[Thread] Random excerpts from #KleeBenally 's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender

The Enemy of #MotherEarth

"From Mother Earth to our bodies, in a #capitalist system everything that can be reduced to a commodity will be. As long as it can be sold, bought, or otherwise exploited, nothing is sacred. So long as the lands (and by extension our bodies) are viewed this way we will have conflict, as #capitalism is the enemy of Mother Earth and all that we hold to be #sacred.

"In its base definition, capitalism is an economic and political system based on an unregulated or 'free' market, private property, competition, and limited government intervention. But the definition obscures the reality that capitalism is based upon extreme social #exploitation and dispossession, #EcologicalDestruction, #hyperindividualism and #materialism, and its history is rooted in #WhiteSupremacy, #cishetereopatriarchy, #genocide, and #slavery.

"To be anti-capitalist is not enough, anti-capitalist propositions rooted in #industrialism and #extractivism are just as invested in #ecocidal (therefore anti-Indigenous) economies. Killing the Earth is killing Indigenous existence, #Colonizers must religiously convince themselves and others that the world is already dead to justify their ongoing violence against the Earth and existence. In the face of global ecological ruin, some attempt to further convince themselves that killing the Earth just a little bit less is an appropriate response."

Pages 136-137

#IndigenousAnarchy #Ecosystem #DefendTheSacred #CorporateColonialism

6. Main-carer parents, arguably, should neither be powerless nor feel humiliated – as it's likely to be counterproductive to their wellbeing and performance.

7. Being unpaid leaves main-carer parents open to exploitation and manipulation, due to depending on the goodwill of others or society.

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#Oppression #Exploitation

About boundaries.

I’ve noticed a pattern about people who tell me I should have boundaries.

It’s that they usually mean (once it’s explained to me) I should have boundaries to keep out the needs and wishes of those less powerful than me or equal to me.

A thread. 🧵

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#Power #Hierarchy #Society #Capitalism #Exploitation #Oppression #Boundaries #Psychology

#Google tests delisting Danish Union of Journalists website - "the fact that a union’s website is hidden from its own members in Google searches only underlines the extent of Google’s power"

https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2024/12/16/union-website-deindexed-by-google-in-the-firms-latest-search-experiment/

#union #unions #media #MediaLiteracy #SEPM #IFRRO #disinformation #capitalism #exploitation #corruption #ClassWar

https://www.blast-info.fr/articles/2024/etats-unis-luigi-mangione-nouveau-heros-dune-amerique-revoltee-HDYJU3ISQiKpe0lFNOj15w

#luigimangione #brianthompson #brianthompsonshooting #obamacare #care #sante #economy #politics #usa #sante #politique #propagandeparlefait #misere #corruption #technofeudalism #Technofeodalisme #capitalism #resistance #strategy #strategie #extremedroite #amerique #etatsunis #faillite #exploitation #mafia #maladie #illness #wanted #violence #violencesociale #medicalbankruptcy #banqueroute #systemedesante #securitesociale #pcf #ambroisecroizat #communism #communisme

On Australian government's #union takeover: "This s*** is not that complicated, if there are allegations, they go to court, they don't go to parliament, they don't do trial by #media."

https://www.lismorecitynews.com.au/story/8842894/workers-protest-cfmeu-takeover-as-court-battle-starts/whats-on/

#Australia #unions #MediaLiteracy #CFMEU #ETU #Canberra #capitalism #exploitation #corruption #ClassWar

#SouthKorea: people flooded the streets and rushed to Parliament and broke through the blockade. This allowed the National Assembly to block the #MartialLaw 190 to 0

https://www.tuedglobal.org/bulletins/all-power-to-the-korean-labour-movement-and-general-strike

#solidarity #strike #strikes #union #unions #YookSukYeol #KCTU #KPTU #KMWU #impeachment #treason #GeneralStrike #capitalism #corruption #exploitation #ClassWar

Twelve signs you're exploiting someone... or trying to!

A thread about how to spot power struggles in personal relationships.

https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/113581417015412079

#Exploitation #Bullying #PowerDynamics

Doghouse: the dynamics of blame.

An article.

https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/dynamics-of-blame.html

#Heirarchy #Capitalism #Exploitation #Monopoly #Marginalized

This thread is meant as a resource for confused #autistic people, on social dynamics & power hierarchies.

In the posts below are links to various threads & articles I've compiled on this topic.

Sometimes it's only when you add a number of elements (each one unremarkable on its own), that you see a pattern.

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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autistic #Heirarchy #Society #Power #Capitalism #Education #Parenting #AuDHD #Exploitation

Bezos says he is ‘very optimistic’ about Trump’s plan to roll back regulations

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/05/jeff-bezos-trump-regulations-tech

I am sure he is - he will get even more leeway to feck the workers than he got from the Democrats (already digraceful by any meaure of a civilised society).

#Bezos #Amazon #Exploitation #onePerCent

The #US #Economy relies on many millions of #Americans being in #Debt and working for very low #Wages.

#USA #Economics #Poverty #Oligarchy #Exploitation.

https://medium.com/@colingajewski/americas-coolie-economy-feaf95b0303c

Venal #exploitation of the "misinformed"🤔

About 20% of #Americans regularly get their #news from #influencers on #socialmedia
"findings drawn fr a #survey of more than 10,000 #USadults.. Racial #minorities, #youngadults & adults with #lowerincome were more likely to get their news fr #newsinfluencers, according to e report.. #Media analysts have long been concerned abt how influencers - most of whom don't hv to abide by #editorial #standards - could fuel #misinformation"
https://apnews.com/article/influencers-election-trump-harris-news-eacd42bce73d6e11cbc760caf28c993a