• Thevenin@beehaw.org
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    15 days ago

    Accelerationists have never been right, their argument is self-defeating.

    The heart of the accelerationist argument is equating red and blue, claiming the blues’ inability to completely undo the damage of the reds is intentional and makes them no better – that the purpose of a system is what it does.

    But by that logic, the purpose of accelerationism is to enable fascist ascent, and that makes them indistinguishable from fascists.

    • knightly the Sneptaur
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      15 days ago

      If the purpose of a thing is what it does, then accelerationism isn’t for anything. Recognizing that things will inevitably get worse before they can get better accomplishes nothing.