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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 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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