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capitalism & burnout, long thread 3/? 

Aiding others, then, is an act directly in defiance of this narrative, and mutual aid is the antithesis of capitalist philosophies.

Essentially, burnout is part of the "plan." It feeds the narrative. I think that when we experience burnout, it's because capitalist systems (particularly in the US) inherently give us back less than what we put in. Burnout is the systems' way of profiting off our emotional/social labor.

capitalism & burnout, long thread 2/? 

First, I wanna address what I originally said in a different way: one of capitalism's central narratives is "You have sole responsibility for taking care of yourself and your success." Especially in times of hardship, this ends up translating to: "You have to focus on your own shit first or you will starve." This isn't so much the truth as it is the capitalist ideal; it's what they want the truth to be, and they work hard to build a system that makes it true.

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capitalism & burnout, long thread 1/? 

Someone brought up a good point about burnout. I don't claim to be an expert, but this is what I see:

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One of the most insidious lies capitalism tells us is that we must help ourselves before we can effectively help others or else we risk our own survival. It's become pervasive, the core philosophy in basically every Hollywood action/thriller/apocalypse/scifi narrative, and it's also what keeps us apart and diminishes efforts toward mutual aid.

disk horse 

imagine thinking an nb person is nbphobic for calling out a content creator for their content having legitimate problems

[this post was made by not a crackhead gang]

imagine someone logging on and seeing people being "proudly nbphobic" when in reality we're making fun of someone for not having the ability to think critically

convicted freedom fighter free 

RT @VolunteerReport [news on international volunteers fighting ISIL, etc in Rojava. ~4h ago]:
Exclusive: Former #British Soldier and #YPG volunteer Joe Robinson convicted on a terror charge in #Turkey, has travelled secretly back to the #UK, the BBC understands. Saying β€œI had to take matters into my own hands” after months of detention !!!

Guys, be careful who you retoot from in the next few weeks as lots of aphobes from Tumblr are pouring into Mastodon, especially in the mastodon.social instance. Almost all of them are also transmed/truscum or truscum adjacent as well.

@heirofbreath the grinch is against the commercialization of the holiday season and is valid

wanting to fuck the onceler isnt valid bc hes an environment destroying capitalist bitch

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pol 

turn off the thought stopping cliches for one second and just like, look around at the material reality of this world please

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pol 

wild that people still bust out the "communism deprives you of individual choice" line in 2018 as if i can personally opt out of being permanently surveilled, or paying taxes for endless war, or being gouged on health care, or paying exorbitant rent. what the fuck is your idea of freedom, ten different kinds of potato chips at the 7-11? (as if we couldn't have snacks in communism lol)

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