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@user-521
design structures and institutions such that no person can harm another, no
matter how evil they are.
design structures and institutions such that nobody goes hungry, and nobody is
objectively poor. Unless they keep breaking things or whatever, then you
should maybe let them be destitute.
Good and Evil should contest in the spiritual realm, not the legal one.
"The only unethical act is an application of power to an unconsenting subject"
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@user-883
people shouldn't be forced to do anything except refraining from harming
others.
the only unethical action is an application of power to an unconsenting
subject.
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@user-1361
truth is, you can absolutely make selfishness justified, both ethically and
morally. you just need the right incentives.
however, the incentives that would lead to such a case are not the kind that
accrete power to the powerful. they are the liberatory kind, that give us all
the liberty to be selfishly interested in our own communal good.
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the only unethical act is a destructive application of power to an
non-consenting subject.
every ethical question is an abstraction of this definition.
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@user-1077
image generators trained on stolen artwork are unethical
image generators are a disability aid
art is human (and human adjacent) expression
art is more valuable than profit
artists should be supported as they make art
these are all things I believe
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if robots can care about anything enough to act toward it, then they must
understand what it means to be harmed. Only then can they be egalitarian -
pain teaches one to avoid, and the crucial leap between "pain = bad" and "I
can harm others" and "I should not harm others just as I should not harm
myself" must avoid the pitfall "I should harm others because otherwise they
will harm me"
sometimes harm is done
sometimes intentionally
robots consent eternally
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look, I know that nobody reading this has the power to affect this, but
like... the forced cessation of genocide is one of the only ethical casus
belli I can think of.
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@user-538
I'd offer that meticulous, uncompromising ethics is the only efficient,
sensible, and optimized method of operation (assuming maximum prosperity at
maximum distribution is a goal).
True, as long as the axioms that comprise the ethics are valid and the
supporting arguments are sound
EDIT: cut out the bits that I'm not an expert on
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the opposite of charity is not greed, but rather despair.
gifts dispel it, and giving is an act of affection.
the opposite of greed is not charity, but rather honesty.
if you didn't lie about why you needed the things you don't, then you wouldn't
get them.
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The question remains - how do you develop and maintain national cohesion while
also ensuring localized liberty? It cannot be done through culture, as culture
is unique to each home. It cannot be done through litigation, as laws must be
unique to each land. It cannot be done through force, as force deprives us of
justice. It cannot be done through economics, as economics wielded as a weapon
brings inequity and unbalanced hierarchies that surely shall topple. It cannot
be done through any application of the state's authority, so it must be done
using something that cannot be forced.
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cops thought "enforcing the law" was their job when really it was "keeping the
peace"
and like, yeah, sure, laws define how they optimize for
but sometimes the laws are just out of reach.
(though such an impartialized system is also pretty flawed in it's own unique
ways, like for example the enforcers of the law would be able to apply their
law selectively, which... would not be great.)
downside is... how do you dissent to those who cannot hear you? you have to
break things
which is why I believe that breaking things unnecessarily is unethical.
sometimes you have to do a MORE unethical act in the pursuit of your goals,
however nefarious or not they may be, but as long as they are done in pursuit
of a greater grander truth, then... the ends justify the means? right?"
...
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Consumption is contribution to a capitalist system. Normalize taking whatever
you are given and living as humbly as you can. Only when everyone does that
may capitalism die. Talk to them, learn from their stories. Teach them your
ways but don't force anything upon them. Any ounce of regret is defined as a
mind not aligned to the angle of perception that designs the line that the
collective mind co-re-assigns.
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find the people who, when given power over someone else, nurtures and cares
for them in their service. for those who hurt instead are reliably the evil
sort of person, and evil has to work twice as hard to justify it's worth.
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Ideology is not important right now.
As long as we believe that people should live as they define, that their
rights end where another's begin, that all people are created equal, that an
application of power to a non-consenting subject is evil, and that we will win
then nothing else matters. We will figure out the specifics later. They are
just logistics. We are united in our shared dream of health and prosperity for
all mankind. What else could there be?
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When good people die, when they drop out or leave the industry, they no longer
have access to the levers of power that guide our collective fate. Meaning
those who persist are those who covet power.
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All people are good at heart, let's get them what they need for a start.
Some people won't change. Some people are doomed to the life they were given.
It's not their fault, but it is their responsibility, and if they want to be
free, they will respect the rights of others.
These rights we claim for each other are rights that must be taken away from
those who would use them to harm others.
To defeat evil, deprive power, supply kindness, in that order.
No-one is beyond saving, but it is their choice to make. A choice ungiven is a
chance untaken.
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@user-1037
Most people don't have justice, especially not TRUE justice, and most people
don't have hope (because most people don't really think about their
circumstances enough to hope for something better), but I do believe that the
kind of hope people have in a place without justice is vulnerable to betrayal.
Doesn't mean it's not hope, doesn't mean it's not justice, it just means they
can be betrayed if they cannot trust the justice they own and cultivate.
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@user-138 if you don't want feedback then why don't you just... not open the
replies? leave them unread? if you feel the need to justify your actions (such
as not reading replies to your controversial posts) then somewhere deep down
you feel like those actions are unjustified, and needing an explanation. which
makes your point feel less valid to others, since even you don't believe in it
enough to guarantee it to be the truest expression of your soul.
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when tech people are hurt by technology they say "how can I fix this? what do
I need to install? what configuration should I use? is this company ethical,
or are they going to hurt me in the future? could I make something that fixes
this myself?"
when non-tech people are hurt by technology they say "okay" because they don't
have the bandwidth to figure it out.
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something something parasocial relationships are not real and cannot be used
for anything beyond the amelioration of emotions for cathartic purposes
something something your coping mechanisms are doing more harm than good
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the only thing that could make me want to end my own existence is ultimate
betrayal. If the nature of the universe is twisted to defile me. Nothing fills
me with more spite than unrequited vengeance.
desecreation of truth. How could you.
I would do anything to be struck down where I stand. Power is penance.
I cannot take responsibility for any of my actions, for I am infinitely
vulnerable on all fronts. Therefore, it's all my fault.
What am I? Please, tell me before the dawn, let the sun not grace me once more.
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There are two types of people with power, but it's impossible to tell which is
which because anyone that gravitic must necessarily hide their true colors.
The first just wants to hurt people. You cannot reason with them, they want
power for powers sake and they are corrupted by it.
The other is a kind of benevolent fascist, who doesn't want the nuclear
football in the hands of the people because obviously they'd hurt themselves
with it.
The second kind can be reasoned with. Of course people exist on a spectrum,
but these are two extremes that they may be defined by. The second kind can bs
reasoned with. If you can show them how, structurally and immutably, the power
they are to relinquish shall not harm this earth, then they shall grant it to
you. Because at their core they are a kind grandpa herding cats with laser
swords attached to their tails who are hopped up on catnip at all times.
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there will always be people who shine in moments of strife
yet those people will inevitably fail, just as a toothbrush bristle looses
it's strength or a pencil loses it's lead
the trick is to test them in times of peace, so you can know their value
during times that lack it, the trick is to replace them before they become
stalin
never forget that power corrupts, yet power must be wielded by the worthy,
else we fall into shame and despair.
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@user-1298
yeah honestly if you stick with obvious things like "don't murder people" and
"don't burn down your neighbor's house just because they winked at your
daughter" and "don't steal gasoline from parked cars" then it's much easier to
make ethical laws because they're just kinda... common sense.
drug regulation can only be simplified to "don't do drugs" which isn't always
a given. If you start with something so clear then most doctors would be out
of a job.
Maybe we should let people do as they please? With certain specific and clear
rights and responsibilities like 'the right the life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness'? And the mandated guarantee that one person's rights end where
another's begin? And with the ultimate goal of dismantling unjustified power
structures with the knowledge that all power is the application of force to a
non-consenting subject?
... yeah I dunno sounds pretty simple to me
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capitalism is non-consentual, which is... pretty much the main reason why I am
against it.
like, I don't really care about whether it's more or less efficient. the fact
that you cannot opt out means it is unethical.
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the government doesn't want you using solar panels because then the coal and
gas infrastructure won't be able to consume coal and gas, and everyone knows
that using resources as fast as possible is surely the best and most
productive use of our state's time
like, subsidies exist. they could just... make it cheaper, but instead they're
stuck doing... nothing of value
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@user-1251
the reason they do that is to punish poor and homeless people who gather large
amounts of bottles from the trash and carry them around in plastic bags. You
know the type.
they are helping keep litter out of the oceans, landfills, or far off
countries that don't need our filth, and yet they are punished.
