Funny enough actually, I was working on some anarchist stuff last night about Patriarchy as "the second state", and how most statist measures that look like they're liberating women are actually just appropriating "property". I.e. the corporate state doesn't de-commodify women (just look at corporate dress codes for women, or advertising for that matter), it just transfers ownership from the Patriarchy to the corporations. It's just a power grab. Nonetheless, the corporate state, being more rational and less "religious/traditional" (for now... unless the Republicans totally get their way) is a less restrictive master, and offers more opportunities to find freedom in tiny spaces... So Patriarchy, the hidden, second state, is even more statist than the visible, corporate state. Which, given the way states operate through deceptive mythology, kind of makes sense.
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Date: 2007-01-09 05:12 pm (UTC)Nonetheless, the corporate state, being more rational and less "religious/traditional" (for now... unless the Republicans totally get their way) is a less restrictive master, and offers more opportunities to find freedom in tiny spaces...
So Patriarchy, the hidden, second state, is even more statist than the visible, corporate state. Which, given the way states operate through deceptive mythology, kind of makes sense.