Whatwecallgrowthtodayisinfactatumorousgrowth,acancerousproliferationwhichisdisruptingthesocialorganism.Thesetumoursendlesslymetastasizeandgrowwithaninexplicable,deadlyvitality.Atacertainpointthisgrowthisnolongerproductive,butratherdestructive.Capitalismpassedthispointlongago.Itsdestructiveforcescausenotonlyecologicalandsocialcatastrophesbutalsomentalcollapse.Thedestructivecompulsiontoperformcombinesself-affirmationandself-destructioninone.Weoptimizeourselvestodeath.Brutalcompetitionendsindestruction.Itproducesanemotionalcoldnessandindifferencetowardsothersaswellastowardsone’sownself.Thedevastatingconsequencesofcapitalismsuggestthatadeathdriveisatwork.Freudinitiallyintroducedthedeathdrivehesitantly,butlateradmittedthathe’couldn’tthinkbeyondit’astheideaofthedeathdrivebecameincreasinglycentraltohisthought.Today,itisimpossibletothinkaboutcapitalismwithoutconsideringthedeathdrive.
