=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ humans are most effective when in a cohesive and comprehensive social context. they don't want you at your best because they are anti-human in nature. Hence, the alienation of capitalism. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3914 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ that feeling when capitalists make technological advancements that benefit all of mankind but refuse to open source them because... they want more money? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/544 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── The media tells you to resist your parents, not their unjustified demands. The media tells you to resist your government and culture, not its homogenaeity and oppression. The media tells you what it needs to in order to confuse you and hinder your movements, for the media is an arm of capital and capital wants you working below your best. The best thing you could be doing is fighting capitalism. All things of peril stem from it, and we can work on the bad and the unworthy and the lazy and selfish and unkind and all of the others *after* capital is slain. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5017 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── you don't have to like someone to be in a community with them. you don't have to want what's happening to consent to it. enthusiastic consent is like friendship. It doesn't have to be present, but it's what you optimize for. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4288 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ "I'm not paid enough to care" is a symptom of capitalism. Why would you not care? Because you're paid not to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4025 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── the "village idiot" doesn't need to lack smarts, so long as everyone else is in on it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4061 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ the biggest problem with capitalism is that you aren't allowed to invest in things that aren't designed to make money. The best part of capitalism is that they'll never figure out how to charge you for friendship or love. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2369 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── Most people won't care. Most people won't come. They don't need to. All we need is you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4702 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ high margin jobs: jobs that produce something which can be sold to capitalism │ ║ in exchange for dollars which can purchase things. Useful for abstracting │ ║ value and acquiring something that you don't have access to in your local │ ║ economy. │ ║ │ ║ low margin jobs: jobs that produce things for your local economy. This keeps │ ║ capitalist prices low and prevents you from being dependent on them for food, │ ║ clothing, houses, and other essentials. │ ║ │ ║ both are important, both are valued just as much. Your labor is what's │ ║ important, not the output. Existing alongside capitalism is nice because it │ ║ allows for certain abstractions, like the ability to magically turn goat │ ║ cheese into chainsaw teeth. │ ║ │ ║ However living UNDER capitalism is intensely alienating, which is why │ ║ alienated people will spend so much money at Magic the Gathering tournaments │ ║ or motorcycle midlife crisises or tupperware show-and-tells. │ ║ │ ║ This is useful for us because it means people can labor to un-alienate people. │ ║ Notice I never said you had to do it for free. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴──────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3441 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5538 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @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? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1959 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mh- │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-883 @user-1115 @user-1053 dying won't help you escape. It'll leave you stuck in capitalism forever. The future is where capitalism dies, not in a grave of stone stuck forever in time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/5496 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weirdness-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ "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? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2967 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-138 "here's how to get caught. don't... don't do the things in these books. also, uh... don't do the things that AREN'T in these books, wink" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5235 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── @user-1782 it's not that they lost value in their company due to the lack of sale of their products, but instead because they don't have to pay for marketing if their car looks "cool" enough and they can give them away for a lower blood price ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/615 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── wretched doesn't necessarily imply miserable. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3351 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #17 messages/89 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/80 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── "Capitalism doesn't hurt me, so it's fine!" - most of America ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse_boost/6095 --- ◀─╔═══════════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════════════───────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ real shitposters only use lower case because we are anti-capitalism │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────╝─▶ --- #20 fediverse/1286 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── the fact that business types don't listen to the engineers and their "ethics" means they shouldn't be in charge of them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ |