[ydb]

Vinyl records are perhaps one of the best examples of commodity fetishism; in fact, they perfectly illustrate Mark Fisher's notion of "lost futures" (by way of Derrida's hauntology). Even the discussion and detailed analysis of vinyl (so as to justify its supposed acoustic superiority) is to miss the forest for the trees.

Of course the rabid capitalists on this forum would fall over themselves to exploit this for financial gain. There may even be quite a few who see this sociopathy as a badge of honour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk8ibrfXvpQ

[ianleeclark]

> Vinyl records are perhaps one of the best examples of commodity fetishism

Could you spell this one out because a vinyl record, in and of itself, wouldn't be an example of commodity fetishism because the fetishism depends upon social relations.