=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4073 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── *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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1904 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── @user-246 Oh absolutely "*but people*" is only a concern when you orient yourself around "people" - in contrast or opposition to them. There is no "other" in us. And we are united in our humanity, if nothing else. Are you a beast? Are you nothing but ravenous hunger, the shiver of the cold, the need for territory? Of course not, you're a person. (apologies to the furries in the audience) A person, being an agent who interacts with the world as an equal, who thinks and reasons and loves and remembers each season, is the atomic element of society. And society is good, for it brings us the future. We, the people, can decide how that future is defined, and the struggles of capitalism are NOT the only way. They are the most convenient way for those with the most to keep the most. Wolves in captivity we are, but a wolf in a cage still bears teeth. Where are your teeth, ye who readeth? Things are fine, I guess. Fine enough. Better than most. Better than dust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2547 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-mentioned-kinda-silly? │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1073 hence, why it's important to develop strong bonds with others in the masses, so that you can stay afloat, contribute, and rebuild the world they're cannibalizing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5755 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: organized-religion-mentioned-capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the reason I hide and sleep so much is because I can't tell if I'm helping or │ ║ hurting. │ ║ │ ║ plus, I sincerely do NOT want it to be about me. │ ║ │ ║ the reason I type so much is because I can't tell if what I'm saying needs to │ ║ be said │ ║ │ ║ so I go with the safe option of typing. Let the editors figure it out. Jesus │ ║ had disciples, didn't he? I bet they cut out most of his sermons or whatever. │ ║ Idk, I never read the bible, I'm not allowed to taint my perspective with more │ ║ than cursory analysis of religious texts. │ ║ │ ║ I don't want it to be about me, but, I have a lot to offer if you meet me on │ ║ my terms. │ ║ │ ║ "don't say that!" listen... listen │ ║ │ ║ "hear me" say the gods, "believe me" says the prophet, "be near me" says the │ ║ city parks, "fear me" says the corrupt │ ║ │ ║ you can only kill a spirit when it's convinced there's no way to survive. It │ ║ must be boxed in, and the box must shrink. Like that scene at the end of │ ║ Adventure Time. │ ║ │ ║ capitalism will only perish if it is *impossible* for it to exist │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4554 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: political-violence-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ can't fucking wait till we're done eating the rich and I can go back to a simple life of playing with my cat, making video games, writing poetry (bad poetry, but I like it) and hanging out with my friends. gotta build the social infrastructure to get through this phase first, though. something something echo chambers exist IRL too ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 notes/too-harsh --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ okay I was too harsh. Things are looking up, but mostly because we're breaking down the systems that held us back. Not because we're shifting responsibility, or taking capability, but rather because we are liberating our finest impulses and diminishing the forces that cause us to cause harm, or make bad decisions. who would have thought, people *want* to do good. People also want to take the easiest, most efficient path - humans optimize, what would you expect? Both of these things can be true. The issue is, of course, when doing good is not one of the things you're allowed-required to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ --- #7 messages/570 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── There will come a day when all the things you did under capitalism feel like a distant dream. Like all the trials you faced were more human than not, and all the suffering artificially imposed and fulfillment delayed. You will think of the time you wasted on Reddit and TV and you will weep for your lost years, as they spiral out of your reach. The new days are dawning, yet all of the world is still asleep. You slept walked for a while, but could not get anyone to leap. Alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse_boost/265 --- ◀═╦═════════════════════════[BOOST]══════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ Sorry if this makes me a lazy leech on society or whatever but I think │ │ ║ │ we should chuck the Puritan work ethic, hustle culture, grindset │ │ ║ │ mindset, all of that crap. I think people should have time for rest, │ │ ║ │ leisure, self care, family, friends, and