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What do you love to do most—so much so that you'd gladly give away the results, if only you could spend your life doing it?

What if other people, by doing what they love, could enable you to do what you want to do?

That's the dream at the heart of the gift economy. 💝🏴

You can read more about it in our text revisiting the difference between mutual aid and charity:

https://crimethinc.com/RevolutionaryMutualAid
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TIL about Dudeism. A modern form of Taoism, stripped of its metaphysical and medical doctrines, that emerged from the cult classic The Big Lebowski. It advocates for “going with the flow”, “being cool headed”, & “taking it easy” in the face of life’s difficulties. [source, comments]
Die Phobokratie der Rechten:
Was steckt dahinter? Eine wichtige Frage, die aber gefährlich verkürzte Antworten zeitigen kann, sagt Donatella Di Cesare. Die Philosophin erklärt, wie der Glaube an Komplotte mit politischen Ohnmachtsgefühlen zusammenhängt und warum sie sich im postfaschistisch regierten Italien nicht mehr frei fühlt. https://www.woz.ch/!J72VKR2QFTVB
Forwarded from Radical Graffiti
"End the Capitalist Death Machine Before it Ends You!"

Seen in Vancouver, Canada
Forwarded from Ministry of good ideas
Good Idea: Become multilingual.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/17/how-learning-thinking-in-a-foreign-language-improves-decision-making

The "foreign language effect" is a phenomenon where switching from your native language to a second language can improve decision-making, moral reasoning, and memory. It reduces biases, making you more rational and open-minded. This switch also enhances personality traits like adaptability and tolerance for ambiguity. Using a second language can help you think more objectively and make better choices, offering unexpected cognitive benefits.
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TIL that it was popularly believed in ancient Rome that Emperor Nero would return from the dead to rule the Empire again as "Nero Redivivus", and this belief influenced early Christian depictions of the Antichrist [source, comments]