StellarExtract

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[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Opposite, no question. I don't hate being AMAB, and there are parts I like, but a lot of aspects of it are really boring to me. Lack of clothing options/self-expression being a big one. It's frankly always felt like a box I've been forced into even though parts of it fit well. That said, I'd probably feel the same if I were AFAB, just about different aspects. I don't want to transition in my current life, but I'd definitely switch in a new life.

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Assuming it ever comes out. I'm WAITING...

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Project management, ironically right when I'm finishing one

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I went into the office for mandatory training, caught a virus from someone, and watched the leap day episode of 30 Rock

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

👈🐵👉

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I see, thanks. That's something I'll have to look into further, because it seems to me that it's really a prerequisite for a functioning society. I appreciate you going over all of that!

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

So the specifics of how a community would allocate resources without there being a state is considered more of an open question, then?

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Interesting, thanks. I guess a major element in how feasible that would be is in the administrative structure a community would use in deciding who gets what materials. Obviously if it's a representative democracy, there's huge incentive for corruption of the representatives if they have absolute control of who gets what. Wouldn't this be considered a state, though? I guess statelessness is another aspect that doesn't make much sense to me.

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Thanks, I guess it's the "get whatever they want" part that doesn't make much sense to me. What if what I want is astronomical, and I want to get it by doing as little work as possible? Who says whether I can or can't have it?

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (9 children)

This is an aspect I'm genuinely curious about (as someone who is relatively uneducated on this subject) because my answer would be that yes, there will definitely be people who want to regress. There have always been individuals who are willing to sacrifice absolutely anything to obtain more material wealth or power. They're a minority, but their existence has to be assumed and accounted for. For all of capitalism's failings, one of its strengths is that it does give these people a path to follow that produces (some) benefit to society. How does a fully-implemented communist society deal with these individuals without them subverting and corrupting the system?

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

"you're a no good killer!"

[–] StellarExtract@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

me (mostly)

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