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Thinking with the little head is a big problem.

…which has been the case for centuries and ain't slowin' down just yet. It'd be nice if it did

I'm going to say this again, Again bsky.app/profile/frog...

When the sex cult has more money than most countries combined... it's time to take away the keys to the sex dungeon

I thought Peter Thiel lead the cult and I'm pretty sure most people aren't gay so how does that whole thing work? Does he just watch from high above / from behind double sided mirrors or what

But also, decades of eroding norms around work/life balance, especially in the highest powered industries and government, means this sex party environment is only a degree worse than those areas of life are, but not a difference in kind.

There's some overlap!

Just pointing out, if I didn't want people to treat their work as their lifestyle and central purpose of their life, I would simply pass labor laws that give people a lot more rights in the workplace and to job security.

I am surprised that, as luridly obsessed with policing other people's personal lives as Republicans are, their conspiracy-obsessed base aren't going berserk over this. I get why the leadership isn't: it's the same reason they steer attention away from the Epstein files.

And the conviction you have to save the world from destruction and have to commit everything to that goal, every mean necessary is permitted. A perfect cover for misconduct, if you talk, you a threat that could cause the world to end (eventually)

And this isn't just a belief system that the people with power happen to espouse, it's the entire foundation of the industry in which the victims are trying to build a career.

Exactly this- because once it becomes coercive, it's by nature no longer consensual. Since sex, in our culture, is so taboo, we often aren't taught how to navigate sexual situations. That makes it easier to keep a culture of shame and silence around it, and use it to control and exploit people.

Yeah, exactly. It’s an extension of that bro dude business mentality, where they have client meetings at strip clubs. “You don’t mind, right? You’re cool, aren’t you?”

Legalization doesn't mean decriminalization.

so…capitalism

That standup video in the article mentioned Boston as a hub for this stuff - any connection to the Somerville polycule stories from a month ago?

This is why it's crucial that everyone in the polycule be at most marginally employed

I’m thinking that the quote is anonymous because it’s ubiquitous and a universal truth.