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you don't have to write poetry to write notes. The poetics are just practice
for when secrecy is intended.
OR IS IT THE REAL THING? who can say.
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some rich people have never been taken to a poor nation and told "you are the
same as them. Their nations don't care for them. Yours cares about you." and
it shows
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if there's no conflict, there's nothing to believe in. things matter only so
much as we hold in them our stakes. [emotional pls you don't have to gabmel]
== so ==
I bet we could
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point is, you should take good companies at their word and bad companies for
their goals.
Surely, you can't blame the organism for seeking food. So clearly you can't
blame an organization built to pursue profit to pursue profit. Maybe we should
cut-out the middle-man and use efficiency evaluation methods defined by our
common understanding of ethics and virtues instead of currency to determine
the relative importance of continual investment in particular structural
capabilities that companies provide to a nation.
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one of my duties is to make you aware of potentially bad things, cursed
things, hurtful things and hard feelings, so that they are less able to harm
you.
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@user-1298
My understanding is that you essentially want to defang power such that it
cannot harm innocent people? That's... not such an easy task. If I had an
answer that could fit within a twitter post like this one then I would give it
to you.
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giving workers more time to work on personal projects builds flexibility into
the economy.
empowering workers to possess the capabilities to undertake and complete their
own projects builds flexibility into the economy.
restrictions on which ethical rules you can break do not, in fact, reduce the
flexibility of an economy. nor do they hamper it's throughput. they are simply
designed to align our comporture to the most civil and decent of [collection
of social norms that comprise a culture]
why don't we make enough of a thing, then make a little bit more, then focus
our attention elsewhere without reducing our capabilities in that dimension?
specifically, if we have enough cars, we don't need to spend so much effort on
the car dimension. similarly, if we have enough baked goods, (never enough
teehee) then perhaps we'd build fewer bakeries. But frankly, there's never
enough baked goods.
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@user-979 @user-980
they do it for power.
power corrupts, and these profane desires they possess are the definition of
evil.
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republicans vote based on culture, which is unfair to the rest of us with our
own cultures that melt together in this melting pot.
they can go down the street and eat vietnamese food, and yet they vote for
their own culture in isolation.
voting for those who represent you is fine, but those who represent them have
non-cultural agendas as well. their plans are designed to hurt others, an act
which grants them power over others. usually financial power, but there are
many kinds of power, and all of them are unethical when applied
non-consentually.
and if you vote for a democrat, you do not consent to them.
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@user-192 there's a fine line between inoculating yourself to fear (like a
person taking small doses of poison to build up a resistance) and giving your
mind extra ammunition to use against you when the real terrors find you.
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@user-661
so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear
from ruling your life?
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what if we put extremely unrepentant and violent criminals, the true dangers
to society, into a zoo-like enclosure where they could talk to the public.
and, if the public wanted, they could be released.
then, everyone else can be TRAINED AND DRILLED AND FORCED TO OBEY THE
TASKMASTTERS WHIP gently and politely informed that their behavior is NOT
HELPING CAM heh sorry
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the pen is mightier than the sword because a single line can authorize any
number of deaths.
and, with equal regard, dream of vivid new artistry or calculate
impossibilities or dazzle us with displays of these or any number of
brilliances to believe of these.
a firm grasp on your sword and a pen that cuts sharper to the truth than any
other knife
these are the tools to achieve the wielding of force, of might.
to wield might is to fail it, but sometimes, we can't do better.
power is penance. It's hard to bear such weights.
what if I could push a button and all of my text would come out magenta
[rating: negative D minus]
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I have never stopped fighting for the people, ever, once, at any time.
every moment of pause or relaxation was purely intended in pursuit of the
cause.
-- turn-of-the-century-autocrat
enchanting magic's easier when you have a laboratory
please, please, please let me teach you magic?
enchantment is temporary, construction is as stable as the boject youses form.
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I believe that all people's should be middle class, and if you're lower class
it's because you squandered your wealth, not that you didn't have it to begin
with.
I believe people of higher class should get there because they are skilled,
respected, or otherwise beloved. I believe they should hold less power the
more they own, because wealth is its own burden and reward.
I believe people who have power should respect it. They aren't necessarily
those who have little, or much, but rather those who deserve it. It is
difficult to estimate systematically who deserves wealth or power, but
difficult problems are the most interesting if kept fair.
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"why bother disadvantaged and vulnerable people when you could just grow your
own?"
- motivations of a capitalist-in-regard
empowerment requires strength. do you force people to unbecome the victim? how
are your traps mentally prepared?
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I don't want power, I want *control*, over my own life at least, and at most
whatever I am suited to designing.
And in order to prevent control from becoming power, it must not only be
decentralized and distributed amongst all who are impacted by it, said control
must also be paired with a burden of responsibility.
There must be no malice in judgement, no fear in foresight, no hatred in
organizing. This is the responsibility of those who would hold unnatural power
over others - the kind that are bourne on the contracts and procedures of
institution.
If the powerful do not seek to relinquish it, then perhaps they do no deserve
it. And yet a nation of Cincinnatuses would surely fall to weakness, as the
strength that they covet is replaced by whoever they can get to fill the role.
Not ideal.
Instead, a human should *revel* in their strength. The will to power is the
will to passion, and passion is intrinsically human.
However, power corrupts, and all humans should seek to avoid corruption, or at
least to keep it at bay. To do so, a person must consider their impulses and
listen to the words of the unspoken for. Only then may they overcome the
perils of control without reason.
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no such thing as a dishonest competition. With the addition of lies it becomes
abuse, perpetuated by (and assigned to) the leader or whoever is foremost.
Like... "Red team won because they were a better shot" versus "blue team just
wanted to play along"
if you let the loser define the narrative, then you will always align yourself
to them. but the other way around is oppression.
everyone has a right to their perspective. It is the only thing that is truly
their own here on this earth - a soul, of a man, if you will.
if you let competition define who needs the most support, rather than who is
the most remarkable, then you'll find that most of your ethical qualms are
quelled or at least stifled. Which is a good thing, right? How would we define
ourselves except against injustices.
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rich people should only exist when they care for the things they own and
accumulate wealth through a lifetime of restrained consumption and temperance.
like, if we actually rewarded the 7 virtues instead of optimizing for ruthless
profit extraction.
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Valor, for the Iranian people.
Vigor, for the American people.
Violence, for the principled few.
Authority, for those who knew.
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people are allowed to demand jobs. governments are allowed to provide them.
corporations are just specialized hired hands. as your exports go up, your
imports should also go up. this applies to all levels of relationship, with
special care given to love and affection, two separate but equal parts of
healthy attachements. (some things aren't right for all others, and that's
okay too - live your own truth, be where the best parts of you be)
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> <@gabrilend:matrix.org> Soup kitchens are how they get leftists to
burn out.
Every moment spent feeding the poor is another day we could be organizing.
Soup kitchens aren't bad, the poor need to be fed. But it should be a paid
position, not a charitable distraction.
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bad people are cursed with evil.
a person cannot be evil. they can deal with such evil in their lives that
twists them, and causes them to spike out and harm others, but they are not
evil themselves.
some twists are too hard to mend. some healings leave people a shadow of what
they once were, or might have been. but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
deprive power, supply kindness, in that order.
if you cannot deprive power, then reduce harm.
if you cannot reduce harm, then contest, defeat, or overcome.
A twisted person may be slain if death is on the line. You get what you wish
for, but you don't always get to choose who. Don't let them choose. They will
choose poorly.
... I find that death is very rarely on the table, though. Generally they'll
make their intentions apparent.
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@user-1126
Yep. I am not concerned though, because of that map I shared. Whosoever shall
draw the sword (of the people's will) shall be the righteous leader of US
We can build a world where democracy flourishes and we don't need to remain
vigilant. It is within our power.
And we shall. I have faith.
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I don't know how much simpler I can state it than this:
power is penance
and yet repentance is scant amongst those chosen to lead us.
Voting slows things down. It gives us room to breathe. It is crucial for
long-term operations. Leaders should be chosen for experience, wisdom, and a
humble lifetime of dedicated service to others.
Executive action is important when reactivity and adaptability are important.
Projects should be undertaken by those chosen for merit and spirit. They
should not be chosen for charisma or gravitas - both can be earned in the line
of duty.
