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An interesting article from the BBC that immediately made me think of Agamben, particularly this statement of the problem:
“He’s basically never been in ‘the system’,â€? said Adrian Spalding, administrator of the 999 Club which has been trying to help Jim.
“From the moment he was born he has had no paper work attached to him.�
And the DWP’s creepy response:
“He has basically not been contributing anything for his entire working life. He has effectively been working for the black economy.�
Meanwhile Felix Guattari’s science-fiction story becomes literally true, as my participation in capitalism is regulated by the little RFID chip that opens the air-lock doors at work (it was perhaps even worse at a place I used to work, where the same card that allowed you to enter and leave the building also recorded and administered the ‘flexitime’ system). Definitely time to take action.
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