skells @skells@qoto.org
Joined Feb 2021
@cjd that's a prediction, not a method
it seems that the severity of any given crisis is secondary upon the assumption that it is used for a political excuse to arrogate power
you then have two perspectives:
a) what is the danger of a given crisis as such?
b) what room for manouevre do the optics of said crisis allow bad actors?
tbh both seem academic if you simply focus on securing comms/money supply and personal safety/security - yet that's also a recipe for civic decay as it sort of precludes any form of politics and cedes that realm to those who would abuse it
@cjd how useful is "intent of others" on a global scale? or do we take the talebian skeptical empiricist route and focus on local exposure?
both seem a bit flaky outside of their domain, although the later seems far more robust
@cjd over the last few years I've found myself teetering about various states of conspiratorial thinking - there must be a method for decision making here and I'm not sure where to begin
@amerika I said working, not works
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@jk I love going to a place with an absolutely stunning set of speakers, coming out of a world class amplifier and signal chain, and playing just absolute jank lo-fi mono garbage, while talking about the Air between the notes and The Imaging.
I used to work in a hifi shop, and I would insist that people listen to, like, Sun Ra's home tapes from the 60s, while just going on about the quality of the reproduction.
Somehow, this sold equipment.
> Who can force Ukraine to freeze the conflict? This is a war of all Ukrainians, and if someone in the world thinks that they can dictate to Ukraine the conditions under which it can or cannot defend itself, then they are seriously mistaken.
skells
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dark forces are aligning against you but it's cool because they are incompetent
bitching about your democracy means it's working
continue
@11112011 touché
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@11112011 turning off a pipeline reduces supply, no matter who you're plan B is
@11112011 well, turn on Nordstream 2, not the little piss stream Putin is milking us w/rn
@11112011 mate Europe is fucked for at least 2 years unless we can get Russian gas flowing again, what planet are you on
@11112011 > The problem we have today is that we act within a system which skims all the wealth created by our actions to the betterment of the people who produce nothing at all. All they produce is money and bad ideas, the former of which is based on your future labor and the latter sustained by it.
> Then they dupe you into selling your future labor back to you at a vig while trying to take all the intellectual property rights for your innovation and skill. We call these people Venture Capitalists.
> No wonder the Marxists see this system as exploitative. It is! But it’s also not the only way things can and/or should be organized. This isn’t a fault of capitalism and property but of our not properly pricing the cost of the State and all of its enforcement of our ‘rights.’
> This is what leads to the concentration of power in the hands of rent-seeking douchebags and vandals.
> Sustainable growth where all factors of production are properly priced up the value-adding chain is the first step. That will lead to the rewards being shared more equitably by all involved.
@11112011 here for the quips and Austrian economics, the guys no general
Joined Feb 2021
