Whilke looking for the original piece that sparked the discussion on k- punk and dope i was struck by the end of the piece above it - on overpopulation - where he says 'the ethical choice is to adopt or foster'; surprised at that; thought someone that acute could fail to see adoption as the perfect example of the extension of the logic of capitalism into the supposedly extra- economic.
Look at the way it used to work; poor women forced to give up their children to middle- class 'respectable' families, and, further, expected to feel grateful; exactly analogous to the way the working classes in general were expected to be defrauded of the fruits of their labour and feel grateful for a pittance in return - and all reinforced by 'morals'. And then you tell that child that 'she's as good as' a 'real' son or daughter; the lie of equivalence inserted exactly where it can do most damage...
And look now; like most other things, we've exported the exploitation to other countries; childless couples here in the west straightforwardly buy the product of peasant wombs, and again the expectation of gratitude is forced on the child for being rescued from the one thing that should be irreplaceable and unsubstitutable - the sum of one's identity.
Odd that the expression 'identity theft' is reserved for having your credit card stolen, while this insertion of the lie of equivalence into the centre of a childs being is considered laudable.
Look at the way it used to work; poor women forced to give up their children to middle- class 'respectable' families, and, further, expected to feel grateful; exactly analogous to the way the working classes in general were expected to be defrauded of the fruits of their labour and feel grateful for a pittance in return - and all reinforced by 'morals'. And then you tell that child that 'she's as good as' a 'real' son or daughter; the lie of equivalence inserted exactly where it can do most damage...
And look now; like most other things, we've exported the exploitation to other countries; childless couples here in the west straightforwardly buy the product of peasant wombs, and again the expectation of gratitude is forced on the child for being rescued from the one thing that should be irreplaceable and unsubstitutable - the sum of one's identity.
Odd that the expression 'identity theft' is reserved for having your credit card stolen, while this insertion of the lie of equivalence into the centre of a childs being is considered laudable.