• Kanna [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    What sick country :amerikkka:

    How the hell does this not immediately radicalize anyone reading it?

    • primrosepathspeedrun [she/her,des/pair]
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      2 years ago

      horse blinders bolted into the skull, im pretty sure. it's called 'mindfulness'; cause and effect are not linked, nothing is real. only aesthetics matter, and look how positive this is! its so affirming and warm fuzzy about children being ground into dust by poverty and (soon, again) heavy machinery!

        • ElChango [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Just guessing here, but the new age bullshit craze of "mindfulness" is really more like "mindlessness" - meaning you have to purge all thoughts, ignore material conditions, and then you'll achieve nirvana or some shit. Bonus points if you use an app to help you achieve said nirvana, and double bonus points if you post your journey on IG

          • InternetLefty [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Mindfulness is not about purging your thoughts. It's about being mindful of all your perceptions, including your thoughts. I agree that there is nothing without ideology in this world but there's really no reason to disavow mindfulness in totality because it's used to dull the mental anguish of modern capitalism (although I agree that it can be used cynically to keep people from pursuing a change in the material conditions of their lives)

            • ElChango [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Oh I completely agree - that's the objective definition of the term. But that's not how it's being used in the recent trend. Like primrosepathspeedrun was saying, it's more about the aesthetics than anything

              • InternetLefty [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                I think that it's being sold as a service and that explains the current modern fascination. I reject out of hand though the demonization of mental self awareness aka mindfulness. I think it's unproductive

            • primrosepathspeedrun [she/her,des/pair]
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              2 years ago

              in practice, every time someone recommends it to me it's about not thinking about big stuff, just thinking about and occupying the present moment-always ahistorically, and generally without ambitions for the future, just think about now, right this moment.

              • InternetLefty [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                The two aren't mutually exclusive. You wouldn't let yourself have 5, 10 minutes in a day where you're not actively thinking about the class struggle? No one can doubt your revolutionary bona fides but it's important to be aware of the pattern if your thought and how it influences your emotion and behavior. Kudos to you if you've never had issues with anxiety/depression but as someone who suffers from/has suffered from both awareness of my patterns of thought has brought me a lot of peace. Mindfulness is a practical approach to mental self awareness, and it doesn't need to be more than that if that's not helpful for you.

                • primrosepathspeedrun [she/her,des/pair]
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                  2 years ago

                  looking away is not the solution. self awareness is fine? good and necessary, even? I find 'mindfulness' courses tend to discourage it.

                  if you really struggle with introspection, do some drugs.

                  • InternetLefty [he/him]
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                    2 years ago

                    Allowing yourself time to "look away" from your idealized perception of the world to better understand it's material basis in your own being is really constructive. You could even call it a practice of self-criticism. I understand the hesitancy to participate in commodified mindfulness services, etc, but I don't think we should be rejecting it out of hand

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            1 month ago

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          • PasswordRememberer [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            silence, fed. brand new account account posting about violence and inviting people into off-site chats.

            lol as if labor law is real. burn down a family dollar near you!

            https://hexbear.net/post/211236/comment/2675199

            honestly this is the reason i am now okay with political violence. why I just cannot give a shit about random lib lives anymore.

            https://hexbear.net/post/211236/comment/2674754

            so does anyone have an not-super-tracked resources on 3d printing guns?

            https://hexbear.net/post/211276/comment/2675528

            so i guess im in favor of burning down tim hortons now.

            https://hexbear.net/post/211293/comment/2675400

            gotta kill all the racists if you want your reconstruction to have sticking power.

            https://hexbear.net/post/211219/comment/2674682

            does this have groups/private threads, or are we going to matrix or signal or something?

            https://hexbear.net/post/211236/comment/2675473

            Death to America

        • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          corporate rags have been increasingly suggesting "mindfulness" as a cure for work/mayo/america-induced stress since around 2018

          "feeling tired out from COVID? mindfulness can help. here's how."

          • UlyssesT
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      • ShittyWallpaper [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        honestly this is the reason i am now okay with political violence. why I just cannot give a shit about random lib lives anymore.

        This account is less than 24 hours old and full of fed shit, but is also editing old comments, so I’m just copy-pasting :)

      • PasswordRememberer [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        silence, fed. brand new account account posting about violence and inviting people into off-site chats.

        lol as if labor law is real. burn down a family dollar near you!

        https://hexbear.net/post/211236/comment/2675199

        honestly this is the reason i am now okay with political violence. why I just cannot give a shit about random lib lives anymore.

        https://hexbear.net/post/211236/comment/2674754

        so does anyone have an not-super-tracked resources on 3d printing guns?

        https://hexbear.net/post/211276/comment/2675528

        so i guess im in favor of burning down tim hortons now.

        https://hexbear.net/post/211293/comment/2675400

        gotta kill all the racists if you want your reconstruction to have sticking power.

        https://hexbear.net/post/211219/comment/2674682

        does this have groups/private threads, or are we going to matrix or signal or something?

        https://hexbear.net/post/211236/comment/2675473

        Death to America