What we call growth today is in fact a tumorous growth, a cancerous
proliferation which is disrupting the social organism. These
tumours endlessly metastasize and grow with an inexplicable, deadly
vitality. At a certain point this growth is no longer productive,
but rather destructive. Capitalism passed this point long ago. Its
destructive forces cause not only ecological and social
catastrophes but also mental collapse. The destructive compulsion
to perform combines self-affirmation and self-destruction in one.
We optimize ourselves to death. Brutal competition ends in
destruction. It produces an emotional coldness and indifference
towards others as well as towards one's own self. The devastating
consequences of capitalism suggest that a death drive is at work.
Freud initially introduced the death drive hesitantly, but later
admitted that he 'couldn't think beyond it' as the idea of the
death drive became increasingly central to his thought. Today, it
is impossible to think about capitalism without considering the
death drive.
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