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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 23:33:00 JST goatsarah

   Randomly listening to Muse, and their weird conspiracy thing about how the "powers that be" want your "compliance".

   And I find myself wondering, "comply with what?"

   And honestly, the only thing I can think of is "paying taxes".

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 00:10:09 JST goatsarah

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     • Billy Smith
     @BillySmith Muse are British though. Their water companies are already privatised.
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     Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 00:10:11 JST Billy Smith

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     Hydraulic Despotism.

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     Katie Fenn (katiefenn@front-end.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 00:19:17 JST Katie Fenn

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     @goatsarah “Join the Resistance!”

     “Resisting what, Matthew?”

     “Napster! New album out tomorrow, only £18!”

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 00:28:18 JST goatsarah

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     • Billy Smith
     @BillySmith And these whips make people, like, pay taxes?
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     Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 00:28:19 JST Billy Smith

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     @goatsarah

     It's about slaves being taught to internalise the whips, so the whips are always there inside their heads.

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     Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 00:28:21 JST Billy Smith

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     @goatsarah

     I'm in the UK as well, and all our infrastructure is being screwed over by short-term decisions.

     When i use the phrase "Hydraulic Despotism", it's meant as describing a system of control that is used to shape the range of possible futures that can potentially exist.

     A good example:

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 00:37:02 JST goatsarah

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     • Billy Smith
     @BillySmith You can buy solar panels, Billy. They have them in shops and shit.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 00:46:23 JST goatsarah

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     • Billy Smith
     @BillySmith Has someone told you that you can’t have a solar panel? Would you like me to beat them up?
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 00:55:41 JST goatsarah

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     Muse: "Show me mercy, from the powers that be! Show me mercy! Someone rescue me!"

     Me: "What powers that be, Muse?"

     Muse: "The ... powers"

     Me: "WHICH ONES MOTHERFUCKERS?"

     Muse: *mumble*

     Me: "What?"

     Muse: *slightly louder mumble*

     Me: "USE YOUR FUCKING WORDS"

     Muse: "His majesty's revenue and customs, OK? Happy now?"

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     Like a DIYer dad, only gayer (buster@woof.group)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 01:52:23 JST Like a DIYer dad, only gayer

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     @goatsarah this reminds me of Frank Herbert. Dune, by the third book, was a rant about how governments always lead to evil and it turns out he owed the IRS money from all his book sales and when he'd got popular he'd quickly become a Libertarian.

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     Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 02:37:41 JST Gen X-Wing

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     @goatsarah I’m more worried about the rich. Bands getting rich always turns the same way. Not that I ever enjoyed muse much, but I’ve seen other bands I’ve enjoyed go to the same way.

     Corporate greed is good, is a shit genre.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 07:13:04 JST goatsarah

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     • Billy Smith
     @BillySmith are those stupid orders in the room with us now, Billy?
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     Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 07:13:06 JST Billy Smith

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     @goatsarah

     The whips inside the head make the victims obey all kinds of stupid orders.

     Paying taxes isn't stupid, as long as you have the control of how those taxes are spent.

     "No taxation without representation."

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 07:19:33 JST goatsarah

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     • Billy Smith
     @BillySmith I honestly have no clue what your ideas are, other than nationalising the water to make you pay taxes and not letting you buy a solar panel, or something.
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     Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 07:19:34 JST Billy Smith

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     @goatsarah

     You're the one currently making space inside your head for my ideas... :D