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> "In advanced industrial societies, Marcuse says that the unit of production is totalitarian in without it determines the activities, attitudes and skills involved in social life."

Interesting thread, and worthwhile commentary, mostly improved by your post -- but this one sentence is kind of a trainwreck. By "without" did you mean "that"?




Yes, I missed that part, though I didn't write that whole quoted section, that's verbatim from an article I found in my bookmarks[0]. Good spot.

[0] https://www.the-philosophy.com/marcuse-dimensional-man-analy...




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