So how *do* we create a society and world "economy" that doesn't depend on the accumulation of wealth or perhaps doesn't have money at all?
So how *do* we create a society and world "economy" that doesn't depend on the accumulation of wealth or perhaps doesn't have money at all?
Rage of the #Oligarchs - #NaomiKlein: ‘What They Want Is Absolutely Everything’
The all-star academic and Shock Doctrine author breaks down the dark logic of Trump and Musk’s path of destruction — and what the world’s richest people really want
May 4, 2025
Excerpt: [Klein] "But now, #capitalism has entered a radical and #apocalyptic phase. There is no #utopian vision in any of this. Instead, there’s a final battle. And this is where it gets really dark. The people who are advancing this agenda are also building their #LuxuryBunkers and their #spaceships to #Mars. They don’t believe that there is a future. These people believe history is ending, literally. It’s end times! Get onto your rocket ship, or get into your golden city in the sky. And that is distinct."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/BPCNe
#Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism #EndTimesFascism #LoveMotherEarth #CapitalismKills #EndStageCapitalism #ChristoFascism #FarRight #Fascism #WorldPol #USPol #EndTimesFascism #Zionists #Fascists #BelieveInTheFuture
#Resistance #LoveYourMotherEarth
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I read #BeckyChambers' A Psalm for the Wild-Built while I was ill, earlier this week, and it was the perfect comfort-read.
#Utopian without being boring; rich and deep without being slow; #sciFi while still being relatable. #Queer as you like. Win, win, win.
That's my teeny-tiny #review, but if you'd like one that's only slightly longer, catch me at:
1. https://danq.me/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built-by-becky-chambers (plus #podcast variant)
2. gemini://danq.me/posts/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built-by-becky-chambers
Today, I soft launch my debut fiction novel, a post-post-apocalyptic thriller love story.
Now, only eBooks are available, and I have a wide variety of places to buy, including direct from me, popular stores, and by signing up to one of my membership programs.
Lots more to come, but let's get this started
an extremely good cause of which you should be aware. bea #bookchin is a true #utopian and her work for #communalism and #socialecology should not be understated https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bea-bookchins-care-at-home
1/6 'Before Progress: On the Power of Utopian Thinking for Open Access Publishing’ by Jefferson Pooley: latest excellent read from the new Publishing After Progress special issue of Culture Machine, edited by Rebekka Kiesewetter:
https://culturemachine.net/archives/vol-23-publishing-after-progress/
"On authority" arguments in a nutshell.
#onauthority #anarchism #debate #leftistmemes #2024election #anarchy #antistatism #authority #queerliberation #tankieLogic #tankies #tankiesfuckoff #tuesday #politics #badargument #anarchistdebates #antiauthority #antiauthoritarian #postleft #stirner #egoism #egocom #egoist #antimorality #anticapitalism #communism #statelessness #utopia #utopian #soviet #ml #lenninism #stalinism #maoism #authoritarian #authoritarianism #leftism #leftist #lgbt
started a #wikipedia article on US writer and clubwoman Margaret Manson Barbour Stone (1841-1913), wrote a #utopian novel (1890), and "A Practical Study of the Soul" (1901): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_M._Barbour_Stone @wikiwomeninred #StLouis #womenwriters
@philip_cardella @carturo222 @obot50549535
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...phalanx of prime negative #utopian, I think (and once had a list of in a Mastodon post,) in particular #TheMatrix, and Asimov's #TheCompleteRobot.
(There are some others I mentioned in this thread/convo of mine, https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109894787077782438).
[If I find that list again, I'll post an update right here.]
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#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert
Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?
World government in fiction
* Overview about the world government in fiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government_in_fiction
Discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/World_government_in_fiction
Last day: The 30th Map of #30DayMapChallenge is "My favourite..." alternative #map of United #Europe
of Circular states
. Each circular state has a capital city radiating from the European Capital City in Vilnius, where it lays its geographic center.
Speaking of utopian fiction…
Have you read “The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents” by Terry Pratchett?
Or “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH” by Robert C. O’Brien?
I absolutely love the story and the characters, of both books.
I'm looking for utopian films. Input is much appreciated!
My political progression (a true story)
My first awareness of politics was a rally for Jimmy Carter in 1976 that my grandmother brought me to. I was too young to vote, but I liked Carter. He seemed genuine and down to earth.
When I was old enough to vote, I considered myself a #Utopian #Socialist, and had faith in humanity for a brief period.
After reality and cynicism kicked in, I voted #Green, #Socialist, #Independent -- anyone but the #Duopoly. I did that most of my life.
Then, #BernieSanders came onto the scene. A #DemocraticSocialist who shared my values and who had a chance to win -- before he was sabotaged by the DNC (and who could have won against Trump -- sorry, but it's true. In a debate, Bernie would have kicked T's ass. And Bernie did have populist appeal, just like the orange one).
Despite all that, I did vote for Biden in 2020 -- because I saw what #Fascism looked like under the orange one and his corrupt SCOTUS appointment. And yeah, I'll more than likely "hold my nose and vote for Joe" or Kamala -- because I hate fascists more than I hate inept and corrupt Dems. I won't tell others how to vote. But I thought I'd share how I've voted (and will vote).
Gotta have an intro that’s a hashtag salad:
#GenX, #Jewish, #Midwesterner living in #Nashville, TN.
PhD in #philosophy; considering returning to school to learn something useful
#Utopian #Socialist #Antifascist
#TRaHR; Moreover, TERF-ism must be destroyed
Lucid, clear explanation (as is usual from @xriskology) of the grave risk posed by utopians with power & money:
1. #Utopian visions are inherently self-rationalizing. Their revolutions can never fail, they can only *be* failed.
2. #Utopianism is more or less always exclusionary. "If the Christian heaven were to include atheists, for instance, it wouldn't be heaven."
half earth socialism sounds seriously cool. listen to #utopian #authors, drew pendergrass & troy vettese, on the #srslywrong #podcast if you don't believe me. #solarpunk #climateCrisis #halfEarth #socialism
https://youtu.be/Nxw7nqM9b-U
Hi fellow book nerds! I'm trying to put together a Utopian Book Club (focused on novels and novellas). I want to include LeGuin's The Dispossessed and @pluralistic 's Walkaway, but from there I've got an endless list of mostly white dudes.
What cool utopian fiction by BIPOC writers have I missed out on?
#Scifi especially #Utopian ones often depict people with & without #disabilities, as a Diabetic I got over time more sensitive to the solutions. #Disabled people are often shown as "healed." I'm not sure this is a good depiction. It only depicts one solution, the disabled person is sometimes forcefully reconfigured, by tech or something else.
What about a future depiction where we create #tech especially for them. Would this swap back into our reality?
Nonvisual, nonverbal Computer Interfaces?