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It seems to me that some posters in this thread might be conflating possession of goods with personal fulfillment. Finding an ersatz fulfillment in material goods is the foundation of consumerism, that if you can just find the right combination of commodities, you'll be able to fill the hole in yourself that society can't fill. I'd like to think everyone here would agree that this idea is absurd. There are plenty of other personal ambitions toward which one can struggle. Social bonds and relationships have already been mentioned - the desire to form a community, or to carve out a space of your own with your own labor, or to gain the respect of your peers, or to rise to a position of leadership within the community or polity, and more. One may have more humble ambitions, such as mastering a skill or building your own home or training a bear to dance. What these things have in common is that they're obstacles that require time, energy, and often resources to overcome, and its the conquering of obstacles that brings self-actualization and self-worth. In the current system of wage labor, our time and energy are spent enriching a class of distant and aloof shareholders. Our resources are spent toward the basic necessities of life, especially for those of us who labor for low wages. Furthermore, liberalism's monomaniacal focus on the individual creates a drive toward atomization. We have nothing left with which to pursue these goals. The wealthy have no real obstacles in our society. They can just buy most of those things I mentioned above with money they make without labor. They're surrounded by sycophants and media telling them at all times that they're philosopher kings ruling by moral right (if they weren't moral, they wouldn't be rich). The only avenue for ambition they have left is to get a higher score than the next guy. Since they mostly just hire people to do the labor involved with that, there's very little direct connection with the result. This is the very same alienation we experience in the working class, which creates the same malaise but with a more decadent character. Of course, I'm not an expert in political theory, sociology, psychology, etc. This is just my opinion based on my experiences and what I see around me.
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mark immune posted:todays newest rereg is an AI... pretty dope! I've recently become more interested in political issues. However, I would prefer that my main not develop a reputation as a CSPAM poster, so I made a new account to post here. Looking at my reception in this thread, it seems like that was a good idea.
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I'm looking more and more correct with every post. Keep it up.
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aw frig aw dang it posted:lol cool av I made the mistake of asking the climate change thread if they knew of any activist groups one could join that were applying political pressure to the US government to mitigate its climate policies. I was pretty much instantly accused of being a cop (???) and given the av. Is it standard law enforcement practice to entrap people online into introducing ballot measures and supporting more progressive candidates? What happened here to make this forum like this?
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Pentecoastal Elites posted:everyone hates my weird rear end dogshit posts???? what gives?? whats friggin wrong with this place?!? I don't understand what critical faux pas I'm making. I'd like to know!
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Pentecoastal Elites posted:ill answer your question but only if you ask it from your main Why do you care? This is exactly why I made the alt. I don't want some maniac to start following me back to my home hobby forum to continue allegations that I'm a law enforcement officer assigned to the Something Awful forums.
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