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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:10:43 JST Aral Balkan

   The kids aren’t depressed because of iPhones; they’re depressed because you told them they live in a democracy and then mired them in late-stage capitalism.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:11:41 JST Aral Balkan

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     And why yes, late-stage capitalism is a euphemism for extinction-stage capitalism, thank you for asking.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:13:36 JST Aral Balkan

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     You can either have rule by the people (democracy) or rule by the capital-owning class (capitalism), but not both.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:18:34 JST Aral Balkan

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     • The Banished Dragon Alephwyr

     @Alephwyr You and me both :)

     #anarchism

   • The Banished Dragon Alephwyr (alephwyr@chitter.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 17:18:35 JST The Banished Dragon Alephwyr

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     @aral I don't want either. I don't want to be ruled.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:23:25 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Gdac

     @Gdac 💯

   • Gdac (gdac@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 05:23:26 JST Gdac

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     @aral social media has made us closer to each other and all of the world’s joys and ills are in focus. There’s no masquerading the American Dream anymore, or any other greed based fantasy. The kids have looked behind the curtain and are tearing it down. I don’t think it’s reality that bums them out. It’s the continued pretense that the system is not broken. Climate, fascism, poverty, genocide…it’s not new. But seeing the grownups knowingly participate? That’s the depressing part.