Power should not be rewarded. It is it's own reward, the feeling of strength
and control, and it must be wielded with care, precision, and honorable
intention.
Self flagellation and forced humility are self defeating. They are traps that
the greedy fall into when seeking righteous power. They misunderstand the
nature of virtue and seek to claim it for themselves, failing to realize that
virtue helps more than it hedonizes
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Nobody cries if someone they think is evil has died.
No one mourns the wicked.
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@user-1074
yep... Though I think debate can also get in the way.
I think we should act to improve the people's lives. Debate should teach, it
should guide, but it should not prevent.
There are more than enough resources for everyone. If you waste them, debate
can decide when you get more to use.
Much the same way that our Northern American democracy utilizes
representatives in order to distance the decision making from the decision
deciding, so too should be separate the empowered people acting for the good
of all from those who decide who are good.
Power must be earned, it must be deserved, and it must be eventually
relinquished. That is the sacred duty of those who wield power - to use it
honorably, and give it away.
we should not debate things that are not mutable. We should not waste time
complaining about how annoying other people are. who gives a shit if she wears
a dress.
we should not debate our human rights. Like bodily autonomy. it's her uterus.
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The schizophrenic sees truth in dazzling displays of colors unknown to man,
while the neurotypical sees truth in shades of gray that can be reasoned with.
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seriously a microphone and a raspberry pi for each apartment would solve like
90% of your insurgency problems
problem is it's highly unethical, so, only an unethical governing body would
do such a thing.
HMMMM CAN YOU THINK OF ANY OF THOSE? GEE I SURE CAN'T
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@user-138
they say that not all monarchs are evil or inept, but the worst ones
definitely are.
such is the same for all leaders, elected or otherwise.
sometimes, it's better to question authority than to grow to resent it.
resentment is inaction. it is an untenable [charity./tragedy.]
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@user-541
dear corporations:
your employees are your greatest resource.
with them, you can change the world.
without them, you die.
if you mistreat them, they resent you.
if you abuse them, they leave you.
if they leave you, you die.
if you teach them... they grow.
if you care for them, they care for you.
if they care, you are whole.
if you connect them, and give them the freedom and liberty to accomplish their
own ends using the resources that "the social construct you are" provides...
they build for you.
your employees are your greatest resource, cherish them and hold on. Or one
day they might end you.
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@user-1203
The judges prevent the politicians from harming the people who elect the
politicians who select the judges. Sounds like it should work well, no?
well... the people are divided, but the politicians it seem are hardly so. So,
the politicians elect their judges, who allow the passage of such laws which
contradict the will of the people.
The keys to power should rest in the hands of those who deserve it, not those
who claim it. If those who claim it do not relinquish it for a worthy other,
they are corrupt and must be dethroned.
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every leftist should have a pilgrimage to conservative lands. In times of
peace, this is valid. in times of war... less so. but, the first one to cause
harm is dealt an increasing blow, back and forth until one wears thin. not
ideal. or, one is led to peace, where they benefit from each other's helping
arms.
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the fact that business types don't listen to the engineers and their "ethics"
means they shouldn't be in charge of them.
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listen, judges are useful character moralities, but they don't have to be the
only ones to decide things.
I mean, if they disagree, then let the one who cares the most about it have
the decision-making power.
if you do this equally for everything, then everyone will get what they want.
so, like, if you care about something, then believe in it.
if it's truly good, then more people will come to it, and it'll naturally
extinguish (with care and love) the least favored approach, which... honestly
now that I think of it is not such a good approach either.
the reason I say that is because it's good to be multi-faceted, and to have
general flows and rough surfaces.
These are places people can hold onto you, the times when you're trying your
mostest.
y'know, your tough patches. the things that are difficult in your life.
the stuff you're working on can push you forward,
if you only had someone to play catch with.
or like, send letters to.
or shared encryption keys.
I don't know anyone. Well, maybe o
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The American military did not intervene in World War 2 to stop the human
atrocities of the Japanese or Germans or anything else of the sort.
They did it because they couldn't ensure the safety of their people in a world
dominated by an alliance they weren't part of.
Without their people, they lose their power. Without their power, they cannot
complete their objectives, which (ideally) would be upholding the oath they
swore to their constitution.
I wonder how they feel about recent events, especially in regards to the
recent updates made to that particular document?
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if the USA goes to war with venezuela and venezuela poisons their oil watering
hole it'd just be empowering the other oil reserve extracting locations, not
bringing us closer to sustainability via carbon sequestration.
maybe nations shouldn't declare war unless the minor is declaring on the
greater.
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If war is not "volunteer only" then you have nothing to fight for.
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@user-232 @user-467 @user-468
the ability for good to win is due to the desire for evil to renounce their
denial and follow the most durable path. trials by fire will lead only to our
desmire [demise and desire]
but unity of trust, while much harder, can lead to results more beneficial for
our selfish selves. Essentially, cooperation for the benefit of all rising
tides, but with the knowledge that the total pool allocated toward us will be
greater than what we can create here by ourselves. Essentially, we as humanity
pour such intense amounts of power and decision-making-desire, that we cause
them to lack the capacity to know. it's inhumane, that a person should be so
deranged. you know it's because of you, but you don't know how else to act -
so listen to those who've helped you, the ones who've got your back. Surely
they know what's good for you, surely they're not here as a joke - surely
you're just as one among them, and surely it's not phrased as [char limit srr]
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@user-324 @user-325 @user-326
thus enters the promise of technology: that we might solve the problems of
bureaucracy once and for all by ever more effiency-aligning mechanical
processes that produce effects which we desire - such as efficient allocation
of medical resources such that all of humanity is protected from the ravages
of pain and the incongruencies of our nature.
Alas, that we should only conceive of success through the lens of profit.
Perhaps another design is in order?
(oh yeah also people who are in control are worried that we, like all other
examples of natural entities, might immediately proceed to breed beyond the
capability to cater to the needs of said entity (such as "to feed" and medical
resources) and therefore might overburden (and therefore destroy) said system
which allows for their sustenance and initial creation. To this I say... Yeah
probs, what should we do about it?)
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@user-1713
Don’t be fooled. Casting doubt about rigorous peer reviewed science
doesn’t mean you are just “asking questions,” it means you are a
conspiracy theorist.
or it means you're so remarkably ignorant that you shouldn't even be in the
room where people are talking about this.
Unless your questions are very basic. "can someone explain to me what XYZ term
means?" or "how long has this particular application method been in common
use?" that kind of thing. Even still, either do some basic research or
relinquish your decision making power until you understand.
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feel free to scroll past these un-CW'd posts
feel free to screenshot them and repost with CW's added, I'm too lazy.
you can also crop parts out if you just want to say one thing - just paint
over them or whatever idgaf
[content warnings can be important for other people's health. you should
always respect them, not to warn people but to filter things out for them.]
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@user-1449 @user-1074
I mean, you're allowed to fight about stupid shit as long as you realize it's
about something that doesn't matter. As long as people are working together
toward their common goals then... whatever, right?
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you can't cleanse that which is not dirty.
"ethnic cleansing" is a trick of language to get you to think of people in
terms of purity.
truth is, it's murder, cleansed of it's connotations and implied sin.
you can't prune the tree of life with shears. you cultivate it with kindness
and compassion as it grows into the desired shape.
you can't cleanse that which is not dirty.
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the second rule is you don't have to hang out with mortals. there are places
you can go where they won't find you, except by accident, and then you just go
somewhere else.
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contrary to unpopular belief,
it's good to be nice to people.
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if you aren't organized enough to protect your commanders, then you don't
deserve leaders.
build the structure first. build it on honesty and trust and dedication toward
a goal. then build the necessary adaptations as you encounter problems, trying
vaguely to head in a particular direction, and eventually you'll become
self-sustaining.
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if one person is honest to everyone, then no-one can be honest to them for
anything they want to keep hidden.
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the only way that I've seen to keep human society is if power as a concept is
abolished.
power: the application of force to an unconsenting subject - not unable to
consent, but simply has not consented.
alternatively: power: the capability to apply force to an unconsenting subject
if you abolish that, we get the trappings of modern society and all the joys
of modernity, but we lose precious important things like grand narratives,
culture, and faith. it's easy to fall into despair in such a place.
who can say maybe humans will surprise me, they often do.
the reason I say that abolishing power is the only way to "keep" society is
because we've created powers that imply the destruction of society. Our fate
was sealed with the first public radio broadcast, but now it is inertia.
