• papalonian@lemmy.world
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    Not at all, just like we don’t recognize or care for the hundreds of ants and anthills we destroy in every step. It doesn’t have to care about you to squish you

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      I want to learn your secret walking techniques capable of destroying entire anthills with every step.

      • spujb@lemmy.cafeOP
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        there’s a metaphor here for social structures performing violence at a distance and that abstraction leading to perceived safety of the individual within that framework leading to complacency but im tired