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@peterrelph2 under an only slightly different guise because Kolektiva have silently blanked me. It's not just fascists who do that apparently.

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ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon group
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Librarians are (social) heroes; stepping up when other social services have fallen away, to help those with few other places to go...

No wonder the Right wants to defund the libraries (via attrition against local authorities), when you look at the pragmatic but vital social support they are offering to the vulnerable & isolated.

[this is a long read but worth it]


@bookstodon

https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jun/25/how-britains-libraries-provide-more-than-books

peterrelph ,
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@nini @ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon

Knowledge is indeed a threat, a two-edged sword.

What long term benefits have come from science & the enlightenment?

peterrelph ,
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@drifthood @nini @ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon

Reckon that the vast majority of humans still cling to their magic & superstitious beliefs.

nando161 , to random
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to Paycheck being an to a poor ...

peterrelph ,
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@nando161

Don't ask for what is not possible.

How can you expect the product of your labour to support all the plutocrats & bourgeoisie, the owners, managers, landlords, bankers, etc in the manner that they would wish, & still have any left over for you, the despised peasant.

Know your place neofeudal serf

peterrelph , to random
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Do I miss Twitter?

18 months ago I had 4289 followers on Twitter

Then the gloom of Musk descended

rbreich , to random
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From 1978 to 2022, CEO pay grew by 1,209% while the typical worker's pay rose just 15%.

This explosion in CEO pay relative to the pay of average workers isn’t because CEOs have become so much more valuable than before.

They've just gamed the system to line their pockets.

peterrelph ,
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@rbreich

Power: money is the means, power is the end.

peterrelph , to random
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Why do people look for alien invaders when we have humans with exactly the means motive opportunity to enslave us?

dgar , to random
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Picnic At Hanging Rock is a work of fiction.

peterrelph ,
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@dgar

As is Democracy

peterrelph , to random
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I am an old man, obviously white, hence an old white man, nothing much to disagree with there, by pointless generalising measures an old white just pre-Boomer man of Brit birth & heritage.

Now apply your various other stupid generalisations to me.

Chances are you will be wrong, & if you happen to be right by coincidence, it will probably be no positive reflection on your judgement.

Maybe you are a brilliant judge of character on very little evidence, but if so, then why are you generalising?

peterrelph , to random
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How to force Amazon to actually show me a page to cancel Prime, that is the problem

peterrelph , to random
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I have no belief in any gods but I do not identify as an atheist.

I have no belief in pink elephants on Mars, but I do not identify as an "a-pink elephants on Mars-ist" either.

Why would I want to identify as a non-believer in any of the infinite number of potential nonsenses that exist?

Why would anyone?

peterrelph OP ,
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@BeAware

Even when that group espouses arrant nonsense?

peterrelph , to random
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If you don't understand how your political leaders are doing whatever it is that they are doing, particularly the ones you believe in, then stop listening to what they say, just watch what they do, & try to figure out what sort of people would do that, & hence why.

The problem comes with trying to relate their words & your beliefs of them to their actions.

Their actions tell you what they are, their words are just there to confuse you.

jeffowski , to random
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peterrelph ,
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@jeffowski

I told someone in a dream last night that god speaks to me.

I may never let myself sleep again.

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