[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fbx5PmlxDnZArwYxWvi5m9Yy7az3kcBbMPpYG4CVb3lk":3,"$f_67Q0nS5f9FbIWHTSqeiqu6hqFBaXzuZfPPRU_I_Ts4":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},80544,"Jacques Camatte","J",3,null,"jacques-camatte",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":41},[14,23,29],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":22},3100432,"All human life, from the very beginning of its development within capitalist society, has undergone an impoverishment. More than this, capitalist society is death organized with all the appearances of life. Here it is not a question of death as the extinction of life, but death-in-life, death with all the substance of power of life. The human being is dead and is no more than a ritual of capital.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is from Jacques Camatte's 1974 essay, \"New Formations: A Revolutionary Analysis,\" written during a period of intense radicalization in Europe and the Americas. At that time, Camatte was actively engaged with revolutionary movements, grappling with the contradictions between revolutionary ideals and the bureaucratic reality of socialist states.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a profound insight into the nature of capitalist society as it perpetuates \"death-in-life\" – where the essence of human existence is reduced to mere ritualistic compliance, devoid of genuine vitality or creative expression. This \"death\" is not an absence, but an oppressive presence that masks its destructive power with a facade of life.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this perspective in your own professional or creative endeavors, recognize the tendency for systems and institutions to suffocate individual potential. Be cautious of conforming to norms that stifle genuine expression and instead strive to inject vitality into your work by embracing unconventional ideas and challenging the status quo.",{"id":24,"quote_text":25,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":26,"source":27,"quote_tag":28,"commentary":9},3100407,"The domestication of humanity and the escape of capital are concepts which can explain the mentality and activity of those who claim to be revolutionaries and believe that they can intervene to hasten the onset of revolution: the fact is that they are playing roles which are a part of the old world. The revolution always eludes them and when there is any kind of upheaval they see it as something external to them, which they have to chase after in order to be acknowledged as “revolutionaries”.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":30,"quote_text":31,"author_id":5,"source_id":32,"has_image":18,"author":33,"source":34,"quote_tag":35,"commentary":9},579007,"The domestication of humanity and the escape of capital are concepts which can explain the mentality and activity of those who claim to be revolutionaries and believe that they can intervene to hasten the onset of revolution: the fact is that they are playing roles which are a part of the old world. The revolution always eludes them and when there is any kind of upheaval they see it as something external to them, which they have to chase after in order to be acknowledged as \"revolutionaries\".",2,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[36],{"id":37,"tag":38},3086473,{"id":39,"tag_name":40},3425,"revolution",{"currentPage":42,"totalPages":42,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":43},1,10]