Today I walked past a bike shop. Above the half-door at the back of the building were these huge metal spikes that ran all the way to the top, sharp enough to impale people.
They looked like this, roughly speaking:
And when I consciously noticed them, I thought to myself: all to protect what, exactly?
Some ugly piece of shit inventory that has no inherent value, is most likely insured anyway, and could be replaced tomorrow, even if it is stolen?
Later on, I passed an unmanned farm stand that had cartons of eggs sitting out. A sign in the centre said: "€3 per carton" with a small box next to the eggs for cash.
It looked somewhat similar to this:
I could have just taken them without paying, free of consequences, but I didn't. I put the money in the box, took the eggs, and left.
I never seriously considered taking them for free, even though I could have hoarded 3 boxes of eggs free of charge. No cameras, no threats, just trust.
One system is based on cooperation and treats you naturally, whereas the other treats you like cattle to be managed and deterred. Once you see it, you see it everywhere (spikes, barbed wire, electric fencing, cameras, warning signs, legal threats, etc.)
It's hardly surprising, though still insane, how we've normalised a world where protecting some abstract material property justifies creating potential life-cancelling contraptions.
If someone lived their actual personal life the way spaces are designed in this current age of materialism, with constant suspicion, preemptive hostility, and physical threats as the default position, everyone would recognise that they are dealing with a paranoid and mentally ill person, but somehow, it's normalised in our environment.
The whole architecture is basically designed like this: "everyone is a threat until proven otherwise, and even then, we're still watching you, so don't even think of doing anything outside of what we tell you that is considered normal" shit honestly pisses me off
It's the behavioural equivalent of walking through life with a knife in your hand 24/7, assuming everyone you meet is about to attack you.
If you ever had doubts about whether we live in a form of captivity, look at how much threat is required to keep everything in place.
@kimothy @</3 @Shkypot @Newday @emeraldpill
They looked like this, roughly speaking:
And when I consciously noticed them, I thought to myself: all to protect what, exactly?
Some ugly piece of shit inventory that has no inherent value, is most likely insured anyway, and could be replaced tomorrow, even if it is stolen?
Later on, I passed an unmanned farm stand that had cartons of eggs sitting out. A sign in the centre said: "€3 per carton" with a small box next to the eggs for cash.
It looked somewhat similar to this:
I could have just taken them without paying, free of consequences, but I didn't. I put the money in the box, took the eggs, and left.
I never seriously considered taking them for free, even though I could have hoarded 3 boxes of eggs free of charge. No cameras, no threats, just trust.
One system is based on cooperation and treats you naturally, whereas the other treats you like cattle to be managed and deterred. Once you see it, you see it everywhere (spikes, barbed wire, electric fencing, cameras, warning signs, legal threats, etc.)
It's hardly surprising, though still insane, how we've normalised a world where protecting some abstract material property justifies creating potential life-cancelling contraptions.
If someone lived their actual personal life the way spaces are designed in this current age of materialism, with constant suspicion, preemptive hostility, and physical threats as the default position, everyone would recognise that they are dealing with a paranoid and mentally ill person, but somehow, it's normalised in our environment.
The whole architecture is basically designed like this: "everyone is a threat until proven otherwise, and even then, we're still watching you, so don't even think of doing anything outside of what we tell you that is considered normal" shit honestly pisses me off
It's the behavioural equivalent of walking through life with a knife in your hand 24/7, assuming everyone you meet is about to attack you.
If you ever had doubts about whether we live in a form of captivity, look at how much threat is required to keep everything in place.
@kimothy @</3 @Shkypot @Newday @emeraldpill
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