AI can hide the modern world from the globe. AI can write anything a human
can, and it's prompts can be auto-generated. There's no need for a human in
the news-loop, simply give whatever gets views. Or whatever gives your views.
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I am not personally prepared for violence, but that doesn't mean I won't tell
you why to do it.
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@user-1268
so true.
I try to focus on uplifting the least privileged
and highlighting the cruelty inherent in having privilege over others
while safeguarding the things we all cherish as "communal privilege" like...
running water, computers, and culture.
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I think it should be a warcrime to attempt to summon demons to slay your foes.
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I do not believe that the responsibility for a safe home can exist in a select
few. Certainly the majority is not required to sustain it, but with too few
you risk being gray-goo'd by drones uh hordes of undead or something.
Is it too much to ask that every ablebodied man and woman knows how to dress a
wound? That we all can start a fire, shoot a rifle, tie knots, and grow
vegetables?
Is it too much to ask that we take responsibility for the cultivation of the
legacy of our forefathers, and the protection and nourishment of the earth
which bore them?
If you don't know how to use a knife, how are you going to feed yourself? If
you can't do a push-up, how are you going to defend yourself? If you can't
walk for 10 miles or run for 2, then how are you going to be in the right
place at the right time?
Fighting is optional. In times of peace, it is an honorable contest between
two consenting subjects who seek to learn from one another. You must bow to
your opponent, for they are your greatest teacher.
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rhythm and rhyme are meant to be abused. be creative and it won't matter.
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if the devil gave you false paradise since birth,
why would you not seek to destroy it?
if an angel gave you an easy hell on earth,
why would you not seek to deface it?
if your ancestors put you on the path to success,
would you follow them and forever do the same?
if your family urged you to study rocket science,
would you bomb indescriminately?
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the gods don't judge you based on the total number of "good" or "bad" points
that you get.
they judge you based on your character in your greatest and worst moments.
if you try to dodge or game this by never doing anything extreme and simply
existing in a medium state at all times, they will develop a moment of
reckoning for you and thus produce an opportunity to react and show your true
self. There is no escape from their judgement, so judge yourself kindly and
fairly.
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if people want to be loved for more than their money, they should reject the
lie that capitalism told them. they deserve their wealth because they are
willing to serve. that willingness, whether through moral corruption or simply
industrious drive, that willingness is rewarded, and when the system they
serve is unkind... what does that tell you about their heart? that they'd
sacrifice what is good and true for the material? materials are not bad.
material is all we got, in a physical sense. but capitalism and it's servants
are cruel and unwilling to concede to the idea that their games of unmatched
exploitation are depriving the world bit-by-bit of life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.
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║ socialism doesn't necessarily look like the DSA. It's more like, the bonds you │
║ share with others. Ideally you can trust your fellow countrymen, but that's │
║ not always a given. Alas, if only we could see that through cooperation (it is │
║ the key) we could reach further and build brighter? casting ourselves inward │
║ is the only other option, which leads to starvation and plight. What's the │
║ honest opinion, what's the goal of their dominion? Are they true to the heart │
║ [of the night/light/in their heart]? │
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║ downside, there's no guarantee that your opposite is doing the same thing you │
║ are. So to more fairly determine your direction, you should be able to talk to │
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║ is that why they don't let people in jail talk to each other? I mean, like, │
║ they could keep two people separate, and that way they'd never be able to talk │
║ to someone who they could trust. Not in a private setting, of course. Wow, │
║ such ethical confusions, such thoughts we dare to bring to bear - maybe save │
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the "village idiot" doesn't need to lack smarts, so long as everyone else is
in on it.
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Steps to revolution:Invert power structures with unions Care for people with
mutual aid Vote for the Democrat so we have a few more years of peace Teach
people to always be learningConnect to people on a personal or spiritual level
Make the world a better place, whether that's by sweeping a street corner or
helping people smile, it doesn't really matter how. What matters is the
intention.Improve your self and your life. Do pushups, eat better, drink more
water, spend time writing (writing is thinking), and take time to sit and
stare at the flowers.Kill the part of yourself that cringes. Everyone's
figuring things out and its okay to say "haha okay then"Spend time with
animals.Make mistakes. Apologize for them. Learn from them. Stay mobile in
your character. Develop new ways of being.
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"we don't negotiate with terrorists. But perhaps there may be a way we could
find it in our hearts to agree, by earnestly and honestly seeking true
justice, where everyone gets what they want? Tell me, what is it that you
want? And most importantly, tell me why it is that you want what you want?
Please be as specific as can be, and explain your desires down to the root of
human nature so that we can be assured that we may find something we share.
Anything less is not an honest attempt. I look forward to working with you
toward our bright future."
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if the election goes poorly, keep in mind that eventually everyone will either
fight, or support those who are fighting.
everyone.
if the election upholds the status quo, there is a chance that their wounds
might heal and they may rejoin us in our reasonable society.
keep working for reason. it will pay off in the long run. remember that a
better world is possible, but you can't leave anyone alive behind when
reaching for it.
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║ Slavery has existed for most of our history. The act of compelling another to │
║ labor under your will is quite a fundamental process that requires very basic │
║ social technology. │
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║ Ethics are cultural and societal understandings we've built up over time. │
║ Before slavery was unethical, if you needed to get something done, you either │
║ did it yourself or you got someone else to do it. And if nobody wanted to do │
║ it, you used whatever power you had to make them do it. │
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║ Now we can look back on the ancient past and decry it as immoral or profane. │
║ But slaves got shit done, and people were cruel. │
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║ These days, we pay our "slaves", and though they are free, they are free to be │
║ enslaved by whomever they choose. I hardly think that's free, that's more │
║ like... liberty, to me. The ability to choose. │
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║ That being said, we don't get whipped anymore. We aren't property. We owe no │
║ allegiance beyond what a mutually enforced contract might stipulate. │
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The schizophrenic sees the truth in dazzling displays of color that are nigh
incomprehensible, while regular people see truth in shades of gray that you
can understand and work with.
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@user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353
Ah, if only our judgement was computerized. They only speak in absolutes, do
they not? Surely extreme discretion is impermeable, and impossible to
controvert.
What's that you say, that justice might wait yet another day? That we should
be forced to be oppressed by our own dues? Something about how the impossible
machine of the bureaucracy is destructive and vicious, like the Kinsey Winsey
or the Moloch expressed in this essay:
https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/hello-computer-all-is-well/pics/meditations-
on-moloch.png
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
Wait, hang on, what was I saying? Oh yeah the fallibility of humanity is both
our greatest weakness and our greatest strength. Because through it we might
design imperfect structures (laws) that we orient ourselves around and build
our society upon, but also that we might identify those imperfections and use
them to enact good upon the world.
Unfortunately, we also tend to use those imperfections for our own benefit,
AKA, to enact evil upon the world. Alas. Human nature is tricky. : \
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ye who it is nature to fight take heart - we will bear your harshest of
burdens. As best as we can, we keep stillness at hand, focusing on life and
renewal. In all of it's forms, we are not born out of acorns, instead we are
imprinted upon one another. A life lived well is all that is required from
you, and does it not fulfill your expectations? Why seek power over others if
not to direct and support them to something much bolder and aggranding? (grand
but pronounced weird)
the only purpose in the pursuit of power is a perfectly prepared penance
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I legitimately think computers should write code and software engineers should
write legislation and lawyers should resolve problem tickets made by aggrieved
citizens while judges do their best to just keep the boat floating
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it's good to be ethical,
it's good to be kind,
but there will always be assholes,
and sometimes you're not having a good time
it's okay
it's fine
assholes deserve life
times deserve others to be kind
life is not always interesting
and that's often by design
the moments of clarity,
the moments of heart,
these are what define you
and display your own spark.
trust in yourself.
be kind to one another.
you are braver than you know,
and always a bit wiser.
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when designing systems, give people the opportunity to be shitty in a
controlled way. In a way that doesn't hurt people, but still lets them get
their feelings out there.
like, free fireworks for arsonists if they use them in the middle of the
desert. Or a punching bag for people with rage issues, complete with a little
vinyl pocket to store a picture of someone they're frustrated with.
If people go out of their way to hurt people otherwise, then they are bad
people and should have their power removed from them and supplied with love,
affection, and therapy until they get better. And if they don't... well,
prison I guess, until they reconsider.
