Vampire

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Americans will ban you from Lemmy if you do

 

Not because there is ethical consumption under capitalism, but because ethical purity is the wrong goal.

Leftists keep getting distracted by moralising. The aim is to lift the working class.

'There is no ethical consumption under capitalism' is a catchcry used to argue against consumer action because it is morally impure. I don't care whether my actions are morally pure; I care about the results they produce.

Leftists are shit at focusing on the results of their action. The end-game of leftists is to feel morally superior: never mind that no good results have been achieved.

Using syllogistic logic:

  • Surface premise: 'There is no ethical consumption under capitalism'

  • Hidden premise: And we should only take actions that are ethically pure

  • Conclusion: therefore we shouldn't reform consumption

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Honestly any/all Yanquí pop culture can be assumed to carry hegemonic brainwashing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I've had dinner with gangsters and murderers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

There's better criticisms of Pinker.

I don't like guilt by association.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I've been avoiding most internet because I have no temptation to hear the opinions of idiots.

Two people who aren't Ukrainian, don't speak Ukrainian, have never read a book about Ukraine trying to make their opinion on Ukraine win an argument? No thanks, not my choice of pastime.

Maybe I'm part of a trend? People have seen through the slapfights and are ready for something else?

I want to learn from experts, not tabloid comment-sections. e.g. this is good content - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhn3ssSH4nY - look at her CV, she has a right to speak.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably Cybernetics by Wiener is the basic text?

 

What should I read to understand how to build and verify a cybernetically valid system? (e.g. cybernetically valid planned economy)

I understand that production needs to be controlled, and that the decision-making needs to be linked to the front-line workers (because they have eyeballs on the reality of the work). And it's a design-error if decisions are made removed from work, because the controller doesn't have first-hand knowledge.

But I don't understand how to describe that in formal terms. Is there a list of all possible system-design-errors? Is there a methodology/checklist for confirming if me mum is cybernetically valid?

Is there a textbook on all this?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The hole in this theory is that the lyrics are very clearly about taking a flight back there.

 

Curious.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Talk to people, make eye contact, etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Don't watch tv while eating ffs

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I know that it’s a myth that Chinese products are shit quality

There's lots of shit-quality Chinese products mate

 

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Your obsession with the USA is a bit embarrassing

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

delendi sunt*

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