The only people who even somewhat successfully resisted industrialization are the Amish. Is that what we should be doing, forming religious communities that are increasingly isolated from the rest of humanity? Unable to contribute meaningfully to the discourse, but still subject to the externalities of the dominant paradigm?

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bluefirebrand 3 hours ago | parent [-]

As if the only possible two options to how society can operate are "Amish" or "Hyper-extracting wealth from labour"

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saulpw 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Throwing shoes into the mechanism doesn't seem to have done anything but coin a new word. But I'm all ears! What other options do you see that could work at a larger-than-village scale?

	▲	bluefirebrand an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Call me crazy but the tone of your writing doesn't inspire me with much confidence that you're actually even remotely receptive. I think you just want to argue I'm not into it. Go ask Claude instead. It has more patience for this sort of ignorant attitude than I do.