#fight capitalism

[raffaellopalandri]

Uninventing Market, Profit, and Capitalism: A Moral Imperative for a Sustainable Future

Bloganuary writing promptIf you could un-invent something, what would it be? View all responses Today’s prompt is in the realm of hypotheses, so I would answer appropriately. A world without markets, profit, and capitalism might seem like a distant utopian dream, but to me, it is one worth striving towards. Markets, profit, and capitalism are the driving forces behind our current economic…

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#bloganuary #bloganuary-2024-18 #capitalism #cooperation #dailyprompt #dailyprompt-1821 #Economy #environment #equality #ethci #fight capitalism #fight market #fight profit #market #Profit #Raffaello Palandri #sharing #sustainable economy #uninvent #Well-Being

[cheezitboss]

do you hate YouTube ads? If so I’m asking you a favor to take 10 seconds out of your day to sign this dumb petition I made lol. Any signature is helpful. Thanks so much!

#petition #sign the petition #fight capitalism #capitalism #anti capitalist #anti capitalism #monopoly #YouTube #youtube ads #advertisement #ads #annoying ads #help #I need your help #stand up #shitpost #trashpost #change

[geezerwench]

#snooze against the machine #fight capitalism #naps #i love naps

[captainblou]

My writing is at its best when I'm at work, and supposed to do literally ANYTHING ELSE

#fight capitalism #by writing fanfic at work #and reading fanfic at work #and reading smut at work #not good omens but really good omens #writing #fanfic writer

[politijohn]

Source

Said the quiet part out loud!

#capitalism #eat the rich #end capitalism #minimum wage #working class #workers rights #news #current events #fight for 15 #the left #politics #us politics #government #twitter post #progressive

[basilepesso]

L'excellentissime Rocío Monasterio de VOX sur la gangrène des maisons de paris/salles de jeux dans un quartier madrilène. Ces maisons dévorent le tissu commercial du quartier de Tetuán. BP. >>> "El Distrito de Tetuán es el que más casas de apuestas tiene de Europa.Donde había un comercio de toda la vida, ahora hay una casa de apuestas o un cartel de cerrado. Los vecinos lo tienen claro : "No es el ocio que tú querrías para tu barrio"" (Aussi sur Fb, 17 mars 2 023, avec vidéo d’1m.30)

#basile pesso #rocio monasterio #VOX #contenu original #espagne #madrid #españa #journalisme #récession #journalistes #fight capitalism #journalistes indépendants #politique #periodistas #ecrivains #ecrivains sur tumblr #crise économique #sadness #economie #economia #periodismo #escritores #sujets de société #yes we are magazine #contenido original

[potatotalksculture]

chaos vs market (or Muse and thermodynamics)

[Disclaimer: I am not a theoretical physicist. Please correct me if I'm wrong.] [SPOILER WANING: mild spoilers for "Everything Everywhere All At Once".]

Soooo... People are part of the nature, right? I stand by this fact every single day of my life as I struggle through it in a (post?)capitalistic western society.

Also, the second law of thermodynamics states that heat cannot flow from a cooler object to a warmer object without some external help aka intervention into the system consisting of those objects. Warm air always goes up, right? How far up? I don't know, but I'd assume as far up as it can until it mixes up with the cold air above it to the point when the air-mixture consists of the same amount of warm and cold particles. The equilibrium. The chaos. The entropy. Those are natural states.

Dividing the particles from this mixture, sorting them from the hottest to the coolest requires energy that comes from outside the molecule system. An outside interference in the system can also control the movement of the molecules and, for instance, make the cold particles move towards the hot ones.

The number of the objects in an isolated system is finite. And so is the number of particles within this system. They can be sorted, added, removed, named, taken for a walk within this system. It all can be done though an intervention of an external force. But the number of the particles and so the maximal amount of work they can do is finite.

All the theories concerning thermodynamics originated from experiments, both practical and theoretical, with... engines. People are not engines. But people live in a seemingly isolated system. A flat can be seen as an isolated system. So can be a building, a city, a country and so on... Universe? I'd have to get back to you on that one. Just after the physicist get back to me on that. Some of them debate the theory of heat death of the universe. This theory assumes that the universe indeed is an isolated system and that the entropy of this system increases in a natural way. So when the universe reaches the thermodynamic equilibrium it will come to a halt. What does that mean exactly? They're still debating, but definitely no more movement.

