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“En el régimen neoliberal, la explotación ya no se produce como alienación y auto-des-realización, sino como libertad y autorrealización. Aquí ya no existe el otro como explotador que me obliga a trabajar y me explota, sino que más bien soy yo mismo quien me exploto voluntariamente, creyendo que me estoy realizando. Me mato a base de autorrealizarme. Me mato a base de optimizarme. En este contexto resulta imposible toda resistencia, toda sublevación, toda revolución.”

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Müdigkeitsgesellschaft, Burnoutgesellschaft, Hoch-Zeit

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