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[−]bluefirebrand · 2026-10-10 Sat 19:23 UTC · link
As if the only possible two options to how society can operate are "Amish" or "Hyper-extracting wealth from labour"
[−]saulpw · 2026-10-10 Sat 20:55 UTC · link
Throwing shoes into the mechanism doesn't seem to have done anything but coin a new word. But I'm all ears! What other options do you see that could work at a larger-than-village scale?
[−]bluefirebrand · 2026-10-10 Sat 21:40 UTC · link
Call me crazy but the tone of your writing doesn't inspire me with much confidence that you're actually even remotely receptive. I think you just want to argue

I'm not into it. Go ask Claude instead. It has more patience for this sort of ignorant attitude than I do.

[−]saulpw · 2026-10-11 Sun 02:34 UTC · link
You're crazy, I'm...not even arguing. You'll see that even in the course of this one thread that I've been quite ambivalent. And I've already talked with Claude about it plenty, and few ideas that feel workable in our present climate. I don't feel like I'm "ignorant" but then we never do, right? Would love some pointers to ideas. What you got? Communism? Georgism? UBI?