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The reason we keep building the Torment Nexus is because all we have are Torment Nexus factories in a system designed by and for Torment Nexus factory owners.
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When another coach capitalist philosopher starts telling you how people wouldn't work at all if they weren't coerced to, and the whole world would fall apart then, you should remind them that practically the whole Internet — yes, the same they're using to spread their capitalistic bullshit and the one capitalism is repeatedly trying to turn into complete useless shit — is founded on the work of volunteers, who for many years tirelessly work to keep it working while usually not expecting anything in return.
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In any case, day 2: Ursula K Le Guin.
As I've said elsewhere, part of her science fiction thesis is that "human" can encompass much more than what we mere Terrans think of it as, and that moral standing extends broadly throughout the universe. This is the antithesis of Tokens fantasy, wherein "race" is real and determines moral standing. For Le Guin, it's barely okay to intervene in complex alien politics unless you carefully ensure you're not causing systemic harms; for Tolkien, it's okay to ambush and murder orc children, because they are by nature evil.
Add to her excellent politics Le Guin's masterful worldbuilding and unparalleled range of plots, and you have the one author I loved as a decidedly liberal and naïve teen and love even more now that I'm an adult. She's an absolute legend and deserves a very high place on any list of women authors (or list of authors, period.).
For a short story, try "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" which you can read here: https://www.utilitarianism.com/nu/omelas.pdf
For fantasy "A Wizard of Earthsea" (also has a nice graphic novel adaptation), or for science fiction, "The Left Hand of Darkness" or if you want a more anarchist flavor, "The Dispossessed."
I'll close this with an amazing quote from her:
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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Changes in varieties of capitalism within the OECD between 2010 and 2020
Zoltan Bartha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19416 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.19416

Changes in varieties of capitalism within the OECD between 2010 and 2020
This study aims to reveal different varieties of capitalism and to uncover new patterns of development that emerged between 2010 and 2020. A hybrid model is applied that quantifies three pillars of development (Future - F, Outside - O, Inside - I) using supply-side and demand-side indicators that measure norms, institutions, and policies. Investigating 34 OECD members, this study describes five varieties of capitalism: traditional, dualistic, government-led, open market-based, and human capital…

I think we might have locked ourselves into a professionalization trap. Shocking revelation: It's capitalism's fault.
(Original title: The Professionalism Trap)
https://tante.cc/2025/09/24/the-professionalism-trap/

The Professionalism Trap
I’m in the process of rewriting a talk I gave a few weeks ago in order to record it and publish it online. When I mentioned that to a friend who’s a filmmaker and knows how lighting and all that works he offered to help me doing it “right” so it doesn’t look like shit. […]

#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism #Socialism #Communism

#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism #Socialism #Communism

The Anarchist's Cookbook for Fonts
A Must read
The Arialpocalypse
https://brilliantcrank.com/the-arialpocalypse-default-thinking-ate-the-world/?ref=brilliantcrank-newsletter
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Capitalism is the larval stage of fascism.

Thinking for no particular reason today* about the peculiar genius of Stanislaw Lem
A Jew, a doctor, a Pole, in the resistance against Hitler & Stalin & capitalism, an SF legend, feared by PK Dick, lauded by UK Le Guin
…& one of the earliest AGI skeptics
>… held that information technology drowns people in a glut of low-quality information, and considered truly intelligent robots as both undesirable and impossible to construct.

Stanisław Lem - Wikipedia

Man, it took me a while to warm up to Costco, but it's really is one of the better corners of capitalism. They pay people fairly, sell only quality stuff, didn't disavow DEI, and aren't owned and run by hedge fund assholes.
It's amazing how nice it is not to have to evaluate every purchase. If it is there, it's usually because it has been proven to make customers happy and thus earned its shelf space.
And, no surprise, the CEO dogfoods himself.

The Pants Cost $20. They Explain $86 Billion of Costco Sales. — The Wall Street Journal
Kirkland Signature is now bigger than some of the world’s biggest companies—and it has become essential to Costco’s business

"Pendant des décennies, beaucoup Š gauche ont renoncé Š parler de planification économique en raison de son association avec la bureaucratie soviétique. Mais la crise climatique et la réalité de l'intervention massive de l'État dans les économies capitalistes ont rendu la planification démocratique incontournable."

Sometimes I wonder why people worship authority-hungry clout chasers instead of tearing down the whole system that lets them stand above others. But then you realize this clown is the one steering the circus in the US right now, oh well, anyway, moving on.
#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism

Wait, no, Jeff Atwood? The Jeff Atwood? Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry. I hadn’t realised! My goodness, what was I thinking? Please, tell me, does your God accept penance? How does one make up for such an egregious transgression upon His Holiness? https://ravenation.club/@grievousangel/115…

Fascism is once again rising across the world, creeping in through surveillance capitalism, mass data harvesting, chat control laws, UK-style age verification, and endless new tools of digital censorship presented as safety.
Freedoms vanish piece by piece through biometric borders, predictive policing, restrictions on protest, voter suppression, book bans, and the relentless spread of authoritarian policies disguised as order. What seemed impossible a decade ago is now routine.
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Good Morning #Canada
Capitalism certainly doesn't waste an opportunity, and as entrepreneurs were trying to make Beavers extinct, they made use of every part, including the Beaver's secretions. Castoreum is a yellowish exudate from the castor sacs of mature Beavers used in combination with urine to scent mark their territory. Butt for centuries Beaver Castor Oil was used to flavour food, make perfumes more interesting, and cure every ailment known to the human race. Rumors persist about its use in many products, but it's rarely used today. I will not make a tasteless, smelly Beaver joke this morning.... you're welcome.
#CanadaIsAwesome #BeaverWeek #Eewww
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-history-of-flavoring-food-with-beaver-butt-juice/

The world is on fire, and the owner of an electric car company is helping fuel the flames of both climate change and fascist capitalism.
#WesleyRidgeFire #ElonMusk #Tesla #ClimateChangeEmergency #EndFossilFuels #BCLNG #Fascism #Capitalism #endstagecapitalism #portalberni

I’m #ActuallyAutistic, and I despise #Capitalism!
#Autistic #AntiCapitalism

This is not the world I or my children deserved or asked for. #WesleyRidgeFire #ElonMusk #Tesla #ClimateChangeEmergency #EndFossilFuels #BCLNG #Fascism #Capitalism #endstagecapitalism #portalberni

#Capitralism #Activism #Socialism #AntiCapitalism