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Glen -<br>
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cite="mid:62956d8c-9713-7e22-dc39-24346cedf4f2@gmail.com">I saw a
good little joke this morning, which echoes SteveS' nihilistic
argument from convenience:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mastodon.social/web/@AgreeableLandscape/109074621789771764">https://mastodon.social/web/@AgreeableLandscape/109074621789771764</a>
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"Why do you have a job at a private company, buy food from a chain
grocery store, and have a smartphone from a monopolistic tech
company if you hate #capitalism so much?"
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"Excuse me Mr. Cow, why are you at a factory farm if you don't
want to get eaten?"
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(Obviously, it's not "Mr. Cow", but whatever.) Are we cows?
Really? Or are we more plastic creatures who *can* undermine and
retool the reigning forcing structures like Amazon (or "the
government")?
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<p>Particularly apt given my last rant (being composed as you
composed this one?). FWIW I don't mean it to be nihilistic but
(mildly) shaming enough that maybe more of us *will* consider that
we might want to look for alternatives to the "forcing structures"
you reference... but smart-bois like us seem to be struggling
mightily with the topic, how would we expect Mr. Cow (or Ms.
Sheeple) to get traction? Mr. Libertarian (or Q or Rogan or???)
will surely hijack any attempts to do so by the plebian hordes?
Now I *am* being nihilistic/dystopian... consider it a challenge,
not a conversation stopper?<br>
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<p>The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUHBPuHS-7s">Epic 2014
"Googlezon" </a>short video still plays well in spite of being
composed (prophetically) in 2004. It is more responsive maybe to
EricS's point about the failed News business (Mediascape).</p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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