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" The behavioral programme of the post-social society during the post-capitalism interregnum is governed by a neoliberal ethos of competetive self-improvement, of untiring cultivation of one's marketable human capital, enthusiastic dedication to work, and cheerfully optimistic, playful acceptance of the risks inherent in a world that has outgrown government. That this programme is dutifully implemented is essential, as the reproduction of the post-capitalist society lite hangs on the thin thread of an accommodating systematic architecture. Structuralist critique of false institutions may therefore have to be complemented by a renewed culturalist critique of false consciousness. "

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Wolfgang Streeck quote : The behavioral programme of the <i>post-social society</i> during the <i>post-capitalism interregnum</i> is governed by a neoliberal ethos of competetive self-improvement, of untiring cultivation of one's marketable human capital, enthusiastic dedication to work, and cheerfully optimistic, playful acceptance of the risks inherent in a world that has outgrown government. That this programme is dutifully implemented is essential, as the reproduction of the <i>post-capitalist society lite</i> hangs on the thin thread of an accommodating systematic architecture. Structuralist critique of <i>false institutions</i> may therefore have to be complemented by a renewed culturalist critique of <i>false consciousness</i>.