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Cake day: July 31st, 2023

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  • memes [attitudes] like these destine activist burnout, working class inaction by guilt and owning class ignorance.

    yes, the world is burning. yes, there is a marketing scheme to brand consumerism as self care.

    we have to see the bigger picture though. we will need centuries of climate action. people need health and QOL, self care routines prevent healthcare overload, or what people in insurance robbed places would call debt. we need people in a good enough shape to think.

    eat the rich






  • taboo to call

    We’re all meant to pretend

    People get mad if you say this, but it’s true.

    If my saying this makes you feel uncomfortable, that discomfort is called cognitive dissonance. It’s what being wrong feels like.

    But real life doesn’t move in accordance with your preferences.

    [communicative action] is the worst sin a person can possibly commit.

    Information density and transmission is polluted by the fears of not being convincing enough and not sounding radical enough.

    (IMO this can result from cynicism and sociopolitical isolation.)

    […] major world events do not occur independently of the actions of the major world powers who have a vested interest in their outcomes.

    Sure, but this does not explain why Assad, North Korea or Putin are good enough for an opposition or even the seed of that.