something that breaks my heart in Raising Steam is
Vetinari beginning to show signs of struggling with the daily crosswords, after in previous books running his eyes over the puzzles for a few seconds before rattling off the full solution and having Drumknott time him.
i can’t help but feel that Terry was channeling a bit of the autobiographical in those vignettes, raging at his own …I’m sorry, I can’t go on
Why do we say that capitalism must be “dismantled”?
You’ll hear phrases like “Smash the state!” “Eat the rich!” and “Smash capitalism!”
And, yes, of course, but… :)
However relevant those sayings are, our work must be careful, highly organized and above all planned.
Because capitalism and all of its associated systems are not discrete, abstracted entities we can attack independently.
It is a structure, like a complicated machine with many thousands of working parts…
And right now it is connected to absolutely everything.
If we do this… [picks up huge hammer and smashes the machine]
Then a lot of vulnerable people will die.
The machine was built and improved and redesigned and patched over the course of generations. It is very good at its intended purpose, which is ultimately to generate profit.
Every human being alive today relies on the byproducts of the machine to survive, without exception.
The machine’s engineers want it to keep working like it does. In fact, they want to optimise it.
That will kill all remaining life on Earth.
So, we must destroy the machine, quickly and carefully
We must examine its deadly programs and mechanics and replace them with alternatives we built together.
The engineers don’t want us tampering with the machine.
However, we make it run…
So we can make it STOP. Together.
How will YOU help us to safely dismantle the machine?
If you love ads, then this post is not for you. If you love Tumblr but hate ads and want the one to continue without having to endure the other, then this post is literally for you. Hello, you.
As of today, you can set up ad-free browsing on your personal desktop computer, from anywhere in the world, and then enjoy the same effervescent Tumblr you know and love (yes, including mobile) without the interruption of ads. Scroll away.
Some caveats:
It’s $4.99 for a month of pure, unadulterated nonsense.
If you like a discount, you can get 33% off (that’s four months for free) at $39.99 for a whole year. Imagine.
This is opt-in. You don’t have to do this. We won’t make you.
How do you opt in?
Easy! Just go to your Account Settings on desktop and hit “Go Ad-Free.” From there, you can choose to pay monthly or yearly:
And that’s it! You’ll be able to enjoy your favorite blogs and posts without any pesky ads getting in the way.
That’s all for now, Tumblr. Back to your blorbos.
I’m actually reblogging this original version bc there’s a lot of reblogs with various ‘takes’ on this and my sole contribution is: I like tumblr. I do and do actually want to help it survive, and this whole thing will add up to 60 bucks at the end of the year (40 if you take the offer) and that’s a year full of goofs and shitposts that I can’t actually live without.
I’ve had 10 years or thereabouts of quality dumblr for free I’m absolutely willing to give this hellsite a pat on the head for that
Genuinely love how whenever someone gets bullied off this website someone crawls into their leftover shell to puppet the corpse like a cat playing with a dead bird
Hello David. You claim to be unwilling to date any girl who uses pronouns. Before you is a middle school English grammar test. You must get full marks, or I will pronouns you dead. You have thirty minutes.
ALT
