Holloway - Crack Capitalism.pdf - Libcom

activities. If I say 'No, I will not follow the logic of capital, I
shall do something else', then I do not consider my other-doing
to be economic, but rather an escape from the economic. In
addition, the notion of an alternative economy or economy of
solidarity can easily obscure the fact that our other-doing is
an act of rebellion, an against-and-beyond. If this against-ness
is overlooked, the alternative economy can become simply a
complement to capitalist production. If this is the case, then far
from constituting a break in capitalist social relations, it helps
to underpin them.39 Certainly, at the end of the day what we
want is a social connection based on trust, solidarity, generosity,
gift, in place of the social synthesis of value, but for the moment
this can only exist as an assault on value, not as a complement
to value production.
Value is the enemy, but it is an invisible enemy, the invisible
hand that holds capitalism together and tears the world apart.
Value creates a powerful and complex field of tension around
all our attempted breaks with capitalism, in which it is difficult
to draw clear lines between what is 'revolutionary' and what
is 'reformist'. Beyond the state, beyond our personal contradictions,
it is value, the power of the market, of the cheap
commodity, of money, that threatens all the time to overwhelm
our cracks.
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