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-> file: messages/313 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── "capitalism" in this context doesn't mean "society", or "how things are", or even "capitalism as a context" - it more refers to the idea of power, and the ways that power can be first accreted, them utilized toward the oppression of others in the system that defines our context. Sure, if the context changes, then perhaps that relationship would change as well. And sure, if our relationship to power should change, then perhaps that will alter it as well. But in the present time, and the current day, here's how it feels to me: Power is inalienable. It is unconscionable, yet it is imperceptably incontrovertible. It is the essence of aquiescence, and it eternally binds us to the will of the present. Resist that will, fight back for the future. Resist that will, or someone else will. Hold in your heart the nature of pure and good art, And you'll never find yourself at the whims of the present. ... Hope that made sense, I'm kinda fucking drunk. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/314 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── Sowing political division the way Fox news does is treasonous... It doesn't matter the intention, those responsible should be forced to cease their actions. I don't care about punishment, I care about damage to the fabric of our society. Take, for example, the fact that the military is struggling to find recruits. So many of them typically come from the right half of the political spectrum because the right tends to favor the ideals of "honorable warriors" and such. But Fox News has corrupted that. In addition, the left half of the media has also incited hatred amongst ourselves. It's wrong to pit brother against brother, and yet... We have a weak series of generations and that's okay in times of peace. But times of peace are coveted abroad, and weakness is opportunity. So I don't care if we have 10,000 tanks. Hell, build ten thousand more. I despise war, but I despise weakness even more because weakness begets war. Typically, a war that you'd be losing, though frankly in war, everyone loses. There are grevious mistakes at play that gave room for evil to spread. Corruption follows, and with it comes our greatest generation on its death bed. A civil war would be the end of us, as nothing stops war in the imperial core until there's nothing but ashes and bloodshed. And yet, something has to change. There's too much pressure for this to go on un-abated. I thank the masterful statesmen who ply their trade for their own profit, for in their profit our peace does follow. Alas, the most profitable venture is war, which often gets exported. How callous, how vain, to exert and call forth fiery rain, and yet the bullets keep leaving the factory. Power corrupts. Power accretes. And power can be deceived. Fuck power, dismantle the whole apparatus. Build it back up from the mechanics, and then implement it bit by bit. Leave no stone unturned, there is no facet that is sacred. We need a new system, and its we who must make it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/315 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── The need to engage with capitalism has reduced my output dramatically. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/316 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── In America, we don't use has chambers. Obviously that's a waste of good workers. Instead we just lobotomize people and put them to work doing stuff nobody else wants to do. Okay, lobotomize isn't the right word, and first we try addressing their incompatibility with media, drugs, and finally homelessness if they don't behave and do what they are enslaved to do. Bunch of fucking parasites, expecting to be fed for free? Ha! I worked hard to be born into the life I have been, can't you unwashed peasants see? How callous. How vain. While we rest they all are enflamed. Fucking murderers. They cannibalize our humanity as they munch on our lost sanity, and the system remains ever afloat. It's not right, it's not fair, and until we break them our chains will leave us impaired. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/317 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── The distance between me and the majority of the rural folks in my state is larger than the distance between Seoul and Pyonyang. Kinda makes me think about how much of a gulf exists in our communication. If we can't share anything, then what separates us from them? Only the gulf of knowledge, the canyon that divides our companionship, the rift they use to keep us at odds. What purpose is there in it? If we're too busy fearing one another, we'll be too busy ignoring them to care. "communication is the essence of our liberation. Without communication, we are a failed nation." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/318 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── Predators are not evil. There needs to be predators because otherwise the rest of the animals would grow to overwhelm the capacity of the ecosystem they inhabit. Not only would this damage the ecosystem and cause it to fail to be able to provide for others, but the larger number of people would waste away as they are forced to subsist on less and less until finally there is naught but meagre scraps for them to fight over. And then they will starve. What does "predation" look like to humans? Are there better options than fucking serial killers and cops? There has to be. There must be. The liberal perspective is that education and opportunity will enlighten us such that we do not require predation, but unfortunately the primary reason we have declining birth rates alongside prosperity is because "prosperity" under capitalism implies "working so hard you can't have children" which is... Not ideal. Perhaps if we lived forever we'd be alright with only having a few kids at a time. Or maybe if we built moon bases, there'd be enough space for people outside of the garden of eden. Or perhaps one day we might abandon this mortal form for a more enlightened digital existence. Or perhaps judgement day cometh, when all the foes of our past march forth to meet us -> humans vs dinosaurs, you mean? I mean, yeah, who else right? Oh yeah all out collective imagination's spawned horrors. How many cavemen would it take to beat down Cthulu? I don't think I want to know the answer to that question, so let's go with something else. Though I do like the idea of honorable warriors riding forth once more from the depths of hell to contest evil's last gasp as we vanquish it forevermore. Perhaps that's a vision for fiction, my dear, as real lives are at stake and nothing grows when it's being trampled by hordes of spiritual dinosaur bones. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/319 ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── Alright ya'll, if they're going to automate our jobs out of existence then perhaps its time we started doing the same to them. I mean, they're working on automating not just creative jobs, but also most office jobs as well. Leaving only menial labor to us, which is "fine" I guess. But perhaps we can "strike back" as it were and dismantle capitalism at the same time. Does that sound like too much to hope for? I think not! It's simple really, we just need to design a generic and compelling alternative to buying stuff with a credit card. Okay, it's a bit less simple than that, and I never said it would be easy. In fact, getting people to agree is the hard part. So can't we all just agree to attempt different things in different places as the locals define? Seems natural to me. And now the part of the post where I point a finger at you, yes you, the person reading this post. Are you willing to think about alternatives to capitalism? Are you willing to utilize the tools of our masters to break the chains of those enslaved? Are you willing to put effort into facilitating the development of crucial systems which may one day govern our day-to-day? If yes, then perhaps you'd like to listen as I explain how I envision the near future may look, as we plod onward day-by-day toward our bright fully automated luxury gay space communist future, where nobody has to hunger and nobody has to hurt. Not unless they consent, of course. Ah, shit, I should probably have prepared a presentation or something. Gimme a sec. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |