Tyler Berbert
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Tyler Berbert
"a song needs to put a few new notes atop a standard chord progression in order to be a viable product; a bag of chips might need to justify its existence through a different coloured package or new caloric density. the maximally rewarded object within a capitalist system is a product distinct enough to be sold, but not so distinct that it veers aw... See more
“The day you learn that life isn’t fair because of a bad thing in your life is a big one. But the one when you realize that lots of the good things in your life are also because life isn’t fair is a bigger one. And I’d venture that a lot of people — most, in fact — never make it to the second day. And an awful lot of people spend their entire lives... See more
Who is to say who we are? All we can find out now is who we are not, to the degree that through struggle we gain the power to break our capitalist identification. It has always been the ruling class, or those who aspire to rule, who have presupposed a natural and eternal human personality: it was to eternalize their power over us. -Nicole Cox and S... See more
Oh shit. Sally Field kinda went off here. “The garment you knit for yourself as a child.” Might have to read her memoir now. https://t.co/3uDOVeV8mU
To be a gardener is to give a fuck. To be a gardener is to be invested in a place—to know it, to protect it, to be present to it. How can we protect and heal ourselves and our planet if we’re not willing to step into, and value, the role of the gardener?