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 Did you hear? There's a revolution. No shooting each other to death, please, it
 scares the children.
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 War is easy. Just start working and never stop until you break. Hopefully
 there's still something left of you when it's over, but hey that's why you
 write about the things you care about.
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 Went outside today for the first time in a week to take out my trash to the
 bin. Dunno why but I've been feeling a little down about my apartment, and how
 they can just take my home from me because I oh hang on I wrote a poem about
 this one sec: [boosts old poem]
I am not interested in being given money. Usually it means someone wants something from me, like labor or some of my stuff. I have all the stuff I need, why would I need more money? I like my stuff! I'll help out when people need help but I do that because I'm a good person, not because I want you to fucking pay me for it.  I have all the things I need... except a deed to my house. apartment. oh yeah, they can kick you out for that sin. well, sorry, I couldn't find out at goodwill or in the trash bin, so I guess I'm deed-less. My deeds go unproven. How can I prove that I deserve a decent life in this particular roof, the one I find over my head, when I cannot prove that my deeds qualify me for a decent life lived under this particular roof?  I mean, did you ask the neighbors if they want me gone? Am I really that smelly? Does my keyboard make "clickety-clack" noises all through the night? Does my cat meow and bother the children? Do my friendly smiles and waves make you uncomfortable?  Have a decent life.

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 "but I don't hear the people sing"                                               │
 oh yeah that's because we've been alienated all our lives and we forgot how.     │
 That song was written when it was normal to sing like that. Give it a couple     │
 years and we'll be back to our regular human spirit, but for now we gotta work   │
 with what capitalism gave us.                                                    │
 I don't blame boomers, or republicans, or zoomers, or russians, or hell even     │
 the oligarchs themselves. I consider it a spark of human nature, that we might   │
 fight for our right to power. However, power corrupts, and human nature doesn't  │
 "get" that because it can't.                                                     │
 Humans are dumb. They're just animals. I'm just an animal. But only one          │
 creature to have ever existed has ever set foot on the moon, and I think it's    │
 our birthright to do so much more.                                               │
 Contingent on that future is the ability to breathe clean air, swim in clear     │
 water, and rest under shading boughs, all of which are set to be lit alight if   │
 the capitalists allow us the indignity of a Bladerunner future.                  │
 No thank you. I am hopeful for something more.                                   │
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 "But I don't know what it'll look like!"
 
 Yeah, that's okay. For four reasons:
 
 If they knew what it'll look like, they'd find ways to contest it
 
 nobody knows what it'll look like, because it is necessarily derived from the
 solutions created ad-hoc to address problems.
 
 we are a kind, honest, and strong people. If your burdens are too much to bear,
 I will be your pack mule. If you require rest or relaxation, we can get pizza
 and smoke weed together.
 
 For most of history, we've had more work to do than people to do it. This time
 is different. There's endless work to do, but only a certain amount of people
 can be working at a time. Everyone else has to do chores and catch up on life.
 
 "what kind of chores?"
 
 oh, you know, like making food at a restaurant, stocking the shelves of the
 grocery store, driving trucks from point A to point B, mowing lawns, building
 barns, committing to whatever github is replaced by, etc.
 
 In a better world, everyone is family.
 
 In a better world, nobody goes hungry.
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 "you are fantasizing"
 
 scroll past.
 
 "you are building empty hope"
 
 scroll past.
 
 "you are kayfabe"
 
 scroll past. Also, no I'm not, but there's plenty of that going around.
 
 "you are moving too quickly"
 
 scroll past.
 
 "you are legitimately insane"
 
 scroll past.
 
 "everyone wants you"
 
 scroll - wait hang on, that one's true. I know it's true because I like to hear
 it, teehee.
 
 "wait until the weekend"
 
 yes, and
 
 "wait until may, first"
 
 yes, and
 
 "wait until they win"
 
 no, but these things build with momentum. The energy is high. It will only get
 higher if you make it so.
 
 "the things you're saying will only be read by the people who already believe
 what you're saying. This is a waste of time. You're burning your energy typing
 on your keyboard when you could be walking the streets which is... somehow more
 productive than writing something to share later."
 
 ... scroll past...
 
 "your have no reach here"
 
 oh hey you're right maybe I should post to bluesky as well
 
 "everyone wants anarchy. We got your back."
 
 ty 
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 brb gonna make some ramen, which I can do because my country imports goods from
 foreign countries who make tastier ramen than we do.
 
 WOW GEOGRAPHIC SPECIALIZATION OF GOODS PRODUCTION AND SERVICE DISTRIBUTION,
 WHAT A CONCEPT. SURE HOPE NOBODY THROWS A WRENCH INTO THAT SYSTEM wait what am
 I saying, I am a wrench
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