Jun 7, 2020, 16:22 by punks@tfwno.gf: On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 06:35:40 +0200 (CEST) recondite@tuta.io wrote: For example, most of us don’t need to trust a farmer to deliver food that isn’t poisoned because in the US we have the FDA if you believe that sort of bullshit I have a nice shinny bridge to sell you. >I don’t think this is a bad evolution in society, to the contrary, I think it’s a net benefit for all involved. then you don't know what you're talking about. >Therefore, the declining amount of social capital needed in our society for it to function is good for our economic production no, it's only good for the ruling class. “Working from Home Post-Coronavirus Will Give Bosses Greater Control of Workers’ Lives” that's right and that's what the Fascist Flu Farce is all about. last but not least, jargon like 'atomization' and 'social capital' is not useful. I suggest you frame it in the actual terms of political control and government crime. I know people bitch about your critique but I was hoping to get your opinion, although I don't get the bridge reference, you'll have to baby step me to the shiny bridge theorem. I don't know much about the FDA other than their "official goals" which is a shame, I'll be rewriting that. Adding a subheading about the political control and government crime aspect is now on my list but it's a sociology piece overall and my personal area of focus is on the psychological, that's why I don't think it should be framed in a complete political/governmental focus. The jargon I can defend as well. I think we should all practice being as specific as possible in the language we use. Now, I define how I'm using the terms before I get into the substance of the article, which almost declassify the jargon for my readers/listeners. If we made it common practice in conversation and discourse to step back and make sure the terms we're using have the same meaning then everyone could avoid a whole shitload of frustration. I watch it play out all the time socially, I can't tell you how many times I've stopped a group conversation where two friends were using the same words in different contexts and fighting over a concept built off of the two separate definitions. Neither noticed and once they were on the same page the controversy completely ends 9/10 times. My neo-lib-leisure-class ex was the 1/10 10/10 times so maybe some are lost b/c she was moderate on the neo-lib-leisure-class scale; that would be the group to de-jargonize for and get as foundational and governmental/political with since that's the language they speak but not my cup of tea.