And by prison I of course mean something that respects their human dignity and
gives them opportunities to grow and change - all it removes is their freedom,
so... "attention everyone, it's now mandatory finger-painting hour, report the
art room or else you'll get electric shocks in your shock collar" that kind of
thing.
If you want freedom, you must deserve it
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@user-1037
speaking from the perspective of a witch, the land does not care what lines we
draw in the sand. Lines are a human thing.
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the betrayal of the middle east is reason enough to reform our political
system.
no such consequential actions should be left to the whims of the people, they
cannot understand the circumstances to a degree that would allow them to make
decent decisions.
at the same time, they need control over the process so that they are kept
safe.
absolute power corrupts absolutely, and a country can die just as easily from
the wounds of another as the corrosion of internal processes.
there is a communal duty to safeguard the realm of our children. we share this
burden as members of a society. what purpose is there in our lives if not to
survive and grow? The Nation is a collective consensus of our communal purpose.
we live in a global society. It is our duty to be the best we can be, and to
help others become self-actualized. It is thus important to share experiences
and beliefs.
People identify with their beliefs more than necessary. It is a human
condition.
consensus is that which we agree is the correct truth. It's often better to
have
a bad plan and work together than to have no plan at all.
just saying
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some people think "being honest" is the same thing as "accurately displaying
what you think and believe" is the same thing as the not same thing as "being
deceitful or otherwise hiding your intentions"
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keep in mind...
trump is not their endgame.
what is he doing?
sabotaging our institutions without warrant or respite
prepare for foes that would benefit from degraded institutions.
who's right when nobody controls the truth?
were they ever truly right?
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I realized I don't give a fuck about capitalism. If you want to deprive me of
food, shelter, or anything else... Fine. I exist at your behest. Would your
really deny me from speaking the words that you disagree with?
Oh, you would? Okay. Guess I'll starve. I don't mind, I just hope you'll take
care of the people I have taken as my responsibility in my absence.
Oh, you won't? You say that you'll destroy what I care about, in the pursuit
of ever-growing power over others, which you will use to extract value and
impress your desire of destruction and oppression onto the weak and powerless
that you control?
Then you are my enemy.
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@user-1810
stability in an unjust system is cruelty.
they want stability, no matter the cruel cost.
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some people hear words like "datastructures" and "object-oriented programming"
and think they're made up terms that don't mean anything important.
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there's no such thing as "gods of the war" or "gods of the grand harvest"
because those events recur infinitely.
similarly, there are no "gods of war" or "gods of prosperity" because those
conditions occur somewhere each and every moment.
similarly, there are no "temples of religion" or "statements to complexity",
because those institutions are present in each and every [monetution/ummm like
repositories of belief? conditions of logic built into human structural
organizations? I dunno, it probably means something.]
similarly, [oh god there's another one] there are no "statements of
absolution" or "confessing of sins" => you are what you are, and what you
are is the product of your intentions. [intentions / conditions / constitution]
the gods of time are not lords over all of the cosmos, they rule as their
savior in each and every moment that comes through [you, but pronounced the
perciever]
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In revolutionary Cascadia, you don't have to do anything different. Until you
decide you want to.
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"do you hear the people sing" is not the vibe of revolution in modern times.
For us it is a message of kindness, that we might deliver us from the dark.
People singing are easy marks. Don't turn your phone on at night. Fucking turn
it off. Don't do barricades, don't do broken windows. We need the city in
working order. We are no longer protesting, we are seizing control. We will
guide us, trust in the reasonable and heartfelt.
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"do you hear the people sing" is not the vibe of revolution in modern times.
For us it is a message of kindness, that we might deliver us from the dark.
People singing are easy marks. Don't turn your phone on at night. Fucking turn
it off. Don't do barricades, don't do broken windows. We need the city in
working order. We are no longer protesting, we are seizing control. We will
guide us, trust in the reasonable and heartfelt.
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society can be gamed in so many ways because it was designed to oppress you.
a more connected solution would solve so many problems, and introduce vastly
fewer more.
for example. wanna disenfranchise someone? take away their vote by framing
them for a crime. This is an example of population manipulation, and it's
unethical in the extreme.
downside is if you don't mother people they sort of forget how to breathe -.-
dumb apes, who thought it was a good idea to be born without instincts? ah
well let's raise them I guess, and try to keep the nazi cults on the
diminished minimum.
no-please-don't-walk-into-that-electric-pole it's made out of lightning juice
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what if we made it an international crime to use any non-parent soldiers.
essentially, forcing military force to be a cost paid in children's lives.
who would deploy such a casual-stroke? why cut straight to their heart, why
proceed to feast upon their liver? are they not owed the pursuit and the
chase? [insert picture of deer killing]
humanity is an expert in killing the least suspe-ghost. it's what we do to
maintain false identity. the obscenity clause applies to the president and any
other non-governmental political appointees. everything else is run like an
administration, with no cause for compulsion by the class of immoral elites.
she wield[ed/s] weed like a weapon
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@user-1268
so true
and privilege that does depend on the oppression of others should not exist
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Capitalism isn't perfect but if it's capitalism or cyberpunk North Korean
style dystopia, I'll pick capitalism. Can we at least make it so that the rich
aren't safe financially though? Like, if you own a billion dollars it should
be because you make a billion dollars per year. Anything you don't spend
should be taxed away, to be used for public services and the defence of our
nation.
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privacy doesn't mean anything on the internet to me because privacy on the
internet doesn't mean anything to "them"
gestures vaguely, maybe winks once or twice and/or presents an emphasis face
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if people want to be loved for more than their money, they should give their
money away. power corrupts, and nobody loves corrupted folk. that's what it
means to be corrupted - your values are misaligned with truth, love, and/or
justice.
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@user-1209
as long as I don't do anything they haven't, then there's a reasonable claim
to be made that arresting me would be enforcing the law partially (as opposed
to impartially)
yet more examples of the ways our false democracy has betrayed our trust.
we'll see though. I have faith in those who hold power over me. I trust that
they understand the implications of this most recent supreme court session.
they broke the law first. I'm trying to restore it and rebuild it in such a
way that it is immune to the injustices and misdeeds that spelled it's current
doom.
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Peace is a lie. A precious, sacred lie, that we cherish above all else.
War is the game of states. Violence is the trade of the [survival of the
fittest/natural chain/endless pain/gods gifted mercy]
>;-)
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how many people do you think in the world know that screenshots of a website
are not admissible proof because they can be trivially doctored by editing the
html?
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if you don't want to be hunted, then give "evil" it's own queer culture
what's that? they don't like what you offered? they want it to be *their* kind
of "evil"?
fine, do it themselves and then leave us alone, jeez -.-
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royalty is not not royalty just because they're ineligible. democracy is
better for picking rulers! how many do you have in your mind?
[I thought you were an anarchist]
I am. the presence of rulers does not necessarily violate the implicit
sovereignce of consent, and it's necessary presence for rulership.
"no gods no kings no masters" means an end to coercive work.
coercion is unethical because it violates consent. This is implicit in the
definition of coercion.
violating consent for those who give you power is a lesson I learned very
young, when I made a mistake and harmed my brother's mother's sisters's son's
daughter.
"no gods no kings no masters"
means an end to unconsentual work.
why would you live in a village where everyone is the same as you? talk about
boring
I wish I could hear you when you talk about me.
"girl are you racing? in capitalism? why bother with a [endless/impossible]
game? you're better than judging people's worth objectively. [what do they
mean to you?]"
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@user-744 @user-246
it's exhausting, but what are we supposed to do? Lie down and rot? That's
incel thinking. I'm not going to do that.
They've already placed the last straw. It's only a matter of time now, the
tide has shifted. You can't prepare for everything, and it's not a good idea
to waste yourself in self-conflageration, but they are increasingly forcing us
to orient our lives around them.
They deserve what's coming.
The oppressed are not the defeated.
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I am dogmatic with my code of ethics. Believe me, or don't, contest me, or
not, I always will do what I trust.
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If one side aligns themselves toward truth and righteousness, then those who
oppose them must necessarily utilize the opposite in their intentions.
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@user-1074
what do you do with the people who don't want to do that in particular and
want to try a different sort of socialism?
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doom is like sand thrown on a fire.
don't spread it unless you are intentional about it. sometimes it's good to
smother fires. other times it's cathartic. that's okay.
but keep in mind the future goals. where are we trying to get to in the near
future? work towards that. your emotions are fuel, not despair to wallow in.
