general interest, n.Definitions

General interest (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the illusory form of communal life: every class bidding for mastery must first seize political power to present its own interest as everyone's.

General interest (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠constantly produced by private persons out of private interest, and has no independent history — so the contradiction between them is destroyed and reproduced in practice every day.