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Reply to comment by subrosa in Fuck the metaverse by ziq

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AnarcheAmor wrote

The issue isn't that technology alienates people as much as humans have, throughout our history, used various societal advancements to alienate and leave behind "undesirables". The current state of technology is very much the product of the authoritarian-capitalist environment it was raised up in.

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moonlune wrote

is alienation really a bad thing thought?

Like, let your friendships be ephemeral and if they need to, burn your bridges. Leave the people who don't appeal to you anymore. And don't feel bad when people leave you.

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AnarcheAmor wrote

There's a difference between alienation and separation due to various circumstances. Alienation involves othering and a subsequent segregation. Take how technology, as opposed to being utilized as a means of improving the quality of life of everyone, is seen as a luxury item for those that can pay for it, making the absence of it a marker of being low class. Further, those who thrive without technology are often portrayed as being alien in some way, having qualities that "normal" people don't have to the point that people aren't capable of seeing themselves as having the ability to thrive without tech. This is intentional as tech became another way for higher powers to oppress people. So alienation is never good, it's oppression.

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