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===Solutions to our modern predicament=== | ===Solutions to our modern predicament=== | ||
The book insinuates that meritocracy in a post-capitalist society would end bartering for sex in favor some some amorphous direct affection. Here, in proposing solutions to (what are deemed unwanted) sexual | The book insinuates that meritocracy in a post-capitalist society would end bartering for sex in favor some some amorphous direct affection. Here, in proposing solutions to (what are deemed unwanted) sexual barter, we see a flaw in Marxist theory to remain consistent, namely because of it's overly-materialist focus. It does not see social status and social hierarchy as a means of crude barter for sex (after all any non-capitalist hierarchy must be just right? /sarcasm), nor does it seem to acknowledge the possibility of social status being a barter for sex at all. | ||
===References=== | ===References=== |