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Non-Monogamy as "Internalized Capitalism"

Non-Monogamy as "Internalized Capitalism"

Or: is there anything that transcends the value of individual autonomy?

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Jul 19, 2024
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A friend of mine recently asserted that monogamy is a capitalist construct which was invented extremely recently, that it’s a social structure designed to make people submit to material exploitation. I think something like the exact opposite of this is true: it is non-monogamy that represents an internalization of capitalist values. Further, I think tha…

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