and the violence in the geek/mop/sociopath cycle consists in the realignment as thereness is burned to generate thingness
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Replying to @chaosprime @datawench
but that of course is down to my definition of community. For me a community is for the people. A tribe or cult demands the ppl be for it.
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Replying to @ColumPaget @datawench
ah yeah, i guess i might be on record as making unequivocal statements in support of that kind of filthy individualism
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Replying to @chaosprime @datawench
I figure that communities are structures of mutual support. Cults are structures of control.
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Replying to @ColumPaget @datawench
i doubt you'll really find many that are just one or the other but emphasis is important i'm sure
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Replying to @chaosprime @datawench
hmm... that's probably true, but.... no I don't think that's true. I've experienced both, they're quite distinct.
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Replying to @ColumPaget @datawench
you don't think a community is just controlling you in ways you don't mind and a cult is just supporting you in ways you don't notice?
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Replying to @chaosprime @datawench
ironically market traders are not in competition with each other to the same degree. You get a pitch, and you're not special.
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Replying to @ColumPaget @datawench
oh i was just thinking that a fun correlative is that communities as you mean them are characterized by humility and cults by hubris
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like, in a community, nobody thinks they're too precious to have a bad day or get mad or sad or put up with somebody they find odious
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but point at anything that gets called a cult and it's built to absolutely eradicate those kinds of experiences, for the elect at least
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