Ian BetteridgeMar 10

Zen fascists will control you: https://www.ianbetteridge.com/zen-fascist-wi/

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.

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.

Ian Betteridge
Show threadzoolMar 10

@ianbetteridge this was *so good*. Reading it made me want to get drunk in my underpants. What will you do with it next? A TV special?

It chimes with "Goop and Infowars selling the same supplements", with the self-development material the kid imbibed from TikTok in their mid-teens, with older friends who went woo to antivax to worse

Implication that there's an offramp too - route Reform-joiners to organic farms?

Anyway, i'll bear it all in mind when i next start an esoteric cult

Show threadIan BetteridgeMar 10
@ultrazool I would join your cult in a heartbeat.
Show threadzool

@ianbetteridge well, i'm planning a trial run esoteric cult for this year's #emfcamp, constructing the Oracle Temple of H.A.C.K. out of cut-up duvet covers, the programme of activity is really open, Harmonic Ancient Cosmic Kinetics is heavy on improvisation

But after reading your purity post and the thread responses, it'll now have to include at least one session of Drunken Yoga, it's yoga but you have to do the whole thing while holding a pint, drinking it optional. Maybe see you there? :)

Mar 10 at 2:18pmWeb
Show threadIan BetteridgeMar 10
@ultrazool I'm in.
Show threadDocumentallyMar 12
@ultrazool @ianbetteridge Are hipflasks allowed?
Show threadzoolMar 12
@Documentally @ianbetteridge full pints only
Show threadDocumentallyMar 13
@ultrazool @ianbetteridge sounds messy :-)