which is false economy. production never was solely a means to enable consumption. consumption is also a means to enable *production*.
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the buying of nice stuff exists so that people can be engaged in the making of nice stuff for people to enjoy just as much as the reverse.
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desperate bids to redefine "dignity" & "compassion" in ways less offensive to the power elites of a broken system won't square this circle.
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"everyone should have food and shelter and oh yeah we should all be super nice to everyone too" is not a radical demand. not by a long shot.
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useful, meaningful work is just as essential to human well-being as love. Marx knew this. Freud knew this. it's on Maslow's pyramid, ffs!
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@sarahdoingthing (I think your "zoo humans vs. circus humans" really deserves a mention & due credit here, btw)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing (the core arguments seem very similar, or at least parallel)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@schakalsynthetc post-scarcity, except for meaning2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing eh, meaning is plentiful everywhere, it only seems in short supply bc most of it isn't quite what ppl were hoping for1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing for example tragedy is a form of meaning and we've certainly got plenty of that2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@schakalsynthetc I like the Impro explanation of tragedy - a high-status tribe member exiting so everybody goes up a notch, yay!
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@sarahdoingthing there's an interpretation I like which is, roughly, tragedy is a story of how an aristocrat suddenly wasn't special anymore1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing which from an aristocratic point of view can only mean the gods have forsaken us all & the world is turned upside-down0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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