Enter humanities scholars. They look at the second law, they like it, they take it and they build a whole theory of their own. I am not sure when did this tendency start, but I keep stumbling upon it in texts starting from the twentieth century until today. Foucalt cites the Second Law while introducting his concept of a heterotopia, the quantum theory caused lots of articles about the meaning of life, and Muse named their album from 2012 and two songs on it after the second law of thermodynamics. And I swear, I am arriving at the actual point I wanted to make.

Muse cites the second law to express a critical stance towards capitalism. Let's take a closer look.

"All natural and technological processes"

This is the first line of the text spoken in "2nd Law: Unsustainable". It proves the context for the rest of the message: We are talking about the nature and about technology and the correlations between them.

After that the voice introduces a generalized practical definition of the the second law: the processes happen in an isolated system, the available energy within this system decreases as the entropy increases until it comes to the equilibrium. The voice comments on the entropy:

"Energy continuously flows from being Concentrated to becoming dispersed Spread out, wasted and useless"

Since the thermodynamics was originally about heat engines, it deemed the particles that have already reached entropy useless, and if the energy they have produced while arriving at the equilibrium was not used for work of the engine, then this energy was wasted. Makes sense, right? What if we try applying this theory to humans, as they are part of the nature.

A human being consumes and creates energy, they work. A human being can also be seen as an engine. (Even though, as I have already stated earlier, they are not engines.) I'm gonna talk about the human being a lot from now on, so let's name them. Let their name be Jim*. Jim* works every day. Jim*'s muscles consume energy, provided by the food Jim* eats every day, to work. The muscles work even in the moment, when Jim* eats their tuna sandwich. It takes energy to place the sandwich in the hand, move the arm, while holding the sandwich, towards Jim*'s mouth, open the mouth, bite, chew, swallow, digest, break the sandwich into bit so small they can be absorbed by the body, (absorbing is also work, btw), and so on... And I haven't even mention the work the muscles do while making Jim* breath, have a blood circulation, etc. The is work and any other work can be measured in joules. (That is the "J" next to "kcal" when you look at the nutritional value table on a food product.)

Jim* also has a job. No matter what job it is, they need to work to work this job. They need to earn money to buy their tuna sandwich, have a place to consume it, maybe even somewhere to give their body some quite time for digesting, have a place to sleep to regenerate, take a shower and pee and poop, put on appropriate cloths and go to do their job to earn the money. The circle closes. We have a job-sandwich-rest cycle, the life cycle of Jim*.

And Jim* needs to keep their shit together to keep this cycle up. Agains all laws of physic and nature, which Jim* is a part of, they must resist the entropy. They must not let the cycle stop. Otherwise they might not be able to do their job anymore. And then they'd have no money for all the commodities that make it possible for them to work, to labour.

We live in a capitalistic world, where the work the body does to make it possible for a person to just function got forgotten. The kilojoules our body produces need to go somewhere, they cannot be accumulated in infinitum. They can be used for labour, a work that earns us money. But they can also be used for playing a video game, for instance "Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe". If Jim* decides to play "Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe" instead of labour, the capitalism deems the energy they used for it wasted. Because it didn't profit the never ending cycle of labouring for living and living for labouring.**

As a human being Jim* stands at in a middle of a battlefield stretched between two fronts. On the one side there are the universal laws of nature that drive Jim* towards complete entropy, and on the other the forces of capitalism wanting to govern the energy balance in Jim*'s life. Embracing the entropy may be the best form of living, if you're not content with the capitalist laws. It might even be the best way of living in general. It would shift the forces governing Jim*'s life from capitalism to nature. Jim* has always been a part of nature, they were born this way. [Insert Lady Gaga gif] As opposed to capitalism, into which Jim* has been born into.

Let's visualize capitalism as a bagel with everything, to cite "Everything Everywhere All At Once". This black, horrifying bagel floats inside a system known as nature; It must do so, because it was created by creatures also created by and living within this system. The bagel is trying to enforce its own laws onto particles within the system, that are contradictory with the systems own laws. It accelerates the system's deterioration, it's drive towards entropy, by making it use up its energy faster than it needs to. And so the room collapses onto the bagel and the nature collapses with the capitalism inside of it.

