Actually, probably not. The behavior patterns we medicalize as "psychological problems" are largely by-products of industrial (and now, cybernetic) civilization. Kind of like a form of pollution.
Despite their appalling lack of smartphones and Netflix, our pre-industrial forebears were almost certainly "mentally healthier" than we are.
Everywhere that's not China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea is America soil. The universal Empire asserts universal jurisdiction for its cruel laws and contemptible kangaroo courts.
Don't like it? Go argue with the Air Force. Be sure to bring along your own air force.
If they scream loudly enough and often enough about a non-existent problem - remember in almost all US megacorps, there is codified systemic employment bias against men - then we will forget about the real problems in the workplace.
Workers upset that wages are stagnant while cost of living is skyrocketing? "He looked at me the wrong way! Reeeeeeeeeee!"
Workers angry that their jobs are being offshored while executives sit back and collect handsome bonuses? "He said 'hi' to me, I feel harassed. Burn the witch! Reeeeeeeeeee!"
Workers demoralized because the entire management of the company went to the same three elitist private schools, and public school grads don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting promoted? "Misogyny! Microaggressions! Literally Hitler! Reeeeeeeeeee!"
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Well, your hypothetical company won't be hiring me. Nor any of the creative or intelligent people I know. All excluded - our backgrounds are just not shiny enough.
I do know several dead-weight corporate drones (the ostensibly human kind, not mechanical) who would pass with flying colors. But I'm not sure who would actually get the work done in your hypothetical company, as it surely won't be those folks.
So you advocate supporting the culture industry through taxation. Fair enough. But hadn't we ought to nationalize them first?
I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds it abhorrent to support oligarch-controlled, for-profit, not democratically accountable, "private" "businesses" through taxation.
The cost of copying and distributing cultural data is nearly zero. Food and clean water cannot be copied at all - every "copy" of a hamburger costs as much to make as the original - and have a decidedly non-zero cost of distribution.
Almost none of us are really in the middle class, part of the borgiosie. "Middle class" in America just a euphemism for "educated working class". Stop working and we die.
Donald Trump took a dump in my crapper and didn't flush! Then Putin pissed in my sink - and didn't wash it out! And THEN Kim Jong Whatshisface drank all my beer! Those goddamned Canadian bastards!!
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Moral of the story: when doing something that offends a repressive regime, leave your cellphone at home.
Without Trump, Twitter would have no mass audience.
Brazen censorship, and the absurd toxicity of the party line ideas imposed thereby, have driven away most of their former users.
San Francisco hipster fake progressives sure do love censorship on behalf of repressive regimes.
Both!
Actually, probably not. The behavior patterns we medicalize as "psychological problems" are largely by-products of industrial (and now, cybernetic) civilization. Kind of like a form of pollution.
Despite their appalling lack of smartphones and Netflix, our pre-industrial forebears were almost certainly "mentally healthier" than we are.
Are you kidding, broham? Have you actually used an iPhone? Android is way more pleasant, regardless of cost.
Everywhere that's not China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea is America soil. The universal Empire asserts universal jurisdiction for its cruel laws and contemptible kangaroo courts.
Don't like it? Go argue with the Air Force. Be sure to bring along your own air force.
Yay for coerced false confession! American Gulag FTW!
Respect for copyright is like respect for kicking puppies. It makes you a morally BAD person.
Rubber stamps? We ain't got no rubber stamps. We don't need no rubber stamps. I don't have to show you any stinkin' rubber stamps!
From day one. Duck Duck Go is an obvious honeypot.
The Constitution is lovely tourist attraction. I've seen it once. Very old and important looking. Long wait in line to see it. Impressive.
If they scream loudly enough and often enough about a non-existent problem - remember in almost all US megacorps, there is codified systemic employment bias against men - then we will forget about the real problems in the workplace.
Workers upset that wages are stagnant while cost of living is skyrocketing? "He looked at me the wrong way! Reeeeeeeeeee!"
Workers angry that their jobs are being offshored while executives sit back and collect handsome bonuses? "He said 'hi' to me, I feel harassed. Burn the witch! Reeeeeeeeeee!"
Workers demoralized because the entire management of the company went to the same three elitist private schools, and public school grads don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting promoted? "Misogyny! Microaggressions! Literally Hitler! Reeeeeeeeeee!"
Hi,
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The answer is super obvious:
Leftist = rightist = centrist = totalitarian capitalist.
Well, your hypothetical company won't be hiring me. Nor any of the creative or intelligent people I know. All excluded - our backgrounds are just not shiny enough.
I do know several dead-weight corporate drones (the ostensibly human kind, not mechanical) who would pass with flying colors. But I'm not sure who would actually get the work done in your hypothetical company, as it surely won't be those folks.
Meeting Canada should just declare independence. They'd probably be happier as a separate country.
So you advocate supporting the culture industry through taxation. Fair enough. But hadn't we ought to nationalize them first?
I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds it abhorrent to support oligarch-controlled, for-profit, not democratically accountable, "private" "businesses" through taxation.
This censorship brought to you by the Canadian movie "industry". Our slogan is: Working hard to deny poor folks access to culture!
C'mon, you know the difference.
The cost of copying and distributing cultural data is nearly zero. Food and clean water cannot be copied at all - every "copy" of a hamburger costs as much to make as the original - and have a decidedly non-zero cost of distribution.
Capitalist running dogs sure do hate free speech.
Almost none of us are really in the middle class, part of the borgiosie. "Middle class" in America just a euphemism for "educated working class". Stop working and we die.
Creepy fake-progressive capitalists sure do love totalitarian restrictions on speech.
Beagles stole my car! I saw them with my own eyes!
Donald Trump took a dump in my crapper and didn't flush! Then Putin pissed in my sink - and didn't wash it out! And THEN Kim Jong Whatshisface drank all my beer! Those goddamned Canadian bastards!!