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It's a no win. I guess the enemy really is within. We should probably just concentrate on being the best version of ourselves regardless of the circumstances we find ourselves in at any given time.
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It's a great book. The comic itself is directly taken from the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman, which is incredible in its own way. It was written more recently and is more specific in its criticism of modern culture.
There was a deleted comment just above this saying "Trust me, clown world can get much much worse... think 1984."
That's exactly what accelerationists don't understand. Their basic premise is that there will be a "breaking point" at which enough rights are removed that the people will spontaneously rise up. But if there were going to be a "breaking point" then it would have happened already. Accelerationists can't conceive of a world in which people just accept more restrictions to their rights, as they always have.
The basic idea of accelerationism is that terrorist attacks will lead to government bodies taking away rights, and governments taking away rights will lead to a mass uprising. So far, government curtailment of rights is all that we have seen, and the prophesied uprising remains just a theory. Killing yourself or getting imprisoned simply in order to get more rights taken away from your people is insane.
This isn't a blackpill, this is a realitypill. There are many strategies that can work, and they are always strategies that involve organization, redpilling, or having white kids and demonstrate their effectiveness directly rather than theoretically.
You can mention the Soviet Union as an example. Where literally millions of citizens were abused and killed for over 70+ years without ever having a successful revolt.
That's a perfect example. Same thing with North Korea or any other totalitarian regime. People don't understand that revolts or societal changes require sophisticated organization and structural causes to work. It's not something so simple where if people don't like a regime an uprising will spontaneously happen.
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wokeasfook ago
Thought provoking. I'd never heard of Huxley.
Huxley vs Orwell
https://biblioklept.org/2013/06/08/huxley-vs-orwell-the-webcomic-2/
I think they were both right
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Dean_Wilhelm_Hawkins ago
Fuck man. This cuts to the core. Regardless of who you side with.
wokeasfook ago
It's a no win. I guess the enemy really is within. We should probably just concentrate on being the best version of ourselves regardless of the circumstances we find ourselves in at any given time.
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virge ago
This caused me to download A Brave New World. @Delacourt
Delacourt ago
It's a great book. The comic itself is directly taken from the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman, which is incredible in its own way. It was written more recently and is more specific in its criticism of modern culture.
Delacourt ago
There was a deleted comment just above this saying "Trust me, clown world can get much much worse... think 1984."
That's exactly what accelerationists don't understand. Their basic premise is that there will be a "breaking point" at which enough rights are removed that the people will spontaneously rise up. But if there were going to be a "breaking point" then it would have happened already. Accelerationists can't conceive of a world in which people just accept more restrictions to their rights, as they always have.
The basic idea of accelerationism is that terrorist attacks will lead to government bodies taking away rights, and governments taking away rights will lead to a mass uprising. So far, government curtailment of rights is all that we have seen, and the prophesied uprising remains just a theory. Killing yourself or getting imprisoned simply in order to get more rights taken away from your people is insane.
This isn't a blackpill, this is a realitypill. There are many strategies that can work, and they are always strategies that involve organization, redpilling, or having white kids and demonstrate their effectiveness directly rather than theoretically.
Base311 ago
You can mention the Soviet Union as an example. Where literally millions of citizens were abused and killed for over 70+ years without ever having a successful revolt.
Delacourt ago
That's a perfect example. Same thing with North Korea or any other totalitarian regime. People don't understand that revolts or societal changes require sophisticated organization and structural causes to work. It's not something so simple where if people don't like a regime an uprising will spontaneously happen.
Base311 ago
Yeah, who knows what the future holds. Call me optomistic, but there is still a rebellious spirit in America.