I actually had to make an alt to say this. A lot of these takes are outright worrying.

Having to abstain from pleasure to a degree that is considered odd by everyone around you is very frustrating. Being human sucks.

Spoke way too soon.

Literally true. Rationalists are some of the most ideologically inconsistent people on the planet.

This is kind of true, but I think bans can be “decolonized” by removing the morality of them. If it’s just treated as a stern notification to log off instead of a judgement of character, it becomes much less ableist and painful to experience.

Were you implying that the bourgeoisie tend to come from the families of those that originally abstained from pleasure? Because that could at least explain why Jeff Bezos sits on a massive pile of gold when using it to equalize humanity would probably make him happier.

This is why I made my comment.

Well, materially this still results in communists having to overcome their addictions to organize. Maybe. I don’t know, theory is confusing.

Finally a good bit account.

I think they meant from an drug/substance abuse perspective and not “everything is an addiction” perspective. I’m unsure if we’re going to be able to get people to give up fiction books entirely, for instance.

“We are not here to tell them what they want- We are here to tell them how to get it.”