• A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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      His MKULTRA handler gave it to him

      “Hey Big Ted how’s your brain feeling”

      “Good enough to mostly make sense” Industrial Society and its Future

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    I read his writing for the first time recently. It certainly sticks with you. He was certainly no dummy. I still take issue with some of his stances. Big of me, I know.

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    Fun fact: You wouldn’t be driving behind them or honking your horn if it wasn’t for the industrial revolution.

    The more you know…

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      You wouldn’t be driving […]

      God that’d have been nice. I rarely drive my car but even that’s too much for me. “Hi, yes I would love to sit still staring at another car’s bumper for long periods of time where not focusing entirely could kill myself and others. I LOVE being required by urban planning to do that and LOVE being required to spend tens of thousands on maintaining the luxury of it

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    Ironic that someone put this on vehicle powered by gasoline but I suppose that’s the crux of the issue; we can just ignore the consequences of our actions as long is doesn’t immediately effect us. In this case they’re part of the cohort of people that drive to work everyday and indirectly cause the deaths of hundreds of millions of poor people on the other side of the world that they inherently don’t give shit about. Mostly in Africa and India, who gives a fuck about them right?