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   Scott Matter (scottmatter@aus.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 07:36:48 JST Scott Matter

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   “Abolish” is a messy word. Brings to mind authoritarian rule.

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     Scott Matter (scottmatter@aus.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 07:36:46 JST Scott Matter

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     I mean, Capitalism itself is an absurdity built on a delusion. The core of it is a magical black box that claims to always and only output more than the input. It claims - and demands - infinite exponential growth to keep running.

     Capitalists try to run as much as they can through that black box, while also keeping control of the box and attempting to hoard as much of the output in the fewest hands possible. They also use the wealth and influence their black box affords them to put as much of the waste and burden of running the box as possible on other people.

     There’s no place for this deadly machine in a sustainable, survivable future on Earth.

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     Coach Pāṇini ® (paninid@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 07:36:47 JST Coach Pāṇini ®

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     I kinda of agree. You abolish things things that are inhumane (i.e. chattel slavery).

     Capitalism is itself not inhumane, it’s the rentiers who corrupt the State which permit it to become inhumane.

     Abolish the Rentiers?

     Let capitalism do its thing?

     I dunno.

     I feel like a sustainable #solarpunk future will still require capitalism to pull off.

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