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A comment on The Seneca Effect: Why Growth Is Slow but Collapse Is Rapid [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:The Seneca Effect: Why Growth Is Slow but Collapse Is Rap... by CapstanRoller on Saturday January 06, 2024 @01:09AM (#38888914)
>I'm doing everything I can to speed the collapse of a broken system and I'm sure there are many more like me.

You and the people you care about will, of course, be totally unaffected and simply observe the suffering of Those Other People Who Don't Matter from a distance, then step out of your bunker into the newly rejuvenated world and begin enjoying life?

Wake up! YOU ARE ALSO INSIDE THIS MACHINE, ALONG WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND LOVE.

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Re:The Seneca Effect: Why Growth Is Slow but Collapse Is Rap... by namaria on Saturday January 06, 2024 @01:32AM (#38889020)
Accelerationists and preppers are merely engaging in self soothing behavior to mitigate their discomfort stemming from a lack of understanding and control over the world.
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Re:The Seneca Effect: Why Growth Is Slow but Collapse Is Rap... by CapstanRoller on Saturday January 06, 2024 @10:47AM (#38892363)
Some of them are sociopaths, and the accelerationist crowd especially is full of unabashed fascists.
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Re:The Seneca Effect: Why Growth Is Slow but Collapse Is Rap... by namaria on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:31AM (#38902008)
Fair enough, I was thinking about people reaching such positions under the impression that they are correct, not those appropriating a convenient narrative to serve their goals.
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