How Capitalism Destroys Radical Movements

Movements like Black Lives Matter often start out as radical demands for change, but someone along the way they get consumed, defanged, and turned into meaningless symbols. How does this happen?

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Citations and Further Reading

Guy Debord/The Spectacle/Recuperation
https://youtu.be/RGJr08N-auM
https://youtu.be/_wl3HCKQ6WI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Debord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuperation_(politics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situationist_International
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacle_(critical_theory)
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/report.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_on_the_Construction_of_Situations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_culture
https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816818759231
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/andy-robinson-thinking-from-the-outside-avoiding-recuperation
http://dl.uncw.edu/Etd/2012-1/perdued/doyleperdue.pdf https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/3j3333932

Black Lives Matter & Defund the Police
https://twitter.com/AC360/status/1270149750155808773
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR-ze92sL58lYjwT8Dm2oSKjh0pGMsBWvkiu0Z7zRrEVoRCSfQhhGB6F3N1EiTpE3dEUD76UJM_I03X/pub
https://cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ocfo/publication/attachments/fa_mpd_chapter_2021m.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/dc-mayor-wants-to-nearly-double-size-of-police-cadet-program-to-attract-recruits/2020/02/24/39ab994a-5717-11ea-9b35-def5a027d470_story.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20200622012618/https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/q-and-a/black-lives-matter-dc-calls-murals-stunt-for-white-liberals/65-6a5408bb-4ff3-4f06-8a99-de44eee1af62
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/10/873371574/d-c-mayor-muriel-bowser-not-at-all-reconsidering-police-funding
https://dcist.com/story/20/08/18/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-criticized-after-dnc-speech-at-black-lives-matter-plaza/
https://newrepublic.com/article/158104/rush-redefine-defund-police
https://polsci.umass.edu/sites/default/files/Issar%2C%20%27Listening%20to%20BLM%20-%20Racial%20Capitalism%20and%20the%20Critique%20of%20Neoliberalism%27%20%282020%29.pdf
https://breachmedia.ca/beware-the-neoliberal-co-optation-of-black-lives-matter/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283744/black-lives-matter-satelliite-apple-maps
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/02/politics/barack-obama-defund-the-police/index.html
https://dcist.com/story/20/08/14/black-lives-matter-blm-protest-kettle-adams-morgan-dc-arrest/
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/dept-of-design/the-mimetic-power-of-dcs-black-lives-matter-mural

Antonio Gramsci & Hegemony
https://youtu.be/-LI_2-qsovo
https://warofposition.com/94

Capitalist Realism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_Realism

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