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It's been YEARS (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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Man looking into the camera with the caption: can iget a fucking ETA on "this too shall pass"
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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (12 children)

I agree with this, but it's more than just getting along that the left is failing at. We need to organise better, fight more effectively and build strong communities. This is something the religious folks have mastered.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (11 children)

    That's why I think we need to use more religious techniques. And no, I don't mean ML brainwashing. I mean we need spiritual ceremonies. We need to use magic as part of our praxis. We need to liberate our minds from the religious brainwashing of capitalism.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    We need to use magic as part of our praxis.

    Yeah, that'll get the left to unite around you 🙄

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

    The rich are using magic. We need it too, in order to have an equal footing.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (5 children)

    The rich are using magic.

    Sure thing, bud.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    They take a mundane piece of paper, print a picture on it, and it's imbued with metaphysical power that the poor would kill and die to obtain.

    And they don't even have to print it to make more! They can just lend and borrow it to create more money out of thin air! That's how the 2008 financial crisis happened. Too much magic mucking with the money.

    They buy newspapers and TV stations so they can rewrite the reality that the people believe in. Create a mirage of nukes in Iran through rhetoric. Illusion magic.

    They trap your mind in a prison, and they have more than one prison for different kinds of people. Some of the prisons look like you're working against them, but it just advances their agenda further.

    Not to mention the Pope. He's got so much magical power over people. But the new kid on the block to challenge Christianity is the worship of money. Trump knows it, he's made himself a religion.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    So I guess I wonder what you believe the word "magic" means...

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Observable phenomena caused by things that aren't real. Money isn't real, but we see it make the world work. It's powered by collective belief. Magic.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Money is real. And please don't waste your time, I know the argument you're going to make and it's stupid. It doesn't matter if it's based on piles of shiny metal or not. It's real. You can learn all about it if you want by studying economics. You'll find out pretty quickly that there's nothing magic about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (2 children)

    I'm intrigued to hear you mention magic. My current slogan is "Tech. Magic. Action.", which I believe are the three pillars needed.

    I'm a software engineer and technical director of my own media studio. I have recently been trying to nudge my career into that next level where I combine creativity with technology and just tell people what I do is magic, so I don't have to go too deep into the inner workings of things. I can explain the how, but honestly over the years I've learned people don't want to know how things work, or why we do them, they just want to reap the benefits.

    In Jodorowsky's Technopriests, the protagonist seeks to guide his people to a place where they can establish a new society. One where harmonious human relationships are valued more than technological prowess corrupted by an excess of total science and a total lack of consciousness.

    I wonder how we can replicate such a journey in real life. Because it's desperately needed.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    If you're lucky enough to live in Australia, get to know the Aboriginal people in your local community. Attend some Indigenous cultural events as a learner. White culture has forgotten how to value relationships over technology, but Indigenous culture still remembers. Just remember not to be a nuisance. Listen, be respectful, and do what you can to give as much help as you receive.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago*

    Jodorowski is a loon with zero qualifications in science or philosophy. I'm not sure why a person would take anything he says about reality with anything less than a grain of salt. Especially when it eschews actual, real, science.

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