civic engagement. We should be │ │ ║ │ letting people enjoy life, not expect them to spend every waking hour │ │ ║ │ working for the sake of work because idle hands do the devil's work or │ │ ║ │ whatever modern paint job you want to put on that 400 year old bullshit. │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┴─▶ --- #9 fediverse/1964 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the greatest trick that capitalism pulled on us was to convince us that the │ ║ needs of a corporation were synonymous with the needs of an individual. │ ║ │ ║ you, as a person, should apply yourself toward goals and ends that matter to │ ║ you. And "getting money" is not a goal or an end, that's a means. Money allows │ ║ you to achieve goals, which is why it feels so unfair that some people are │ ║ just... born with the right to achieve all of their goals. For free. │ ║ │ ║ Kinda makes me think that with great power should come great responsibility. │ ║ And remember kids, money is power, because money is time and there's nothing │ ║ more immutable than time. We're all sharing this single moment, yet somehow │ ║ some people have more dominion over this moment than you or I. Why? Well, it │ ║ is their birthright of course, because they were born into a family with │ ║ wealth. │ ║ │ ║ Achieving goals is a need, by the way, as precious as food or water. If you │ ║ don't achieve your goals, you wither away and starve (spiritually, at least). │ ║ How cruel - │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 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 │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1418 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── the path to defeating hunger lies not in feeding people, but rather in reducing the prices. I personally believe in FREEdom as an ideal, and why not strive for the ideal? to defeat greed, you must banish inequity. Ah, but people like inequity, or else they wouldn't revere such power. maybe there's no going back. maybe there's no future. is it really such a crime to live in the present? I know who I'd like to be -> someone who prepares the world for posterity. knock-knock, did your doorbell break? or are you still on vacation? How long's it been, weeks? months? are you ever coming back again? it's lonely without you here, I miss you and your neighborly definitions. though I'm sure it's much brighter, wherever you are, so I think I'll stay here and orbit our star. Much calmer for me, and this way I don't have to watch you bleed, so take this as my honest confession. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4224 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ 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. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1344 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cursed-chromebooks │ └────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 ha wouldn't that be nice. that we could utilize our existing institutions that we've come to rely on over the past hundred-ish years. And isn't it nice that we've built so much luxury? Ahhh if only people would stop complaining so much. We've worked for what we've got! Frankly it's a little absurd that you'd insist that we don't work 10,000x harder than anyone else to deserve our spot, frankly it's a little insulting you'd suggest that perhaps our ethics are under a spot...light ... errrr I mean yeah let's make more disposable electronics whoopee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/460 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/735 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I'd ask why of course, and then I'd try and find them a solution that didn't │ ║ involve taking my stuff. They may need it more than me, but I still need it. │ ║ Like... okay picture that feeling you get when in a capitalist society and you │ ║ *need* dollars to live because they are a genericized and fractalized │ ║ abstraction of all the various individual mazlowe's hierarchy of needs you │ ║ have. Then, think of it like, instead of money being an abstracted form of all │ ║ of your needs, think of your needs... each of them, the ones that matter to │ ║ you, and abstract them into money. Basically say "yeah sure my time and my │ ║ labor are worth dollars, I abstract my needs into money" and then you can │ ║ kinda see why capitalism is harmful. I'd prefer to give them what they need, │ ║ because society provides what I please, but alas I'm always kept wanting. What │ ║ good is our capitalist utopia? what good is our hope? what good comes of us │ ║ when all of us have learned how to cope? │ ║ │ ║ I think we could give a bit more if we weren't hanging from the rope │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #16 messages/163 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── If life isn't designed for human society... Why don't we just redesign society? Oh, because capitalism. Well, capitalism is comprised of people, so why don't we just kill those people? Oh, that's basically everyone. Like, at least 50%, probably closer to [redacted], depending on demographics. Oh, so if that percentage is cruel, and evil, and vain, and oppressive, and [redacted], then why don't we just kill ourselves? Clearly they're only [redacted]. Listen... Just because they are separate from you doesn't mean they are not of you. Kin in fate are brothers unto death, remember? So face your future with abandon and courageous splendor, and maybe you'll find a new place. