Danie
- enjoys #soup, #CloseHarmony, #mountainhiking, #repairing, and #vegan food, but not #procrastination, #CognitiveDissonance, #Necropolitics, or #InstitutionalRacism;
- supports fair trade and #FairChain/#FairShare (FairTrade is a colonial concept that reinforces inequality), #organic, and therefore avoids shops and online stores run by exploiters (of the earth, including people);
- believes that most people are decent, and look up to those who stand for love and radical equality and ‘drive the money-changers from the temple’, but are naturally fearful and therefore easily choose leaders who sell hatred, discrimination in service of those who exploit;
- is a militant #pacifist with an understanding of defensive violence (against mosquitoes and exploiters);
- has the privilege of being able to choose paid work that benefits the world and ...
- philosophises briefly on the world and then at length on the text he has written;
- fact-checks what he shares, and the authors he quotes, but sometimes not, or only afterwards;

#introduction

I really wish people would stop using "humanity" when they mean the actions and deliberate inactions of Western capitalist governments.

Using "humanity" hides those people who have names and addresses and who are actively preparing for mass extinction of, amongst others, the poor, brown and Black parts of humanity.

#ClimateChange #WesternDemocracy #Capitalism #Necropolitics #Surveillance

RE: https://todon.eu/@Heidentweet/116572639533805250

I would never say "lockdowns caused problems for mental health," because our capitalist democratic governments caused all the problems with their "get them infected" necropolicies.

#CovidIsNotOver #Covid19 #Necropolitics #lockdown

“… a new cultural sensibility emerges in which killing the enemy of the state is an extension of play. More intimate, lurid, and leisurely forms of cruelty begin to take shape.”

- Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics

https://youtu.be/z8qD_xwsvBM

#uspol #USPolitics #mbembe #necropolitics

From Achille Mbembe’s book Necropolitics:

#necropolitics #politicalphilosophy #politics #fascism #westernNations #whiteness

Placing bets on war, suffering and environmental destruction
Speculating on online prediction markets is rapidly becoming a feature of modern warfare.

Bets on US-Iran ceasefire show signs of insider knowledge, say experts "New online accounts on Polymarket platform betting a total of $70,000 suggest ‘some degree of inside info." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/bets-us-iran-ceasefire-show-signs-of-insider-knowledge-say-experts-polymarket

Anonymous gamblers have made millions betting on the events of the Middle East war, prompting US politicians to call for a ban on such speculation. >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-11/iran-polymarket-anonymous-gamblers-made-millions-betting/106433384

#war #speculation #MilitaryConflicts #ConfidentialInformation #InsiderInformation #InsiderKnowledge #gambling #warfare #GamblingService #PredictionMarket #InsiderTrading #crime #regulation #necropolitics #Deathworlds

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑼𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂’𝒔 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔: 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒌 & 𝑰𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒐 -

The “Hideous Bargain” moves from metaphor to the operating table.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/utopias-spare-parts-star-trek-ishiguro/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #bookpodcast #literarylovers #bookboost #booklover #bookclub #necropolitics #bioeconomy #clinicallabor #organharvesting #startrek #startrekstrangenewworlds #liftuswheresufferingcannotreach #kazuoishiguro #neverletmego

RE: https://troet.cafe/@ndaktuell/116181585263377315

Das C steht für Necropolitics
#LoserABC #CDU #Necropolitics