⚧ Mycelialisms 𐂂The people who think they own this world and their callousness want to grind you down to bonemeal to fertilize the death machine. Don't let them. Do not let them.
It starts with the pernicious idea that you own your body. You do not. That just shows how closely ownership and mind/body dualism are intertwined. That is the pure idealism of spirit excerting will over an object. You are not an object to be owned. You are your body and the space it takes up is you. It is what you get. You will never get more or less than this. Take comfort in that.
john.brown_typeface@AnarchoWalrus
would you say we're stewards for our bodies?
would you say we're stewards for our bodies?
@johnbrowntypeface
No actually, because I think that this way of thinking about it also separates the body from something doing the stewarding.
No actually, because I think that this way of thinking about it also separates the body from something doing the stewarding.
@AnarchoWalrus
i guess my perspective is that there's a separation which is also a oneness
probably contradictory, ha
but just like to look at things on their own terms while acknowledging that there's really no separation
@johnbrowntypeface
I think I agree, but in general I do see that the oneness frequently gets completely forgotten in favor of the category.
I think I agree, but in general I do see that the oneness frequently gets completely forgotten in favor of the category.
@AnarchoWalrus
i think from a liberatory stance some folks might cling to body ownership as they aren't familiar with bodily autonomy
we should be able to direct our bodies as they are one aspect of who we are
@johnbrowntypeface
I agree, and I think it's still worthwhile to talk about things in this way, but I think we should be careful about believing wholesale the things we desire in a system where everything is about ownership. We can make these demands, but we should understand that the demands are only real because they were curtailed.
I can say I want ownership of my body in this system without believing that my body is a thing I can own in any meaningful way because that's the language of the system. It's a strategic consideration, but I think if the premise becomes a conviction they've already won.