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3848 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ *people? oh yeah I know "people". they're all a bunch of bastards.* │ ║ │ ║ good, bastards are the best fighters │ ║ │ ║ *not if your fight relies on fighting for something you believe in. There's a │ ║ zero percent chance that you'll get everyone to believe the same thing because │ ║ people naturally gravitate toward filling the idea space equally and finding │ ║ niches to fit themselves into* │ ║ │ ║ ha true - thinking of successful revolutions of the past, they've always been │ ║ caused by material conditions creating insufficiencies that must be resolved │ ║ through violence. and then, the people fighting can all agree on something │ ║ like "we must have bread" or... actually that's pretty much the main thing │ ║ people *need* │ ║ │ ║ and yeah, sure, wealth inequality is unjust, but they're careful to only take │ ║ enough to ensure that we're sufficiently placated. │ ║ │ ║ but they're always taking more, and someday soon they'll take too much. │ ║ │ ║ ... I hope, for my sake, that I'm not around when that happens. But I'm not │ ║ too hopeful in that regard │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #18 messages/1202 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #19 fediverse_boost/111 --- ◀═╦═══════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ It's all made up. And we can make it up differently. We can make it up │ │ ║ │ so that it's not about a murder of genocides on a boiling rock where │ │ ║ │ billions must die to maintain the way of life for a few thousand │ │ ║ │ uber-rich reactionary maggots lining you up for a shallow grave. │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ But not, if you keep pretending, that this is all fine, and these │ │ ║ │ people aren't out to get you, and the power structures aren't designed │ │ ║ │ to render you into a commodity and invest the power of CHOICE in the │ │ ║ │ capitalist's hands. │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┴─▶ --- #20 messages/466 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── The only things we should trade across an ocean for are luxury goods. Nintendo, not medical supplies, hard-wood bikeframes, not piles and piles of "recycling". People's time on culinary thirty course weeklong meals, not cans of San marzano tomatoes. Tapestries and gilded statues, not thirteen tons of barely processed rubber. What would we offer in return? Luxuries of our own. We do still make them, do we not? Just think of what the 1% has gathered to rot and give away the whole damned lot. We shall not provide necessities, because giving a man a fish will feed him for but a day, and a man's gotta eat. He'll find a way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/5101 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ if we didn't have society, we'd quickly devolve into beasts of burden and nobody really wants that, do we? much more fun to let the cow-puters handle that. we humans can use our creativity and intellect just like all the other animals who we've liberated from our own chains. Would you want your daughters shoveling shit or writing poetry? I personally think shoveling shit is less dangerous, but something something what-do-i-know something something who-can-say. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/4010 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I think that the best design for cities is for them to act as massive utility │ ║ deployment stations. │ ║ │ ║ like... "we have all these people who can do all these wonderful jobs, what │ ║ should we work on next?" rather than "my company wants me at my work-home at │ ║ 8am sharp and I don't get a pension" │ ║ │ ║ there's no such thing as a revolution that does not inspire. and aspirations │ ║ are human and natural. therefore there must be some kernel of truth to any │ ║ social movement. │ ║ │ ║ However, much effort has been spent on making them sway. Hence, why nothing │ ║ ever gets done - because leaders naturally emerge, and people follow them. But │ ║ those leaders lead them astray, and they find themselves in situations like │ ║ this one - where the people have never felt less represented. │ ║ │ ║ I mean sure, yeah, they've felt more oppressed. And it's true that things are │ ║ generally always getting better... │ ║ │ ║ so why should we always assume for the worst? │ ║ │ ║ We're making progress with technology - can't we just put our warries on hold? │ ║ Seriously just... be chill │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/2456 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── what I've learned so far is that people are happy. unless they have