So, over the last week, Europeans discovered we are depending on US big techs (you know the ones behind trump) 🫢
So I saw some "EuroStack" stuff trying to see what we can build to reclaim sovereignty, I engaged in a kind of unformal non-academic epistemological work about economics, anthropology, climate science, business management, and a lot of other things.
The more I worked, the more I realised that's it's not just about tech, this is not just an engineering problem. It is a fundamental, systemic collapse.
So my paper is in two section:
- An anthropological essay on neoliberalism, examining how capitalists were cunning enough to throw us social scraps to keep the gears of their operating system functional, but how they failed to anticipate the planetary limits.
- A naive attempt to propose something for Europe.
I just realized how Open-Source is the best argument against neoliberalism.
To my friends in the United States: my heart is with you. Know that humanity has always emerged victorious against tyranny. Nobody is freestanding; we are all part of something greater.
Here are some partisan songs from my terroir, just so you can be an international fighter for peace:
Keep fighting on, comrades. ✊ 🟥
We have the same thing in Europe. Do you know my dad's reaction to my paper?
"You’re going crazy. You’re smart—use it to do business."
This mindset is deeply ingrained in us, and breaking free from it requires courage, determination, and willpower. I think the reasons for this are:
It's all about the long term. Humans are not, contrary to what modern economists want us to believe, "rational" beings, nor do they have true "intertemporal choice" awareness. These axioms that all modern economic theory is built upon is pure bullshit. Sure, you can create a mathematical model for anything to make it seem "serious" and "true," but if the fundamental axioms it rests on are practically false, then the entire framework is a lie.
I don't know how old you are, but the more we are to have this epiphany, there is hope. All we will need, is to come together and unify at some time. About your country, the more Trump makes US people starves, the more they will raise. Don't let him break you down. 💚
he's not making me break down; he's making me want to leave.
the problem is that i'm too american to be happy anywhere else now, but i'm already old enough to foresee that i can be happy elsewhere when i'm a little bit older.
i'm probably almost your father's age and i think he's right: this is making you crazy like it's making me crazy and almost everyone else on lemmy crazy as well. lol