fuck I'm back in my parents house which means there is nothing to make a samwitch with, but there is this. why does my dad buy this stuff
hey guys it’s been my lifelong dream to be a writer and I feel like getting serious about it. would any of you beautiful tootuals be interested in a writing workshop discord? it wouldn’t be required to workshop all the stories, but if you submit it would be nice to help others. is there an interest in this at all? let me know loves 💖
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@Mailliw Yeah, you could say the same of Alexander the Great too. He wasn't exactly interested in building a syncretic society that drew upon what the locals thought. Well, except "I like those elephant cavalry. I need some of those"
@interneteh I was reading a book on Anti-Authoritarianism and it goes into detail a bit about the Native genocide and how their way of life had to be exterminated to allow oppressive regimes like the U.S. to stay in power. They had a whole society that was untainted by the same hierarchies and class strata we've been using since Sargon conquered half of Mesopotamia. I don't think it's primitivism that you're romanticizing as much as a more nature friendly, social, egalitarian, society.
I don't mean to romanticize primitivism or say life was better before things like medicine, sanitation or refrigeration. Its just we lost a lot of things that maybe we didn't have to. It could have been better.
Not to mention: Indigenous people (unravaged by European diseases) living in a wide array of lifestyles, from nomadic to agricultural to sedentary, some building enormous, sprawling cities.
@interneteh Mhmm. Sargon created the mold for "Empire" and every ruler after that, for the next few millennia, up until today has tried to emulate it.
I definitely recommend this book though, it's written by a psychologist who often finds himself at odds with psychiatry and the idea of pumping kids with meds. He talks a lot about how anti authoritarians are picked out and then mistreated by our current system.
I've heard stories about the Bay when Europeans first arrived... It was clear. Most of the Bay is able to be traversed by a 6ft tall person (though dredging and the increase of silt[from decline in Oyster pops] has made going directly across impossible). There were Oyster Reefs up to 2.5 miles long that supported TONS of aquatic life. In 1839 Oyster fishing began in earnest and by the end of the 1800's 15 million bushels were taken from the Bay every year.
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