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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:11:02 JST Aral Balkan

   The kids aren’t depressed because of iPhones; they’re depressed because you told them they live in a democracy and then mired them in late-stage capitalism.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:11:57 JST Aral Balkan

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     And why yes, late-stage capitalism is a euphemism for extinction-stage capitalism, thank you for asking.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:13:53 JST Aral Balkan

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     You can either have rule by the people (democracy) or rule by the capital-owning class (capitalism), but not both.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:18:51 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Alephwyr: Mad Dragon of Mastodon

     @Alephwyr You and me both :)

     #anarchism

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     Alephwyr: Mad Dragon of Mastodon (alephwyr@chitter.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:18:52 JST Alephwyr: Mad Dragon of Mastodon

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     @aral I don't want either. I don't want to be ruled.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:23:41 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Gdac

     @Gdac 💯

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     Gdac (gdac@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:23:42 JST Gdac

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     @aral social media has made us closer to each other and all of the world’s joys and ills are in focus. There’s no masquerading the American Dream anymore, or any other greed based fantasy. The kids have looked behind the curtain and are tearing it down. I don’t think it’s reality that bums them out. It’s the continued pretense that the system is not broken. Climate, fascism, poverty, genocide…it’s not new. But seeing the grownups knowingly participate? That’s the depressing part.

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     Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 13:18:29 JST Strypey

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     • Alephwyr: Mad Dragon of Mastodon

     @Alephwyr
     > other people are allowed to and encouraged to injure, torture, or kill me if my excesses become unbearable

     That's the underlying reality of all human societies, regardless of political-economic system. As summed up in that old saying that those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. See also David Graeber's writing about where constitutional legitimacy comes from (spoiler: the last violent revolution or coup).

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     Alephwyr: Mad Dragon of Mastodon (alephwyr@chitter.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 13:18:30 JST Alephwyr: Mad Dragon of Mastodon

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     @aral I don't think I can fully commit to anarchism because as a partial consequentialist I want to preserve optionality in pursuing critical goals. However, other people are allowed to and encouraged to injure, torture, or kill me if my excesses become unbearable.