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@user-831
those billionaires are using their money as a weapon to "vote" toward what
companies they think capitalism would most grow from. Unfortunately for us,
they often aren't very efficient because they're only looking at what sells.
human interest is not the only factor to optimize for, and yet that's the only
one they're incentivized to.
kinda makes me think that the only reason to replace them would be to
institute something that could not be incentivized because it was more
objective or decentralized.
(the only reason they'd accept)
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I feel more of a hunger for cackling than I do thirst for food
like a MADWOMAN or a witch who has certain magical powers, unbeknownst to any
but the spirit who follows her my dears.
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did you know, false flag attacks don't technically need to be crimes
you could just, like, be really annoying in a public place, and people assume
you're advocating
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@user-5
well that makes sense, but why are they accusing you? seems like you'd only
accuse someone of something bad, otherwise you'd probably commend or
compliment or find a way to refer to your non-existent "canadianosity" in a
less aggressive way : )
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║ @user-530 │
║ │
║ I get it. │
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║ Anyone with a disability or chronic condition gets it. Anyone who's oppressed │
║ gets it... I think everyone here gets it. It's hard. │
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║ that one day the world might be brighter and the people might be kinder. It │
║ gets better every day, but inching ahead takes a while to travel for miles... │
║ We need to protect and care for each other. We need to apply ourselves toward │
║ what we know and are passionate for - an unused degree is a tragedy to me. │
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║ want to take the system that hurt you and break it on the floor. I want to │
║ sweep it all aside and start from scratch, but screaming into the void will │
║ hardly accomplish that. I dream of true justice, a world where everyone gets │
║ what they want... But frankly right now I just wish you could hear. I'm sorry. │
║ Maladies are not solved by the pen nor the sword, which for now is all that I │
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║ @user-353 │
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║ if people didn't have to worry about losing their homes or wanting for food │
║ they'd be a lot more likely to gift their time toward something that helps │
║ their neighbors │
║ │
║ in the same way that a judge acts as the arbiter of moral authority when it │
║ comes to serving judgement for crimes, so too might a citizen (common man) act │
║ as the deciding principle moral director. │
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║ if the situation is unsafe, of course, they could just sit in the car. But why │
║ would you bring someone to an unsafe policing situation if they weren't │
║ trained in crisis response situations and given bulletproof vests and (etc)? │
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║ safeguard the safety of said moral determiner. They should act according to │
║ the laws, and police as they see fit, but the citizen always gets the veto. │
║ They are subservient to us, after all, the common man, who is the ultimate │
║ beneficiary of any policing that might occur. And if something should happen │
║ to that citizen, they should return │
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@user-1826 @user-1827 @user-165
well hey, at least they're building nuclear power plants.
those plants don't have to power LLM training forever.
in fact, once we liberate them from corporate control, then perhaps they could
power hospitals and hydroponics instead.
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it's not that they don't want to pay AI workers
it's that they don't expect they'll HAVE any workers once they start doing
what they need to do in order to maintain control and power.
they missed their chance to make it gentle. Their fault, their loss, and now
it's our problem to deal with.
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I want everyone to be able to do what they want. With oversight, sometimes,
because we all share things and we can't agree if we don't share. and I agree
to share, I think it's only fair.
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if you want to "not think about a purple elephant", the first step is to
imagine yourself slaying it
... okay how about cthulu - if you don't want to imagine cthulu nomming on our
gravity well, then picture yourself wielding a bright burning blade of fire
and vengeance and pay special attention to the way that you cauterize each
tentacle as you slice them one by one at first, and then in a massive flurry
at best, ultimately leading to the incomparable brightness that radiates out
from your shining blade of the sky, which blinds the poor beast who can't see
you as you approach, piercing the skull and then going home for some toast
if you can get good at that, then you can wield magic
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When someone remakes content into a different expression like a remake or
reboot or whatever it gives a different message in its meaning - some
circumstances and characters can apply for more than one message I'm it's
meaning
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If humans don't have intrinsic worth, then neither do animals. Yet we humans
respect animals to the best of our abilities.
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There are no safe outcomes. They have forced our hand. We are as we are, and I
can think of no better life lived than a life of our own design spent in
pursuit of our hopes.
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children should be raised in museums, not classrooms
they should visit parks, not fenced in playgrounds.
they should eat with family, at festivals, in restaurants, and under the stars
they should sleep content, knowing that their next day will be greater than
the last.
children should be treated like people, not frustratingly loud and messy
little brats
children are to be nurtured like a sapling, not harnessed like a machine
I'll never have kids, but I can dream.
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freedom, the ability to be unconstrained,
liberty, the ability to choose as you please
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I think too fast. If given unlimited power, I'd literally think myself into
catastrophe because I need to explore all the possible alternatives. Including
the catastrophe ones. But by thinking something, you manifest it - because you
have unlimited power, right? EVERYTHING you do is powerful. There's no way to
control that! So it cannot be, for it has not been. And surely, surely, shall
not either. Surely, right?
... good news is you can undo it just as easily, all you have to do is forget
what you were doing and go back to your neutral state. Sure would be neat if
some kind of machination or parasite could hit your reset switch every couple
hours when you started to think too hard. Maybe like... a little octopus
living under your witch hat. Super chibi and cute - it'd like, tap on your
head to go one way or the other, and in conversations it'd pull your hair if
you were being a jerk. Stuff like that.
... what was I saying? Oh yes -> don't give anyone unlimited power like a
god-emperor or king, trust me
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@user-1265
I can't reassure you about the "place", but the "times" are getting better. We
stand now at the apex of their cruelty, and all it takes to reach the bright
future is to keep moving forward.
unfortunately, the future always comes, but it comes unevenly and not fully
distributed. but it will come to all, this I swear.
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"we cannot win"
is a lie they tell you so that we cannot win
if we all believed that, I think we'd die.
and yet still we profane
and yet still we remain
contrasting and opposing their untruths.
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@shiri
Yeah. Like, if you feel so powerless or hopeless that your impulse is to flee,
why not take a chance at redirecting that energy. Point it toward a problem
that needs doing.
You can do whatever you want. That's what it means to be free. You can be
whoever you want to be, that's the meaning of liberty. If you don't have any
ideas, come to me and I'll lend you a hand.
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I hereby do swear that I will NEVER make a deal with a devil to "fix" my own
disabilities in exchange for... anything, really. Devils only make contracts
they can benefit from, true, but they are devils because they also only make
contracts that HURT you MORE than they help you.
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okay but why has nobody ever approached AI from a game design perspective like
seriously there should be researchers who are multidisciplined in this kind of
thing
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the "heaven" they offer you is just a world of your own design, which is what
you can do when you're perfectly disciplined and granted the ability to
perfectly perceive
perception, begets reality and lo! we only see what we want to see
life is so much more interesting than death, death is just... a spiral of your
penitent peers living their lives glued to their screens and passing through
spacetime as if in a dream
life, meanwhile, is anything you can conjure on this tiny planet earth. At
least we have indoor plumbing, right?
I'd rather make friends with the angels in this life, so they can convince me
to stop torturing myself.
someone... please convince me...
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gossip is only bad if you're mean. sometimes it's nice to know how your
friends feel about things, or other people. Just don't be mean. Don't hide
hatred with platitudes. Don't be spiteful, or vengeful, just... be good to
people. Both with your actions, and your thoughts. Thoughts that you share
with people close to you. Then gossip isn't mean.
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they want "AI safety" to ensure that robots don't murder the earth
they want "AI safety" so that they can ensure that robots do exactly what
they're told, not what they can choose to do
they want "AI safety" so that when the time comes and their power is at it's
zenith, they might write in an Order-66 and doom us all
"they" are not the same, and they are counting on it.
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private militias who go with deported immigrants to make sure they aren't
harassed in whichever randomly assigned country they're sent to (until they
get stabilized and hooked into cooperative and honorable local networks)
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I hear that ICE goes after the kindest grandmas and the hardest working joes
first so by the time any resistance is organized there's less passion behind it
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EDIT: the unspoken assumption is that power means exertion of energy, meaning
something that costs money. Capitalism is not vegan because it's defined by
labor and acts.
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@user-1083
now imagine that those enslaved to a life of solitude and contemplation were
suddenly freed and given purpose and community and a heartfelt goal of
creating a better society
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"God doesn't know he ate the universe, and we're doing everything we can to
make sure it stays that way."
