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Have you thought to wonder how 🇨🇦's #HousingCrisis relates to the transition from #feudalism to #capitalism, through the lens of #feminism? I did, so I asked ChatGPT to help, with focus on Silvia Federici's writings in her book, Caliban and the Witch. 1/11
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Canada's housing crisis today can be understood through the lens of the historical process of capitalist accumulation discussed in the book, Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici. 2/11
The book argues that the transition from feudalism to capitalism was not a natural or inevitable process, but rather a violent and coercive one that involved the dispossession of land, resources, and knowledge from common people, particularly women. 3/11
It's quite something to watch a nation that didn't emerge until a century after it ended reinvent #feudalism...
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...presented as a great leap forward by a former #HedgeFund manager, no less!
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...presented as a great leap forward by a former #HedgeFund manager, no less!
Herded towards the cliff by the #BigFour (dodgy) Accountants of the #Apocalypse...
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(Who'da thunk that #externalities aren't so 'external' in a finite #ecosystem?)
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(Who'da thunk that #externalities aren't so 'external' in a finite #ecosystem?)
Those who still read books get it, of course:
1/10War on virus is about cognitive dissonance. Those of us who stood by silent as minority communities were gentrified through the war on drugs, or profited by it, do not imagine being the targets of an epic urban renewal through lockdown measures and vaccine mandates.
2/10War on virus is about destabilization. The bulk of wage workers as well as business owners who cater to the establishment must collide with those who have realized that their livelihoods are being destroyed or their businesses are being swallowed by large corporate entities.
3/10Communities are divided. Family members are divided over fear and uncertainty. We are being primed for further colonization of humanity and nature.
It's literally something everyone was memed into accepting in the 1800s.
Prior to that leadership was based on personal relationships and trust.
"We're bad at #leadership but let us be leaders too!" Is responsible for a huge chunk of modern problems.
Prior to that leadership was based on personal relationships and trust.
"We're bad at #leadership but let us be leaders too!" Is responsible for a huge chunk of modern problems.
Some ahistorical dumbass is going to read this and say "well what about kings?"
You didn't pledge loyalty directly to the king (unless you were important, like nobility.) You pledged to your local Baron; he pledged to the king or to a Duke, who then pledged to the king.
You didn't pledge loyalty directly to the king (unless you were important, like nobility.) You pledged to your local Baron; he pledged to the king or to a Duke, who then pledged to the king.
"By the Lord before whom this sanctuary is holy, I will to (lord) be true and faithful, loving that which he loves and shunning that which he shuns, according to the laws of God and the order of the world."
Note: oaths of fealty could not be used to make you commit atrocities.
Note: oaths of fealty could not be used to make you commit atrocities.
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#Thread on the Council of Ministers of Chhatrapatī Śivājī Mahārāj - The Aṣṭapradhāna Maṇḍaḻa
The Aṣṭapradhāna Maṇḍaḻa was the 'Cabinet of Eight Ministers' of Hindavī Swarājya
#Hindutva #AdministrativeHistory #chhatrapatishivajimaharaj
#Thread on the Council of Ministers of Chhatrapatī Śivājī Mahārāj - The Aṣṭapradhāna Maṇḍaḻa
The Aṣṭapradhāna Maṇḍaḻa was the 'Cabinet of Eight Ministers' of Hindavī Swarājya
#Hindutva #AdministrativeHistory #chhatrapatishivajimaharaj
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Chhatrapatī Śivājī Mahārāj sought to modernise & formalise the governance of the Hindavī Swarājya.
Feudalism was rampant, which was reined in with the wise *separation of the revenue-collection, & military roles* of the administration.
#Feudalism
Chhatrapatī Śivājī Mahārāj sought to modernise & formalise the governance of the Hindavī Swarājya.
Feudalism was rampant, which was reined in with the wise *separation of the revenue-collection, & military roles* of the administration.
#Feudalism
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The Aṣṭapradhāna Maṇḍaḻa was formalised at the time of coronation, although, there exist instances where Chhatrapatī Śivājī used to consult several such ministers on earlier important occasions as well.
#Coronation
The Aṣṭapradhāna Maṇḍaḻa was formalised at the time of coronation, although, there exist instances where Chhatrapatī Śivājī used to consult several such ministers on earlier important occasions as well.
#Coronation
If you visit Amazon's Prime Video homepage, you'll see that the title of that page is "Rent or Buy: Prime Video." There's a plain-language meaning of "buy" that most of us understand, but Amazon says we're wrong.
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Amanda Caudel is a Prime user who brought suit against Amazon for embedding a gotcha clause in its sprawling terms of service that allows it to revoke the videos you "buy" from it, calling the practice deceptive.
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Amazon's motion to dismiss is telling: they say that you're not buying a video, you're buying a license for "on-demand viewing over an indefinite period of time." That is, a pig in a poke.
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 10/28/2020 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/?p=6736
Robots help to answer age-old question of why fish school
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#robots #school #fish
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#robots #school #fish
A few words of Amazon & their CEO "donating" to climate change. Let's be clear on this, when Amazon don't pay tax they are defunding the state, defunding society. Society is in fact subsidizing them. So when they "donate" money to a cause it is in part out money. #FBPE
And it is our money that is being directed by a CEO of a big US corporation. Why is this significant? Because in a functioning democracy we as a society decide how our tax money is directed by electing governments that decide on spending. 2/
So normally.. society decides through the democratic process how it cares for and supports society, for example, providing welfare, supporting culture, sport, building roads etc. However we are moving to a malfunctioning democracy whereby business decides. 3/
