Ian BetteridgeMar 10

I think this post has been in my drafts folder for about three years, occasionally being reworked, and finally – FINALLY – I've finished it. Joni Mitchell, Jello Biafra, and Peter Thiel all feature. Warning - it's REALLY LONG.

https://www.ianbetteridge.com/zen-fascist-wi/

Zen fascists will control you...

In 1979, a punk band from San Francisco recorded a song about the Governor of California. It was a joke, mostly. Jerry Brown was a Democrat, a Buddhist, a man who dated Linda Ronstadt and discussed limits and simplicity at a moment when America was in no mood for either.

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Show threadgrrl_aexMar 10

@ianbetteridge

I read it.

What i got: 1)Humanity is innately hierarchical. 2)*Any* ideology/philosophy we come up with eventually leads to authoritarianism and oppression. 3)The current version on the rise (some sort of ayn randian fueled billionaire-ism) is particularly heinous. (but probably only because it is arising during this particularly "global tech/money" period of late-stage capitalism.)

So the takeaway i got: Humanity is fucked whatever we do.

what am i missing here? Any hope?

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@kitkat_blue @ianbetteridge

What in the piece makes you think that humanity is innately hierarchical?

This is all culture we're talking about.

Mar 10 at 6:22amWeb