Let's say that Jim*s job is to push a boulder up a hill. And every time he's close to reaching the top of the hill, somehow the boulder rolls downhill and Jim* need to start over. So in the end Jim*'s job is endlessly pushing the boulder up the hill and always knowing that he will fail. No Jim* asks themselves: "Why should I keep pushing this boulder, if it falls down the hill anyway? My feet, hands, legs, arms and back hurt and today I woke up with this splitting headache that's probably will become a migraine... And the hill is getting flatter and flatter after each of my attempts, especially when it's raining, because of corrosion of the soil, so I probably won't have a job soon anyway. And when everything in the world has corroded, deteriorated, dried up or froze over, the natural world will collapse on us anyway, so what is the damn point of living?!" Well, to be honest, Jim*'s probably been reading too much existentialist philosophers lately and forgotten that they should go on a sick leave, get some support belt for his back, new work shoes and gloves, and stop focusing on the hill. Jim* could take a moment to look closer at the boulder. How used up is it but all this rolling. Maybe it also needs a break. Maybe, maybe if Jim* gives the boulder a minute of their time and a drink, the boulder will reciprocate their kindness and they become work friends...

The looks at everything happening everywhere, all at once can bring one to splitting headache. The film that a wikipedia page dedicated only for listing the accolades it's received**** confronts its viewers, among many topics, with the fact of living in a capitalistic society and it making it almost impossible to slow down. Almost. Because when you realize how much is happening at every single moment everywhere in the world, you might suddenly find it easier to only look at yourself in this moment right here. Jim* is part of the chaos, Jim* sees and recognizes it, they accept it and for a moment Jim* are free.

It is not easy to rebel against capitalism, but it doesn't need much energy.

Thanks for reading!

*Yes, this is a tribute to Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe. But also putting the asterisk next to the name gives it space to remain not-gendered, as an entropy striving member of human tribe would maybe want to. Damn, now I want to write that essay.

**Although playing a video game is a form of consuming a produced commodity, so it also satisfies a capitalistic postulate. This could also become an analysis for itself...

***If you want to hear more about the disgustingly rich and their dreams of colonizing other planets intead of saving the one they already live on, go watch: Alice Capelle's video essay on Collapsology -> https://youtu.be/q_wg3HDO01o

****Like, for real: -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once

#existentialism #life #essay #personal blog #potato essay #thermodynamics #the laws of thermodynamic #the laws of thermodynamics in the eyes of humanities #humanities #the second law of thermodynamics #the second law #muse #unsustainable #slow life #entropy #chaos #heat death #heath death of the universe #staying positive #fight capitalism #everything everywhere all at once #eeaao #stanley parable #stanley parable ultra deluxe #jim #spud #sysiphus #camus #sartre #the hardship of existance

[the-rainbow-of-doom]

(This post was sponsored by a 1+ hour commute)

#I'm so frustrated how little time and energy i have after a day is done #i didn't win the fight against depression to have lofe ruined by THAT now #lacking time and energy to go on job hunt.. it's all very small steps only #a part time job would be marvellous but what flat can be paid with that #maybe also my anxiety is stopping me from getting a new job. what if i get fired. what if it's horrible there. ahh.. i need more courage #mine capitalism #anti-capitalism #work

[lazylittledragon]

isn't it weird how if you get up at 7 or 8, do your work all day, then have free time and go to bed at 11 that's absolutely fine

but if i said i get up at 10, do fun stuff in the morning then work in the evening and go to bed late, i could be called lazy, nevermind that i'm getting just as much or MORE work done as i would in a traditional work day

#ramble #idk if this is a me problem or not #i've tried to do the early rise early bed thing again and again and it just does not work for me doing freelance right now #maybe it's bc i used to work at a bar so i'm more comfortable being active in the evening #i love working at night because there's less going on to distract me #what used to happen is i would get up early then fight executive dysfunction all day saying i couldn't do fun stuff until i did my work #then my will to work would hit at 10pm and i'd be up till 2am anyway #right now my routine is waking up later and playing a game or knitting for an hour or so and then working in the afternoon and evening #something something capitalism and 9-5 and adhd don't go together #this sounds like i'm just making excuses but it works and i'm actually getting shit done and sleeping enough so i don't see the problem #i just figured i'm probably going to sit and do nothing for a few hours in the morning anyway so i might as well give myself permission to

