OH NO MATERIAL COMFORTS puritan ascetism is alive and well as a weird, life-hating virtue
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every 'anti-anti-consumerist' argument characterizes anti-consumerism as 'not liking when people buy things'. it's not an impressive rhetorical move and if i thought that was what anti-consumerism was, i'd think it was stupid too
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Replying to @gabrielamadej @palecur and
not wanting a culture filled to the brim with vain, pathetic people who identify with the brands they consume is not incompatible with otherwise appreciating that we live in a wealthy society that can produce a diversity of material goods
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Replying to @0Kultra @gabrielamadej and
eh, yes and no, if we want to be srsly materialist abt it loyalty to the tribal "brand" may be more rational than to a commercial brand just bc the tribe is the only game in town for most all material needs/wants & the co is one among competitors to provide one among many goods
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Replying to @0Kultra @schakalsynthetc and
it’s a feature, it’s a cognitive overhead saver just becomes a problem when the sawdust to sausage ratio gets too high
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Replying to @0Kultra @chaosprime and
if i learned anything from 1950s musicals is that people will literally shank each other over driving a ford vs a chevy
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he can’t be a man ‘cuz he does not smoke the sameness cigarettes as me
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Replying to @chaosprime @palecur and
thanks for making me sound like i was trying to do some kind of sophisticated-ass Rolling Stones/Deleuze-Guattari remix, autocarrot
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