1) animals are subjected to cruelty in most situations 2) Most arable land is used to feed animals- it’s a massive waste on the earth, There are BILLIONs of animals in terrible conditions 3) most animals have a nervous system, feelings. They suffer. 4) The wouldn’t eat a dog defense 5) the sanctity inherent of […]
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Silicon Valley’s elite have always seen themselves as more than just businessmen. They are visionaries, architects of the future, the ones who will guide humanity into the next phase of evolution. They talk about AI, longevity, and the end of nation-states as if they are inevitable, as if the old world is already crumbling, and […]
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Western thought is a vast and sprawling apparatus built to contain the chaos that lurks beneath its surface. From Plato to Kant, from Hegel to the bureaucrats of modernity, it is a system obsessed with control—its function is not to understand the world but to manage it, to fence in the unthinkable, to regulate the […]
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By the end of the 20th century, something strange had happened. The dream of freedom had curdled into a demand for control. The idea that politics should serve the people gave way to the idea that the people must be shaped by the state. And in the decaying echo chambers of power, a new kind […]
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Once, people believed the world was governed by rational systems—by leaders and experts who understood how to shape the future. But as the chaos of modernity grows, a different story has taken hold: the idea that a secret elite, hidden from view, controls everything. It is comforting in its simplicity. It suggests that someone, somewhere, […]
Written by Whisper
This is not meant to be prescriptive or universal
Written by Whisper
1) Self Replicating 2) Self enclosed 3) Interact meaningfully with the environment Viruses are self replicating and interact meaningfully but they are not self enclosed Micelles are self enclosed and interact meaningfully with the environment (having hydrophobic tails) but they do not self replicate Meaningful is intentionally subjective. Any thoughts?
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Young progressives tend to support sex work and they use the term “SWERF”- Sex work exclusionary radical feminist to those who oppose it. I also want to support sex workers, but here are some other considerations Breaking free is an anti sex trafficking organization centered in the twin cities, minnesota instead of “prostitution is the […]