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greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou

belmasworld

more-than-ideas

the constant reader

tis the bloody season

shamebats

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

supersoftly

Capitalism this, fascist that, no wonder your brain is mush, no wonder you think all art is political, you don't seek out delight, you seek out justification for your misery

it’s crazy how much you can read if you read

unaffiliatedpangolin

Internet socialists always talk about the things they think they should get for free, they never talk about the labor they themselves will provide for free.

emmaubler

On the rare occasion they do, it's always hobby-related, like "yoga teacher" or "artist." Which implies a lot of confidence in the belief that someone else's passion job will be "lithium miner" or "sewage plant worker."

shadowfromthestarlight

I think many nowadays would counter that they believe automation will become so widespread that it will take care of the most undesirable and dangerous jobs, leaving people free to run their cafes and hair salons and distilleries and bookstores and flower shops and to make soap and candles and dog clothes and to be tour guides and photographers and poets and to prowl through museum archives and study subjects like astronomy and archaeology and art history out of pure love of knowledge and learning, etc.

I say this not because socialists deserve fair and nuanced debate, but because it's important to understand that this is how many of them think if you're going to argue against them.