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W🔁rk T🔁gether☑<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://qoto.org/@freemo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freemo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://zirk.us/@messaroundmarx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>messaroundmarx</span></a></span> There are 2 quotes here.<br>I assume it's the 2nd quote mostly about authoritarianism that is mostly the focus... </p><p>...which, if so, would you consider authority or authoritarianism as an uncaring (or almost financially-only caring) Bank and State Authority as the kind of dictator(s) or de-facto equivalent (i.e. without you totally using Bank or State then you are a mere nothing deliberately made increasingly conditional, whether they declare themselves as this or that political label. </p><p>Those two (or just for the purposes of this reply) are sole rulers and sources of life (or monopoly of it) and soon imprisoning people for non-conforming reasons (more examples of kangeroo <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/juries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juries</span></a> asked to <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ignore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignore</span></a> evidence / terrorism chargers used on Twitter / Mastodon style social people silences and in jail / mothers arrested fpr speaking etc)... </p><p>So theoretically or de-facto would you agree Modern <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> (or just today's type of actions and non-action of Banks 🏦 and State 👮 (whatever we call their actions as) is requiring these two authorities and not just the softer or neutral types of Capitalism.</p><p>The increasing <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ultimatum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultimatum</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/conditional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conditional</span></a> demanding <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/conforming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conforming</span></a> to (or take it or leave life if you want) makes increasingly everything <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> or incompatible by default and today's kind of Capitalism is more <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/punishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punishment</span></a> orientated...</p><p>Capitalism here as a constantly changing or added <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/restriction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restriction</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/redefinition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redefinition</span></a> which is why we can not just focus on <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/labels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labels</span></a> like Authoritarianism but the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/behaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>behaviour</span></a> and track <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/record" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>record</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>, as well as what they <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> (<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>), how they have things failed constantly in echange for profit / power etc etc, that contribute to similar things... </p><p>As part of constant systematic pattern (whatever we call that) and even considering people being <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ignorant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorant</span></a> also (yes), but definitely no change to that model of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> as usual. Namely <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a>, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/territorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>territorial</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/aggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aggression</span></a> etc.</p><p>And on the other side more positive to humans, today it's hardly about <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> between <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> and people, giving power to people, talking about well-being of humans, which I'd include as part of what makes it "Authoritarian style" behaviour also when it's without those components and considerations... would you agree?</p><p>Happy New Year by the way :)</p>