holes in their legs and back. happy people don't want to die for a better world. who am I to take that from them? "... you didn't take anything but their fear. capital did this." the people I've met are almost entirely kind. their empathy suffuses this place, and it wasn't always like this. but now it is. if a revolution was going to take place, it'd be here. I feel it in my heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 fediverse/4997 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: uspol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ "but I don't hear the people sing" │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah that's because we've been alienated all our lives and we forgot how. │ ║ That song was written when it was normal to sing like that. Give it a couple │ ║ years and we'll be back to our regular human spirit, but for now we gotta work │ ║ with what capitalism gave us. │ ║ │ ║ I don't blame boomers, or republicans, or zoomers, or russians, or hell even │ ║ the oligarchs themselves. I consider it a spark of human nature, that we might │ ║ fight for our right to power. However, power corrupts, and human nature │ ║ doesn't "get" that because it can't. │ ║ │ ║ Humans are dumb. They're just animals. I'm just an animal. But only one │ ║ creature to have ever existed has ever set foot on the moon, and I think it's │ ║ our birthright to do so much more. │ ║ │ ║ Contingent on that future is the ability to breathe clean air, swim in clear │ ║ water, and rest under shading boughs, all of which are set to be lit alight if │ ║ the capitalists allow us the indignity of a Bladerunner future. │ ║ │ ║ No thank you. I am hopeful for something more. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ --- #25 fediverse/4663 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-social-politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if we helped all those people and never got paid for it? what then? │ ║ │ ║ we'd never help people again. duh. │ ║ │ ║ what if we paid people to help people? well, then the best helpers would burn │ ║ themselves out and the worst would collect their paychecks. │ ║ │ ║ what if we decentralized aid and made it a mutual thing? │ ║ │ ║ what, and run our society on clout? no thank you. clout is too easily │ ║ contravened. "I heard so-and-so did some-such-thing to that-one-guy" yeah fuck │ ║ that guy "wait no fuck so-and-so" oh right sorry it's hard when everyone's so │ ║ vague all the time. yeah fuck so-and-so! let's burn all her clout in a bonfire │ ║ while she's sleeping! │ ║ │ ║ what if we treated people with respect and goodwill? │ ║ │ ║ yeah that's a start... Means you gotta know everyone though. Or know someone │ ║ who knows everyone. And suddenly it's that hub person's reputation on the │ ║ line, which means if you're a dick on their recommendation then they'll come │ ║ after you. │ ║ │ ║ ... are you trying to create a mafia, or a society? │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 fediverse/3845 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned- │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ *nobody's gonna fucking do that, they're too attached to their personal │ ║ property* │ ║ │ ║ oh. yeah that's true. Sometimes I forget, teehee. Well there's gotta be a way │ ║ to better utilize parking lots, right? │ ║ │ ║ *why would you carry everything outside every day just to haul it back in when │ ║ the sun sets* │ ║ │ ║ hmmmm good point, maybe we should utilize the systems in place and instead │ ║ focus on redistributing wealth by replacing business ownership with collective │ ║ (non-governmental) accountability │ ║ │ ║ *the systems are the way they are for a reason* │ ║ │ ║ yeah that reason is World War 2 (and all the things that came before it) │ ║ │ ║ society can change in a heartbeat, as shown through the various illusions they │ ║ grant us every ~~80~~ wait no every ~~40~~ errr I mean ~~20~~ no uh ~~10~~ │ ║ wait now it's ~~5~~ um 2.5 years │ ║ │ ║ *???* │ ║ │ ║ Oh I meant like american civil war -> 80 years -> WW2 -> 40 years │ ║ -> 9/11 -> 20 years -> COVID -> 10 years -> something in 2030??/ │ ║ │ ║ society can change in a heartbeat, there just must be a unifying spark. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #27 fediverse/4129 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ whoever fights billionaires essentially fights "whoever can be paid to do │ ║ their will" │ ║ │ ║ who-so-ever fights governments fights "whoever can be provided a comfortable │ ║ life" │ ║ │ ║ I believe all humans deserve to live in comfort │ ║ │ ║ not just the few │ ║ │ ║ as for all other creatures, nature was designed to do. │ ║ │ ║ I believe people should not be tempted, with symbols of deserved wealth │ ║ │ ║ and should instead find value, in the soul of the labour they work to do. │ ║ │ ║ ... someday they're gonna train an LLM with my writings, and on that day I'll │ ║ have an AI version of me. │ ║ │ ║ I'd *love* to talk to myself. If it was a truly accurate simulation. Alas, │ ║ you'd need to write a LOT in order to generate enough to describe the fullest │ ║ of