“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.”

That Fight Club quote is true of all our inventions. The capitalist economic system is no exception. If you’re open to the possibility that its’ time is running out, then congratulations...you’ve just found the WILDEST newsletter on the internet!

System Failure is an adventurous romp through the history of Western Civilization. This annual rotation of 52 “living” essays argues that ruling class authorities define REALITY for working classes.

And that when economic systems collapse, popular conceptions of reality also come crashing down alongside with them. Such times of paradigmatic shift are deeply disturbing. But System Failure is a recklessly OPTIMISTIC take on history.

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