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by rexpop 3y ago
> "Punk" wasn't political; GenX teenagers were into skateboarding and being cynical, not politics. This is a strongly political position to hold. DIY aesthetics, too, deeply political. Not in the "electoral politics&q
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by rexpop 3y ago
Absolutely absurd to think of as fundamentally "woke" a government under the sway of the Heritage and Hoover Foundations, or the Cato and American Enterprise Institutes.
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by rexpop 3y ago
You are right. "A certain form of liberalism is institutionalized," and that's enough of a machine for millions of Americans, Europeans, and Brazilians to "rage against," as it were without too much self-delusion. I
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by rexpop 3y ago
The year is 2024, and I've just read somerhing like the following comment online: "Sounds like you're going through a period of grief and mourning. I've found computers to be a remarkably efficient prosthetic replacement
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by rexpop 3y ago
> it's almost 'punk' to be anti-punk - anti-inclusionary, etc. I see the most dull, buttoned-up conservatives claim this, but I think they're lying or delusional. Major hegemonic institutions have capitulated only sup
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by rexpop 3y ago
> objective information on the nazis should be widely available and can be a useful tool in preventing the rise of oppressive regimes in the future. Absolutely. > Nazi ideals like blood and soil, ideas of state efficiency, their attem
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by rexpop 3y ago
This is my experience with THC and it's definitely anxiety inducing! A good reason to avoid the drug. I imagine that with the proper mindset, and in the proper setting, short term memory usage might be less important or even a hindranc
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by rexpop 3y ago
> We all know Hitler was bad. No,"we" don't, and in every generation we must learn it, anew. What Hitler did "right" will turn out to be bureaucratic and policy achievements ubiquitous across functioning Westphal
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by rexpop 3y ago
Couple of books on this theme: 1. Putnam's Bowling Alone cites sociological sources 2. Ehrenreich's Dancing in the Streets cited historical sources 3. Liming's Hanging Out cites autobiographical and literary sources.
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by rexpop 3y ago
This is a standard rhetorical technique for illustrating in personal terms what's difficult to imagine at a systemic or statistical level. It doesn't mean they're trying to manipulate you any more than you're trying to m
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by rexpop 3y ago
A similar sentiment with a different tone is in another comment: > It is hard to differentiate "a nice compassionate living situation" from "a mechanism for abusers to build tiny empires". OP could have invested more
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by rexpop 3y ago
There are very strong arguments to be made that video games are an extravagant waste of time and resources. There are some decent arguments to be made in their favor[0]. This isn't a question of personal preference. I personally like
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by rexpop 3y ago
Are you responding to the right comment? I was addressing claims about Valve, not Twitter. I heartily agree regarding Twitter.
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> not everyone has a problem And in articles about cancer, you also respond "Eh, not everyone has cancer?" You're being obtuse and/or cruel.
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You're right; if only they worked on real problems and not virtual opiates.
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by rexpop 3y ago
A disgustingly horrific perversion of the human spirit. We'll look back on these perverted practices as we look back on the flagellants of the 14th century, and the executives responsible should be prosecuted.
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From Wikipedia: > Work-to-rule is a job action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of their contract or job, and strictly follow time-consuming rules normally not enforced. From Gene Sharp's "Th
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by rexpop 3y ago
Many more people discussed it than participated in it, directly. That is how the term gained popularity.
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Maybe due in part to the historical deprivation of economic opportunities that would be preferable to such vulnerable arrangements.
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Well, we didn't exactly nip fascism in the bud the first time around. It's gotta come out root and stem, but its roots go back to antiquity.
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All that hippie stuff was never hard enough to actually counter the culture. It capitulated to "the man," and now we've got Amazon and SUVs. You're not going to find CrimethInc in Menlo Park.
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How to Tell If You're Being Scammed: Love Scammers' Tactics Exposed [video](youtube.com)
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> I went to cambodia with our host to expose love scam syndicates there. We decided to cover this story because even though love scams are as old as time the skill of operations and also the sophistication of the tactics are nothing lik
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> get over it > get mad I can't help but feel this is contradictory advice.
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So, by your own words, there's plenty of arrogance to go around.
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by rexpop 3y ago
Au contraire! Persecution of the lower classes can do wonders for the preservation of a certain order. Aldus Huxley imagined an imposition of fetal alcohol syndrome to keep the trades in their place, but we do it more cheeply by destroying
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by rexpop 3y ago
> Behind each misuse is a person or a group that commissioned said tech How many cases of misuse implicates a structural flaw in a larger system? It's absurd to point the finger, over and over, at this or that "malicious"
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by rexpop 3y ago
Oh, I see. I misunderstood. Perhaps the fault lies with my ideological bent, or with the English language. When you said "The alternative is to just say 'too bad' and let companies get away with this shit" there were no
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by rexpop 3y ago
Yeah, seems like you could've benefitted from a union, back then. They would've at least negotiated severence while you were unconscious. > A union only works if you were part of the union Likewise, shoes only fit if you wear t
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by rexpop 3y ago
No. Outlier from what? We're talking about the distribution of grift among executives, not wealth among the general public.

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