Despite how much I enjoyed it, for the most part this book isn't really innovative. Instead it serves as a modern restatement of the nature of capitalism and how it has pervaded so many aspects of our lives. The analysis is insightful and low on the romanticisation Crimethinc are prone to (love it as I may). The damning fashion in which the many ranks and roles are tied together is lucid but lacks the usual vitriol that can be alienating for readers who might realise the part they play in this insidious scheme.

The look at the workings of some areas of economics comes across well, something that far too many anarchist texts lack, the numbers and systemic criticisms of capitalism that are vital to analysis.

The presentation is pretty nice, the centrepoint of the updated capitalist pyramid is a great idea and a nice tip of the hat to the old IWW pyramid.

A book I wish I could have had as a teenager.