I sympathize, I recently ended nine months of job hunting. I found the internet a great source of free content to enjoy which much improved my penny pinching months. Libraries are also a wonderful asset to the budget conscious
No this is a criticism of capitalism that says capitalism reduces you to a producer/consumer on the market and then forces you into poverty so that consumerist asceticism becomes your form of actualization.
In case anyone was scrolling by and is interested the quote is a bit misleading out of context, Marx isn’t saying we should do this, he is more saying that capitalism requires “us” to do this, while telling us if we just stop eating avocado toast we too could become part of the billionaire class. While of course they themselves would never live without these supposed needless things.
I think "alienated" is a strong indicator of the negative perspective of the Author to the written text. I don't think people use "alienated" in a positive setting. So I don't think it is misleading at all, tbh
Old time comic W. C. Fields was once asked how to become successful.
He said a man should castrate himself, burn out his taste buds, make himself as blind and deaf as possible, and then the only thing he could enjoy was money.
(indeed: trusting this fallible imagination with unencumbered logic is foolish)
"Solving for the problem of it being a company, however, #Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.”
Any chance of taking Jack Dorsey seriously died when he said you shouldn't rely on corporations for rights but rather "freedom technology"....which is controlled by corporations
"don’t depend on corporations to grant you rights. defend them yourself using freedom technology. (you’re on one)"
competition is good, Mastodon is an incredibly long way from perfect, and this article talks a hell of a lot about Jack Dorsey, who basically gave them some money one time and hasn’t shown any interest in the organisation since.
Even if it ends up being somewhere halfway between centralised and decentralised, so what? It’s just another platform that people can choose to use if they want to. It’s mostly just great to see new things being tried.
"If I were a betting man I would bet that in five years it will keep on using the centralized DID Placeholder, and that that will be a root cause of a lot of shenanigans."
You don't even have to bet, because they just publicly gave up one of their core promises:
@exahamza I think I filled out a early signup form. I didn't just make an account. it says I already have an account there for either my username @wakest or my email
Doing work (volunteer or paid) that helps others, paid work that covers bills + a little more, & a respectful work environment may help work be sustainable & fulfilling.
"And in the end, I believe that we don't need to do anything to be loved. We spend our lives trying to seem prettier, smarter. But I realized two things. Those who love us see us with their hearts and attribute qualities to us beyond beyond those we really have. And those who don't want to love us will never be satisfied with all our efforts. Yes, I really believe that it is important to leave our imperfections alone. They are precious to understand those who see us with the heart. "
Dr. Sybren shows how to work with Slotted Actions, a feature coming to Blender 4.4.
In older Blender versions, this animation would have been spread across three different Actions, but using slots it can all be neatly stored in one Action instead.
A sign in a newsstand with a polite notice reminding customers that the newspapers are the opinions of a small group of billionaires trying to influence public opinion. The sign is in front of the newspaper "The Sun" with a headline about Maddie and a picture of a woman in a bikini. On the right is the "Daily Mirror" with a headline about a rapist and a picture of a young boy.
#Alt4You Two infrared photos of forest scenes, each with a person in an Ewok or Wookiee costume. The caption reads "Me and my son have been sneaking out at night in our Ewok and Chewbacca costumes just to mess with our neighbour's trail cams"
@Ostfriesin Those people are the original actors in costume, and the image was photoshopped or made using "AI" with promo photos from the Star Wars movies as source material
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in reply to compostgoblin • • •In case anyone was scrolling by and is interested the quote is a bit misleading out of context, Marx isn’t saying we should do this, he is more saying that capitalism requires “us” to do this, while telling us if we just stop eating avocado toast we too could become part of the billionaire class. While of course they themselves would never live without these supposed needless things.
Read it in context here Need, Production and Division of Labor, this link is directly to the section the quote is from but in my opinion the formatting isn't as good.
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