The difference between socialism and capitalism
January 2, 2011
“Under socialism a belief in reality still existed; that is why Ceauşescu had to actually tear down the city. Under capitalism, however, one does not need to destroy an existing reality in order to achieve a desired goal; builders of new shopping malls have no need to demolish the old village’s sops, since these businesses will sooner or later close down on their own. Capitalism can thus build new fantasy places and the virtual reality of the capital will cause all the destruction necessary to increase profits.”
Renata Salecl. “The state as a work of art – the trauma of Ceausescu’s Disneland” in Neil Leach, ed., Architecture and revolution: contemporary perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe (London: Routledge, 1999), 108
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