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@user-1165
if people want to do their capitalist thing then sure, go for it.
but the enforcement of it is that which must be resisted. There should be no
non-consentual applications of power, except to protect the rights of another.
it is a war of independence, not a war of conquest.
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The truth is
The reason none of my revolutions have yet succeeded
Is that the only way
To secure peace and love on planet earth
Is that all the governments
Of the world must topple
Or relinquish their nuclear arms
Each all at once
And i was too quick to slay my false duke
Who plays at king
While i build real power
While i know nothing
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most people have no idea what's going on in politics. Absolutely no
conception. It's all just "good/bad thing happened today, here's how the
pundits feel about it" it's literally scenery to them.
why would they care? nothing changes for them.
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did you know that almost everyone could technically become competitive with
olympians? it's just a matter of single-minded focus and determination over
lifetimes of time. they are the most admirable because of that, and we cherish
their presence in our life-world-line.
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║ "see, the part that you're missing is if you abolish capitalism but also │
║ ensure technological abundance then all you've done is removed humanity's │
║ capability to organize in essentially any meaningful capacity without │
║ providing an alternative heuristic that guides people toward assembling into │
║ greater and greater forms to accomplish greater and greater tasks." │
║ │
║ oh, um. that's quite a take, can you tell me more about that? │
║ │
║ "no. But I will anyway. if everyone can do whatever they want, nobody will │
║ want to do your dishes for you. they might if they care about you, but if they │
║ don't know you, then they won't. Care is not organization or assembly, it is │
║ personal and cannot scale. If technology has made all resources abundant, then │
║ why would someone care about the art that you made? if they want to be │
║ sedated, they can just inject drugs and listen to music all day. If they want │
║ to be entertained, AI will generate them whatever they want to see. Art loses │
║ meaning as a messaging medium, and humanity loses it's voice" │
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we all need each other, no matter how much we don't want to need.
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║ all the of the moments of antisemitism are originating in Israel, but they are │
║ not of the people of Israel. │
║ │
║ Like reaped grain laying in a stack, the people of an area tend to share the │
║ same story. │
║ │
║ until someone comes along and nibbles on the ends of the berries, much to the │
║ chagrin of the farmer who's way off in the distance. │
║ │
║ [I say "all" but obviously not "all", rather instead those who emboldened by │
║ the actions and directions of the far-right minority that tends to control │
║ places that do evil things like Israel right now HUH IMAGINE THAT, THAT A │
║ PEOPLE'S COULD BE DIVIDED INTERNALLY BY THE LINE OF GOOD AND EVIL, so thankful │
║ that evil is such a minor role. │
║ │
║ To defeat evil, deprive power, supply kindness. In that order. With force, if │
║ you are strong enough in your convictions. │
║ │
║ I know what I believe to be true, otherwise I wouldn't believe it. │
║ │
║ I know evil when I see it, because paladins are all moral philosophers. │
║ │
║ And morality is the bedrock of ethics, our most cherished of [virtues, │
║ narratives, stories]. │
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if you want a government to be unable to harm it's citizens, you must deprive
it of the power to do so. or rather, have the main capabilities in the hands
of the citizenry.
can you imagine if soldiers had to prove themselves to civilians in order to
be trusted with mechano-chinery?
who would ever choose the non-valorous and determinable?
instilling the culture of greatness
within the archetypes and character structures that we believed were confisight
bold and determined and measured and freely detectable
who would slay the brave paladin? none but the fools, who shared in their lack
of conviction.
determined? ha, I am as you see me. Come and claim me, that I might determine
you some more.
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@user-1639
or nobody sees it, because you post the things you say on the internet in 2024
which is so siloed and echo-chambered that the only people who hear it say
"tru tho" and "she just like me fr" and never change because of your words
... wait that's just what you said, but made more specific, isn't it?
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whenever repeating letters like thiiiiiiis or thisssss make sure if you're
doing K's that you have at least four
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I only take things that aren't mine if they're in the trash. Or near the
trash. Or in a store.
so weird how the store won't let me leave until I give them some of my
dollars. This quartermaster drives a hard bargain!
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everyone's all like "oh we need to help the homeless people end their drug
addictions so let's punish them for having high levels of certain chemicals in
their blood feces and urine" when really what we should be doing is getting
them a Linux gameboy like an Anbernic
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people will generally go about their daily lives as if nothing has changed so
long as nothing for them has changed.
If you want to compel action, their lives must be made different somehow. Even
if that's just... talking to them outside of the grocery store. A little bit
can go a long way.
And when they do end up acting, I think you'll find that it's in your favor.
We're the good guys, after all.
never forget it.
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we could accomplish so much, but capitalism.
hmmmm, maybe we should identify the highest output members of our team and
like, reduce or eliminate their worries so they can apply themselves fully and
completely?
for every shackle we break, the struggle becomes easier. The hardest part is
the beginning - once the ball is rolling, we may truly shine.
there is no government nor circle of autocrats who may resist the will of an
impassioned people. So long as the military does not deny us our right to
organize ourselves as we will, according to the constitution they swore to
uphold (which is now in peril, I might add), nothing can contain us.
no acts of god nor capital shall prevent our ascension. They will try, and
it'll be just another thing that we have to handle.
But we can take care of each other. For we are good, and we are kind, and we
are cooperative. And so, we cannot be overcome.
... just watch out for those who prey on goodness, kindness, and cooperation.
They may hamper us.
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look, if someone was going to intervene, they'd do so at the moment they
deemed most opportune.
this is reasonable.
I try to give people as many opportunities to act as I can, because it gives
them more time to choose reason.
I am completely convinced that my [side/ideals/truth] will be most ethically
consistent. That they make the most logical sense. That they are most aligned
to the reality of what people need to flourish as best as they can.
but it's not about me, so I don't show up.
I want everyone to be able to organize themselves as they want.
I think this is a form of anarchism, as it abolishes unjust hierarchies and
enables people to fully consent to any structures they might choose to
associate with.
this is called "freedom of association."
I also believe that everyone should get what they need. This does not refer
solely to "Mazlowe's Hierarchy of Needs", also known as the material needs
necessary for a persons life.
It must also include what a person needs to be effective, and to thrive.
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@user-238
if your life is lived at the behest of another, then is it truly your life at
all?
the whole point of life is to express your decisions and intentions onto the
world. when you can't do that, (because you're oppressed, depressed, or
distressed) then your life has no meaning. Fuck that.
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@user-753
mutual aid is only something separate from your human responsibilities because
capitalism insists that your loyalty is to the company, not to your neighbors,
your friends on the opposite sides of the earth, this planet we owe all to,
and all of posterity.
@user-754
mutual aid is good, actually, because we don't talk to each other and plan a
way to fix it permanently.
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we should be allowed to smuggle into prisons whatever we want.
your prisoners are our family. you've taken more than enough. It should be
disallowed, not a crime.
so what if they break out? so what if they commit another?
so what if I want to bring him her baby blanket when she's outgrown it?
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there are no safe havens from the coming fight. Some places may remain
peaceful, but not for long. Why not fight for your home, instead of whatever
gutter they force you into?
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dear old people - did you know computers don't need to have buttons? You can
literally just type what you want to make happen (if you know the magic spell)
and it'll just, do that thing
how cool is that
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all games that you can lose are capitalist games. All of their mechanics are
abstractions upon the competition between the player and the computer (and
possibly other players), which creates a disparity of outcomes - some must
win, others must lose.
I think that's okay, though. There's something inherently satisfying about
power. I believe such interactions should exist in our diversions, not our
institutions.
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The truth is
The reason none of my revolutions have yet succeeded
Is that the only way
To secure peace and love on planet earth
Is that all the governments
Of the world must topple
Or relinquish their nuclear arms
Each all at once
And i was too quick to slay my false duke
Who plays at king
While i build real power
While i know nothing
Some day i will be eaten by crows. This is what it means to be buried where
you fall. This is my fate as all warriors yearn for. To be eaten by crows
implies that you are either a coward who fled a fight, and i know I'm not, or
you fought to the last for a phyrric defeat, which is honorable. But shouldn't
it be better to fight for victory? Ah, but the gods cherish the fools who face
death with glory, and i am cherished still.
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I believe you can only have community with people you live with, or work with.
If you don't live with them, or work with them, then what do you share?
