Post AcllRsHM5HFyKi3bqi by FreePietje@x0f.org
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 (DIR) Post #AcliNL4TJAsCJuB1DE by HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social
       2023-12-12T22:48:52Z
       
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       I don’t think most people realize, or could wrap their heads around, how profoundly *managed* people are under capitalist modernity.By cops who monitor for any infraction or create new ones on the spot, by bosses who time how long their employees take to defecate, by credit agencies and credit card companies and banks that track every purchase, by phone companies that know every movement. We are observed, surveilled, monitored, directed, corrected, and evaluated every moment of our lives by an array of authorities. Outside of some examples of chattel slavery and prison labor, there really is no historical comparison for living so thoroughly under the jurisdiction of others.
       
 (DIR) Post #AclkYjtlXbTIPkjVXk by FreePietje@x0f.org
       2023-12-13T14:15:43Z
       
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       @HeavenlyPossum The DDR with the Stasi was used as *the* example of a horrific society.A couple of years ago a former Stasi officer said that they could only dream of the infrastructure provided by modern-day surveillance capitalism.Even though it wasn't much of a surprise to me ("'1984' was imo meant as a warning, not as a blueprint ... for dummies"), it was still shocking to hear.I wonder if there were others who thought "holy shit", but I am/was not very hopeful :-/
       
 (DIR) Post #AcllRsHM5HFyKi3bqi by FreePietje@x0f.org
       2023-12-13T14:25:42Z
       
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       @HeavenlyPossum It's rather mind blowing that people in the West still think they live in a Free society.Sure, some don't have torture prisons, but isn't that too low a bar?