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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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That's a legit societal theory called "accelerationism". Make everything so awful that people will realize what's happening and instigate massive backlash.
Except... the first time this was tried, in the 30's, we got WWII instead of solutions. So maybe not that great of an idea after all.
There's also the social cycle theory. Things always change.
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This was first proposed in "The Republic" by Plato writing down Socrates' arguments.
I feel like the arrows are backwards
It feels that way, but that is correct. Here's an article that helps to understand a little better. Usually there's a buffer between Democracy and Monarchy/Tyranny. In the case with Trump, went straight from democracy to Tyranny because they elected a monarch who was also a tyrant.
https://www.history.com/articles/what-are-platos-5-forms-of-government
I thought this when I first looked at it as well, perhaps it is because we are both under the delusion that we are currently in a democracy.
It's not a theory. It's a religion; sociopolitical homeopathy. Theories require supporting data and accelerationism has none. It just has people willing to sacrifice the vulnerable on the altar of fascism in the belief that magic will happen causing class consciousness, resulting in utopia, despite all evidence showing that it's more likely to result in dark ages.
"Nah bro, we just need to let the fascists exterminate one more vulnerable group and the workers will rise up and form my version of a leftist utopia, just one more group, I promise, you just gotta read more theory if you don't believe me"
I've blocked more people on here for their accelerationist bullshit than for anything else. At least the fascists will tell me to my face that they want to see me dead.