j reacts to the contradiction between trust and self-interest

you can't trust anybody in a capitalist society. it's not "human nature", but it's an unavoidable consequence of the economy we live in. to trust somebody is, by definition, to ask them to act against their self-interest. this is only feasible in a union of fools.

the only way that a relationship can function in a market economy is through the certainty of mutually assured destruction upon dissolution.

any imbalance is exploitation. and, hence any weakness is prostitution.

love is impossible in the presence of currency.

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but, this is the best reason to abolish capitalism: to reclaim the possibility of love.