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   Dr. Elizabeth Sawin✨ (bethsawin@spore.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 00:33:33 JST Dr. Elizabeth Sawin✨

   Could it be that one thing these times are showing us is that the way to a flourishing future refuses to come through slight course corrections of systems that are founded on extraction, othering, and domination?

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 00:36:07 JST Rich Felker

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     @bethsawin I mean there's been stuff showing us that for a long time, but I don't think there's any certainty that seeing it spelled out more clearly is giving us a good path to actually get there.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 00:37:17 JST Rich Felker

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     @bethsawin I don't think you're promoting accelerationism here, but there's a classic accelerationist narrative that "things getting worse will help everyone see that we're on the wrong path and help us somehow jump to the right one" and it never seems to work out that way.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 01:10:11 JST Rich Felker

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     @bethsawin Same.

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     Dr. Elizabeth Sawin✨ (bethsawin@spore.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-May-2025 01:10:13 JST Dr. Elizabeth Sawin✨

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias def not promoting accelerationism - more recognizing that I have likely been too timid in the past in saying how deep I think change needs to be.