pleasure activism
doom won't save us: we can't build a better world on nihilism. spite alone can get you far, but it will never make you happy .
maia arson crimew • anarchism starts in the now: hope for a better future
people seem to be surprisingly bad at using their freedom to feel good, and especially at using it to feel deeply good.
Ribbon Farm • Deep Laziness
Limits cannot hold when it comes to pleasure. What is too much one day is not enough on another. What is too much for one person is just enough for another. And so on. This trouble with pleasure can be lived with. What seemingly can’t is the feeling that the basic laws that shore up our society are only just functioning; every day we face new evide
... See moreNew York Times • I Don’t Need to Be a ‘Good Person.’ Neither Do You.
pleasure is hard-won, small, ephemeral; singular to each person
New York Times • I Don’t Need to Be a ‘Good Person.’ Neither Do You.
Once you consider that pain or suffering is the foundation of our system of work, even our economy, it’s hard to unsee it as we use so many terms and phrases to mask this pain foundation and its historical origin:
Pleasure Activism
The organizing principle of the modern world is pain. To build a world that is truly sustainable and just, pleasure needs to replace pain and become the new organizing principle of our future .
Pleasure Activism
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