Serendipity (or, Marx on Westlife)
“Capital as such,� says Marx in the Grundrisse, “creates a specific surplus value because it cannot create an infinite one all at once; but it is the constant movement to create more of the same.� As if by magic, what should come on the radio as I read this but Westlife’s new song, a transparent reworking of ‘Back for good’. What better proof do we need of the continuing validity of Marx’s writings than his ability to predict the charts 147 years in advance?
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