“There is a tension in capitalism's adaptability between the strong desire to do and be empathic and there for the other, and an exhaustion at just getting by and being at a basic level of existence. The lure of the cultivation of individuality as synonymous with liberty continues this exhaustive tension between self and other(s).”
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The Ahuman Manifesto: Activism for the End of the Anthropocene
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