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1. D Dino (garbados@toot.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Sep-2018 15:31:26 EDT D Dino

   sometimes i'll read articles that take multiple paragraphs to explore something marx said and after slogging through it i'm just like "oh you mean like how it feels to be a service worker. ok, thanks"

   1. D Dino (garbados@toot.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Sep-2018 15:32:39 EDT D Dino

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      sometimes i feel like relying on dead academics for discursive pretext just makes your shit inaccessible

      1. D Dino (garbados@toot.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Sep-2018 15:35:06 EDT D Dino

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         > [five paragraphs about "alienated labor"]
         < oh so like
         < how it feels to do meaningless busywork at the behest of people who don't care whether you live or die so you can eat
         < yeah that needed five paragraphs to explain

   2. ⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️ (pnathan@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Sep-2018 15:57:50 EDT ⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️

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      @garbados this is my big feel regarding the literal pounds of writers on the liberal and left traditions.

      I got stuff to do, man. Work to work and kid to parent. I read crazy fast but - give me a break. Some distillation and summary work is needed here to break out of the academy circles - or academy minded workers.

      It feels very gatekeepers to me. You must have this must free time and this reading speed to have valid left ideas!