Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚

Magic was also an obstacle to the rationalization of the work process, and a threat to the establishment of the principle of individual responsibility.

Perhaps one of the most important connotations of magic is that the world is animated, interconnected. Capitalism sought to break apart this animated world both to exploit it and to disconnect people from it so as to make them more reliable (exploitable) workers.