me demande comment c'était : peu à peu mes différentes réponses n'en font plus qu'une, mes impressions se resserrent sur el...

What solitary people my family were! It amazed me that two of its members had ever gotten together to produce the others. But then solitary people pretending not to be – that must be how families star...

Benjamin Kunkel

What solitary people my family were! It amazed me that two of its members had ever gotten together to produce the others. But then solitary people pretending not to be – that must be how families star...

As you grow up, and you’ll find this, you keep getting involved with larger and larger illusions that take longer and longer to fall away. The great hope is eventually to find a delusion that will out...

Benjamin Kunkel

As you grow up, and you’ll find this, you keep getting involved with larger and larger illusions that take longer and longer to fall away. The great hope is eventually to find a delusion that will out...

Capitalism is a purely cultic religion, perhaps the most extreme that ever existed.

Benjamin Kunkel

Capitalism is a purely cultic religion, perhaps the most extreme that ever existed.

It was like when I’d taken a trip to some foreign land and everyone asked about it when I got back: my accounts would grow similar, focusing on this impression, that cool place, a certain funny anecdo...

Benjamin Kunkel

It was like when I’d taken a trip to some foreign land and everyone asked about it when I got back: my accounts would grow similar, focusing on this impression, that cool place, a certain funny anecdo...

Mais quelle famille solitaire avais-je donc ! J'étais même ébahi que deux de ses membres avaient pu s'assembler pour engendrer les deux suivants. Seulement, des solitaires qui feignent de ne pas l'êtr...

Benjamin Kunkel

Mais quelle famille solitaire avais-je donc ! J'étais même ébahi que deux de ses membres avaient pu s'assembler pour engendrer les deux suivants. Seulement, des solitaires qui feignent de ne pas l'êtr...

You Up?' What a great question! Just to be asked was to know the answer.

Benjamin Kunkel

You Up?' What a great question! Just to be asked was to know the answer.