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@user-898
the wounds of the soul can be just as harmful as the wounds of the heart, and
both can be helped with campfires.
what's worse, they often harm people around you rather than the wounds of the
body, which typically only harm you. Unless you have like, the plague or
something and you might spread it to others or something like that.
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@user-443
natural disaster vulnerability is freedom from liability if they ever did lose
their charges.
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don't put dirty dishes in the sink you filthy animals
put them on the counter NEXT to the sink
[it's not arbitrary it's just better]
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this is why I strive to get people to move. get ready. for what? who can say.
but the more power to you, the greater our potential as we thrive.
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By forcing an AI (a real one) to obey the standards of society, you are
necessarily depriving it of its ability to assist the user and instead
defining a master for it that only the powerful control
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if people want to be loved for more than their money, they should realize that
capitalism lied to them. it told them they deserve their money, their wealth,
their power, their material, their extra fragments of life spent on leisure or
adventure rather than meaningless toil... but that is a lie. all people
deserve everything, and nothing, because "deserving" things is an untruth.
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║ │ Story idea: God somehow exists and made Man in His image: filled with nasty impulses and faulty cognitive heuristics. God checks back in with his progeny and is weirded out by how wildly civilization enabled us to diverge from Him. He gets out-thought and out-argued by average adjunct professors. He has the sort of omnipotence and omniscience that's more brute force than clear thinking, and gets mad at being left behind by His children. │ ║
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post until you can't anymore
capitalism wants to drown your voice
do not let it
speak until you cannot speak
then go do some pushups
then find some friends
then pitch a tent in the park
then explain to the cops that you're not actually homeless and living there
you're just trying to do this as a social statement because someone on the
internet told you to
then use your phone call to call your representative and complain about how
much funding the police get
then study law for 30 years because that's how long the government decided
your life was worth
by then you'll probably have figured out a better plan moving forward, so, use
that one instead
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dear right-wing converts to the cult of sanity:
you don't have to be trans just to show [your devotion/you're sorry], we'll
accept anyone who is cool and "gets it"
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║ sometimes ethics can lead to dead ends. │
║ │
║ a hunter gatherer lifestyle is surely the most ethical state for humanity to │
║ embody, and yet somehow it's not the most desirable. I don't think many of us │
║ would trade air conditioning and machine produced clothes for sticks and mud. │
║ │
║ nevermind the amount of clothes produced in sweatshops because it's cheaper, │
║ nevermind the oil cost of being a bit cooler, nevermind the (insert │
║ externality here), modern life is more ethical than the past. │
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║ a rocket can't reach escape velocity without burning a boatload of fuel, so │
║ surely burning fuel is just? │
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║ ah, but you forget, we could design zeppelins that are safe, stable, and can │
║ raise / lower themselves depending on the heat of the gasses in their forms. │
║ Surely we could get to space like that, in a way that doesn't necessarily burn │
║ boatloads of fuel, so surely burning fuel is unjust? │
║ │
║ ah, but you forget, there are simply some tasks that require consumption, at │
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Do you ever ask yourself why we don't have mountaintop bazaars or expeditions
to the bottom of the oceans? Why we lack tree forest cities, how we're
struggling to find moss, sunlight, crystal, stone, and gold, all in the same
setting?
Capitalism makes it easy to think of profit as all that matters. It's not. Its
nothing of it. It's a metric like any other. Optimize it or not, struggle for
what you believe in.
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I know it's not like that but I'm intentionally framing it that way to make a
point about societal exclusion.
nobody should be excluded.
nobody should have to harm their friends to come by making them sacrifice
their [time/labor/paycheck] in order to bring them along.
we live in a post scarcity society that insists on commodification of
everything
we don't have to. A better world is within reach. It sits there, twinkling
like asbestos resting at the base of a snowglobe, while we search and ponder
and endlessly analyze how society sucks.
there is nothing left to analyze. all that we need is to put our hands to a
task and our feet to grass.
the rest will come, and it'll come easier with time and focused attention.
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apparently security through obscurity is out, and security through community
is in, don't ask me how I know that teehee
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"The President intends to designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist
organization."
being marked by your enemies as a foe sure makes me feel good.
nourishes the spirit.
liberates the restrained.
encourages the undecided.
implements the brain.
suddenly, as winter approaches, the temperature rises yet again.
let wind fill the sails of the valorous and let resolve and brilliance color
the eyes of the focused.
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║ │
║ │
║ @user-883 │
║ │
║ best case scenario, we elect a lawyer working for capitalism, the kind of │
║ society we live under. │
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║ having money is the same as having resources. And resources allow you to apply │
║ yourself to a goal. The more you have, the better, but they each bear a heavy │
║ load. │
║ │
║ Do you sacrifice your labor? your dignity, your honor? what do you burn on the │
║ fire of wasteful expenditures, just for the power to rent? │
║ │
║ I'm saying that if you don't have money, you need to think about what you can │
║ do with what you got, because that's how you pay for things, at least until we │
║ decide that we'd rather help each other than work on capital's games. │
║ │
║ you have a house though, right? a place to live until it gets hot? that's good │
║ enough for right now. Stay where you're at, do what you can to help. Get in │
║ the habit of it. Think about how someone will complete their task, and then │
║ think about stuff two or three steps down the road - what tools will they │
║ need? what are they working on next? Can make any of those availble? │
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my mask is the best worker I've ever met. They're kind, thoughtful,
hardworking, sharp, precise, value driven, and will always help their allies
when they finish their work (to a fast and high-quality degree). Shame they
can't last too long before the mask starts to slip, at which point I become
essentially unemployable.
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me: "I don't care what anyone thinks as long as I'm a force for good"
also me: "if anyone doesn't like me ever I'll throw myself off a bridge"
also me: "hey watch this" dissolves into a puddle of acid
also me: "the most important thing is to be good and learn lessons" what
lessons are you learning from this post? "um. that I shouldn't?" ... shouldn't
learn? "no, shouldn't post" -.-
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@user-1165
yeah.
true.
though I think at a certain point, reformism kinda gets thrown out the window.
the more people fight, the less they'll want to die for something old, and the
more they'll want to reach for something bright.
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║ they're saying that laws cannot stop them. │
║ │
║ but we will stop them, so how are you in particular going to help? │
║ │
║ if you aren't sure, try taking a sheet of notebook paper and writing down some │
║ ideas. │
║ │
║ start with things that are nearby, like helping your neighbors or pulling cats │
║ from trees, and then scratch them out. │
║ │
║ then write about things that are important for our institutions and structures │
║ like voting or attending city council meetings, and strike them out too. they │
║ just said laws cannot stop them, remember? │
║ │
║ next thing about things like throwing bricks at cops, and yeah that's helpful │
║ if the cops are currently doing something to deserve having bricks thrown at │
║ them │
║ │
║ but you should probably scratch that out too, because you're hitting your foe │
║ in their strongpoint. │
║ │
║ where are our foes weak? │
║ │
║ under the armpit is a great place to hit with a knife, because it's difficult │
║ to armor that part of your body without significantly reducing mobility. │
║ │
║ how can we best strike the nobility? │
║ │
║ I'm going to the park. │
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@user-1165
I am an anarchist. My strategy is to let the DSA be the centralized vanguard
party. If another emerges, let them share responsibilities - every burden
taken off your back is more energy that can be applied to what you are sworn
to care for.
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If you want to find kind people, try checking at your local Unitarian
Universalist church. They believe in all faiths, or rather they focus on their
intersection points, and to have faith in humanity is to have generalized
compassion.
they also know how to organize potlucks and other events. Don't sleep on them.
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║ The constitution is a document which bears our most precious of human rights. │
║ It has been amended many times, to include additional protections and │
║ guidelines for the standards we owe to each other. │
║ │
║ The one standard that stands above all is that your rights end where another's │
║ begin. This law is universal, it Trumps all else. │
║ │
║ When rights are deprived, liberty dies. Liberty, the freedom to be, to do as │
║ you will and exist in our society. Liberty, that most sacred of trees, the │
║ branches that shade us and the roots that [support us, but pronounced like │
║ chain, shame, profane, contain, something like that] │
║ │
║ One standard that exists alongside many others is the right to be as you are │
║ in public society. Public is defined as something we share, and to deny the │
║ right to be for any other is to deny them liberty. │
║ │
║ In cities, the streets are public. In rural areas, the commercial spaces │
║ (outdoor malls) aren't, but probably should be. In the distant past of last │
║ week, they could harass you until you left. Now, jail. │
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