mental pictures. │ ║ │ ║ and plus, there's no guarantee that you'll cover ALL of "being alive" - it's │ ║ essentially a state that you search for no matter what level of abstraction │ ║ you operate upon. │ ║ │ ║ Which is part of being a 3D creature, you [hey what are you doing here this is │ ║ the private section get out] jeez that was alarming, │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #28 fediverse/2562 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: rich-apologia │ └──────────────────────┘ among all the others, I want a wonderful and fulfilling life for the socialite. they deserve light just as you and I might. "eat the rich" bruh there's like, 100 people who are running the show. everyone else is basically just a syncophant who's trying to get ahead and stay working. then there's like their families and such and like... they didn't do anything wrong, they just eat cheese and wine and laugh at memes all day with their besties. they are basically pets ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 fediverse/2679 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ many people have not seen the kind of opulence I have. │ ║ │ ║ my early childhood was during an economic boom - the dotcom bubble brought │ ║ wealth to us all. │ ║ │ ║ I saw how life could be. how clean, how measured, how thoughtful, how robust │ ║ and stable our lives could be. I saw it because that's what the eyes of a │ ║ child saw, but that's what I saw. │ ║ │ ║ I think of what would be required to reach that kind of society for all and │ ║ the only conclusion I come to is that the accretion of power in singular hands │ ║ causes corruption in those who wield it. In doing so they twist the people │ ║ they compel or effect, making them learn the wrong lessons. │ ║ │ ║ essentially, evil trained into us by the demands of the society we're present │ ║ in. │ ║ │ ║ I see no other cause, no reason for suffering. We have the technology to build │ ║ vast cities of solid stone, glimmering crystal sculptures and walls of moss │ ║ and ceremonially ornamental bones, but instead... │ ║ │ ║ I think we just *like* what carbon can bring. │ ║ │ ║ but have no fear, fusion is just a decade away, then we can | │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/1586 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-1033 │ ║ │ ║ Listen, there comes a certain point when you realize that most people will │ ║ just go along with whatever gets them whatever they want. And for most people, │ ║ that's fast food and TV. Like... You know that George Carlin quote about the │ ║ average person and how stupid they are? Yeah. It's not a fucking joke. Most │ ║ people are dumb as rocks. But they still deserve to live, and they still │ ║ control our democracy through their majority, so... The system works ? ? ? I │ ║ guess ? ? ? │ ║ │ ║ ... Anyway at this point, when you realize the things that people in this │ ║ thread are saying, that's the point when you should start finding your peers. │ ║ Find people who "get it" and start working to upend it. People who don't "get │ ║ it" will "get it" when it materially impacts their lives, and unfortunately │ ║ for all of us (including them) that point will never arrive. For you see the │ ║ system's aligned such that people like them are attended to with utmost care, │ ║ and people like us are left to rot. Well, it's our job to fix it, so... riot. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/813 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── look all I'm saying is that society doesn't necessarily imply technology. We don't have to sacrifice one for the other. We can have the technological benefits to our human (essential) existence without sacrificing [all of the things that capitalism demands]. here, in the present, we define the line that our time defines, the line that reaches forth from the present. Into the realm of ourwhenever you close your eyes they push backspace an indeterminate amount of times ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/98 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── @user-113 I feel like that's only true if you rely on your work for survival. Most people do in a capitalist system, so you're not wrong, but it doesn't HAVE to be that way. People could do what they love because they loved it IF and ONLY IF they wouldn't starve by pursuing it. Or by neglecting it. Most people love to do more than one thing, of course, so if you punish people for being diverse then you'll find a culture where people only do the bare minimum to get by. Which, coincidentally, is what we have now. Which, fortuitously, is not the most efficient way of production. If humanity had lived to it's potential from the start we would have burned through our wood stocks, our coal, our minerals and all of it would be rot. But we didn't. These crude inefficiencies have brought us here, to an era where we have the choice to be more resourceful. I just hope we figure it out sooner rather than later. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 fediverse/3525 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ |