That seems like unbelievable amount. We're so cooked.
Cimbazarov
joined 4 months ago
That actually doesn't give me confidence in the CPC. If the US government officials were STEM brains we'd be even further cooked than we are now. They are all Dunning-Kruger's when it comes to economics
I this is a good sign that these tariffs are not going to be some temporary thing that will blow over and countries can go back to trading with the US as normal.
but I still need to go to work to keep the make believe that is our society going
The absurdity of it all is this. I hear people at work talking about the future and things like nothing is happening in the broader world. If I bring it up I look like a crazy person though.
We've been individualized and unorganized by capitalism for so long and there is no outlet for unorganized people to do anything in response to the collapse. I feel like people are either in denial or just too afraid too admit it.
Advertising industry made sure that would never happen again
Not misanthropic, but I'm feeling more hopeless toward people in the imperial core, especially the "middle class" treatlerites. The optimist in me says that all that's needed is to activate the class consciousness in them and then a real revolution could happen. However I'm starting to give up hope as capitalism is just designed to deflect all alienation towards commodity consumption and imperialism is designed so that stopping the exploitation of the third world means less treats, which apparently is a huge deal breaker for all of them. . People get very uncomfortable whenever you broach those topics. The banality of it all also depresses me, as people still talk about whether AR is going to replace smartphones, or AI doing some bullshit in the future as it destroys the environment, and not whether we'll ever get a society that can house and feed everyone.
All revolutionary potential seems deflected at this anti-elitism which is totally non-materialist and just about what the last podcast episode you listened to said to believe in.
Is this what a third worldist believes in? I think I am becoming one.