[writing-dilemmas]

I know everyone loves to imagine Steve and Robin sharing clothes so much they forget who’s is who, but I imagine them more as sisters when it comes to sharing clothes and by that I mean absolutely brawling over a pair of socks and literally yanking a shirt off because they want it back. And everyone thinks they’re insane for it but five minutes later they’re acting like nothing happened. That’s just totally something they would do

#stranger things #robin buckley #steve harrington #steve and robin #platonic with a capital p #platonic soulmates #the girls are fighting #ronance #steddie

[raffaellopalandri]

The Paradox of "Free Work"

Daily writing promptWhat job would you do for free?View all responses The question of “Which job would you do for free” is a bit of a trick question from my current perspective. Image taken from Internet Here’s why (please consider that to keep the post at an acceptable length I will just give here the key elements of my reasoning): In a truly ideal world, unburdened by the constraints of…

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#abolish profit #awareness #Buddhism #capabilities #capitalism #Consumerism #dailyprompt #dailyprompt-1899 #do not harm #Economy #education #Ethics #Ethos #fight capitalism #fight consumerism #free education #free work #freedom #greater good #healthcare #Help #housing #internet access #job #justice #knowledge #mindfulness #money #New Testament #public transportation

[nansheonearth]

The Kurdish Female Guerrillas Fighting ISIS (Warzone Documentary)

#the kurdish female guerrillas fighting isis #radfem #gender #patriarchy #capitalism #women's rights #feminism #kurdish women #mena #middle east #kurdistan #asia #o

[rue-bennett]

The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.

#fight club #filmedit #filmgifs #userstream #userbbelcher #chewieblog #brad pitt #fyeahmovies #capitalism #dailyflicks #moviegifs #david fincher #* #*gif #umaxine #tuserdana #hbd david fincher

[pontaoski]

#capitalism irl #the fight of all time #communism #>:3 #communism yesterday communism today communism tomorrow #r/196 #196 #rule

[gregrulzok]

Look, I get it, Punk has a very vast culture of music and fashion and really anyone who identifies as Punk would be smart to delve into those things and at least research them, if not adopt them to a certain degree (Punk fashion especially as it's mostly based on reducing consumption and upcycling, which any self-respecting Punk should try to do)

But at the end of the day if there were two rooms full of self-identifying Punks, who'd you rather spend time with?

The ones dressed in Khakis and Button-Ups that listen to indie or pop or whatever, but would gladly break a chair over a Nazi's skull and rip Bezos' nails out one by one

Or the ones dressed in Spikes and Leather that listen to the Clash and Sex Pistols, but think trans people are pedophiles in disguise and homeless people don't deserve human rights

By using "Music Based Subculture" as the End-All-Be-All of what Punk is, you're literally holding the door wide open for a bunch of mouth-breathing capitalist republican conservative Nazi assholes who just happen to like loud music to invade our space. I don't give a flying fuck what someone wears or what they listen to cause at the end of the day it literally doesn't affect me even a tiny little bit. Their ideology and worldview, on the other hand, does.

#punk #discource #alt #punk culture #i don't even get what the issue is #oh no they dont listen to the bands i like #who cares #who actually gives a shit #are they a good person #do they got your back #do they support minorities and fight against discrimination #do they hate capitalism with a burning passion #lets focus on the real shit here for a second

[thornescratch]

There was so much going on in that fight, not the least being the fact the arena music playing when it kicked off was ABBA's "Dancing Queen", but I really think the best part is Poehling and Lappy just standing there with their arms around each other while Ovi tries to pull Garny's head off and then Willy pulls Garny down to the ice.

Look at them. In a punch-happy sea of hair and wrath between former comrades, two other warriors crossed enemy lines for a fleeting and fragile love. I can respect that.

#I love how PETTY the whole thing was. Tap tap slash slash OH NOW THERE ARE FISTS IN FACES. #The baby players on both teams are like uhhhhh pass #Meanwhile the Older Dudes are going for throats #PSA: I can and will block immediately based on important criteria. This criteria is You Being Wrong And Saying Shit About Tom Wilson. #Hendrix Lapierre #Tom Wilson #Alexander Ovechkin #Garnet Hathaway #Ryan Poehling #Nick Seeler #Washington Capitals #Philadelphia Flyers #Hockey Fights