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And some people can fend off depression to the extent that they don't feel it. My point is that if you're fending off death, you likely don't have the time to feel depressed. Or at least the depression have in mind is more enabled by the free time to let that depression become more complex...

I had a thought yesterday about suffering and class, and I think much of it boils down to this: If you're not fending off death, you're fending off depression. The former being the more material, but the latter can amount to living in an undead manner. I'd say one way to elaborate your theory...

Don't know anything about Schelling, but that puts him on the map for me. And yeah I'd love a list.

But because the system is ultra complex and daunting to analyze, we opt for these ambiguous claims, claims that aren't wrong but also get us nowhere.

The distinction between social/political scales up into the distinction between system/government.

Yeah and I think that ambiguity allows it to fit some array of molds, narrative wise. Rather than it it were a more detailed and robust claim, in which case you'd have to be more discerning about how you integrate it into your worldview. Plus there is something stagnant about that claim, like...

Totally agree there. I just tend to think that opting for the convenient story deprives us all of the chance to really troubleshoot the situation. And the conflation of "system" with "government" is a critical misstep that seems to haunt many people who are otherwise passionate about changing...

Maybe they're just less intelligent than previous insurrectionary hordes. Lacking certain fish oils in their diets.

I did see someone on one of the channels' coverages carrying a flag with the Star of David. I assumed it could be attributed to any provisional ideological overlap between American Christian ideologies with Zionism, but its just speculation. Don't have any more thorough claims here.

Yeah it can still be ideologically effective even if its not center stage, I agree. But the implicit assumption that there is a board of white supremacists is similar to the explicit assumption that there is a board of pedo jewish marxists or whatever. It just functions to conveniently bolster...

Referencing someone who said we first need to tackle the threats of fascism.

Yeah this is the feeling I can't shake, but I had trepidations about voicing it. I don't see how we can plausibly keep calling the government here white supremacist. If it really was, that coup would have worked, no? Which isn't to say the framework of policies is entirely balanced across...

AOC could be the selma hayak character. That'll get them proud boys lining up.

Well I think I should avoid having my cake and eating it to, which I assume is what you were calling out. And rightfully - for it had slipped past me.

Lifesaver. Precisely. I'd argue that high taste doesn;t require high standards, but I do get that I;m choosing to make these concessions.

Willing to grant my demons a certain allowance, metastable, and so on. But I;m not gonna lie you have me pinned down pretty well here.

Tough to talk myself out of this one.

Microgreens. My microgreens lab in the desert.

Ssshhhhh!

@146 I.Q. Magical thinker got me hyped. Saved from previous jobs, which I didn;t need to spend seeing as I'm living with my parents currently. I'm pretty frugal usually. But this is one of those occasions where an otherwise indulgent expenditure could actually crack up to be good choice. I...