Because the fall of capitalism is unlikely to be peaceful and attacking core infrastructure like the Internet is a tactic that either side may wish to use in an armed conflict. Not the best reason, maybe, but there it is.
This is so accurate. Like priests, business types possess a specialist knowledge that misrepresents an entirely made up complexity as arcane truth that the plebs could never understand.
Like priests, their real job is social control in service of the powerful. The early mesopotamian temples have some of the earliest examples of accounting because they were largely for craft production and resource storage and management.
And just like every delusional ceo, they claim responsibility for anything good that happens and blame others for anything bad.
Priests are just cthulhu cultists in modernity, preaching the end of the world so that you give up now and those in power stay in power. It's why a pious life does not lead to priesthood, only a college degree.
So few understand god that they don't even understand the sciences that formulate their beliefs. Of all creeds.
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grue@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 325d
Optimistic calling it "middle period" at this point.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 325d
Took the Roman empire ages to die after it was already dead.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 324d
They didn't have the internet. Or Jets.
It'll happen much faster here.
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 324d
It may even still be here if not for that rat fuck Ricimer.
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 325d
It's also awfully optimistic to imply that we're all still going to have internet access afterwards.
giddy@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 324d
The internet will survive the fall of the United States
Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 324d
The meme isn't about the fall of the USA. It's about the fall of capitalism.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 323d
Ummmm.... did you read it? United States. iirc thats the US in USA.
Dont get me wront capitalism and other problems are bigger than america and what not. But this meme is specifically about the USA and cocaine.
Edit: IN not IS
Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 323d
It says "priestly caste called businessmen". Ergo, for that to be a thing of the past, there need to be no more businessmen, not no more USA.
kadu@scribe.disroot.org · 2 pts · 323d
Why wouldn't the internet survive the fall of capitalism? It started in universities wanting to share information faster, not for profit.
Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 322d
Because the fall of capitalism is unlikely to be peaceful and attacking core infrastructure like the Internet is a tactic that either side may wish to use in an armed conflict. Not the best reason, maybe, but there it is.
Hegar@fedia.io · 25 pts · 325d
This is so accurate. Like priests, business types possess a specialist knowledge that misrepresents an entirely made up complexity as arcane truth that the plebs could never understand.
Like priests, their real job is social control in service of the powerful. The early mesopotamian temples have some of the earliest examples of accounting because they were largely for craft production and resource storage and management.
And just like every delusional ceo, they claim responsibility for anything good that happens and blame others for anything bad.
sunflowercowboy@feddit.org · 4 pts · 324d
Priests are just cthulhu cultists in modernity, preaching the end of the world so that you give up now and those in power stay in power. It's why a pious life does not lead to priesthood, only a college degree.
So few understand god that they don't even understand the sciences that formulate their beliefs. Of all creeds.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 323d
The priests I was thinking of take ayahuasca and communicate to spirits while in a fursuit.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 323d
Sounds like a chill weekend tbh
somethingsomethingidk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 324d
Saw this on here one day
https://peertube.mesnumeriques.fr/w/nofxZWvkjxAgL1F7bhUa6z
Hegar@fedia.io · 1 pts · 324d
That link gives me a 404 error
somethingsomethingidk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 324d
Weird... it is for me now too, but I watched it right after I posted that comment
Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social · 7 pts · 325d
Are we talking about the Spacing Guild?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 323d
The spice melange physically mutates you, so it's more likely to be meth or krokodil.
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 323d
Cruelty Squad lore be like
dechnically@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 324d
if you wanna hang out, you've got to take her out
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 4 pts · 325d