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GM! Looking at email alias services, let me know your recommendations please!
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GM nostr!!!! Reading a bit of Noam Chomsky this morning and couldn't help the urge to spread it around to this community. Bit of Consumerism goodness to remind you to fight the good fight! "In 1831 there was a big slave revolt in Jamaica—which was one of the things that led the British to decide to give up slavery in their colonies: after some slave revolts, they basically said, “It’s not paying anymore.” So within a couple years the British wanted to move from a slave economy to a so-called “free” economy, but they still wanted the basic structure to remain exactly the same—and if you take a look back at the parliamentary debates in England at the time, they were talking very consciously about all this. They were saying: look, we’ve got to keep it the way it is, the masters have to become the owners, the slaves have to become the happy workers—somehow we’ve got to work it all out. Well, there was a little problem in Jamaica: since there was a lot of open land there, when the British let the slaves go free they just wanted to move out onto the land and be perfectly happy, they didn’t want to work for the British sugar plantations anymore. So what everyone was asking in Parliament in London was, “How can we force them to keep working for us, even when they’re no longer enslaved into it?” Alright, two things were decided upon: 1. They would use state force to close off the open land and prevent people from going and surviving on their own. 2. They realized that since all these workers didn’t really want a lot of things—they just wanted to satisfy their basic needs, which they could easily do in that tropical climate—the British capitalists would have to start creating a whole set of wants for them, and make them start desiring things they didn’t then desire, so then the only way they’d be able to satisfy their new material desires would be by working for wages in the British sugar plantations. There was very conscious discussion of the need to create wants—and in fact, extensive efforts were then undertaken to do exactly what they do on T.V. today: to create wants, to make you want the latest pair of sneakers you don’t really need, so then people will be driven into a wage-labor society. And that pattern has been repeated over and over again through the whole entire history of capitalism. In fact, what the whole history of capitalism shows is that people have had to be driven into situations which are then claimed to be their nature. But if the history of capitalism shows anything, it shows it’s not their nature, that they’ve had to be forced into it, and that that effort has had to be maintained right until this day.
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GM! #asknostr Following the footsteps of @Filou looking to become the first-ever sailboat sale via #nostr ? Please share for visibility! 🙏 2005 Tayana 48 Designed and upgraded for serious world voyaging, this Tayana 48 has undergone a comprehensive refit with meticulous attention to durability, handling, and comfort. Every major system has been modernized to ensure reliability at sea and ease of life aboard. Fully equipped and ready for immediate departure, she offers a rare opportunity to step aboard a proven bluewater cruiser and set sail on your next adventure either through the Panama Canal and across the Pacific, or North to Jamaica, Cuba, etc! #Panama #CentralAmerica - Two Stateroom Layout - Two Full Bathrooms w/ Separate Walk-in Showers - Yanmar 4JH3-TE 75hp Turbo - 3101 hrs - Westerbeke 7.6kw (60hz) or 5.6kw (50hz) - 2463 hrs - Two Water Tanks = 249 Gallons - Diesel Tank = 150 Gallons 💰 Payment accepted in Bitcoin! Details below (English/Spanish), DM if interested for more details! ————— We are selling out lovely home for the past 6 years. We have been living aboard full-time while sailing all over the Caribbean Sea! We've been making every improvement imaginable over that time to ensure our comfort and safety at sea. We have her all ready to cross through the Panama Canal and then the Pacific Ocean, but now our plans have changed and we need to move on to land, so you have the opportunity to buy this turnkey boat ready for circumnavigation. We are in the process of offloading everything from inside, so right now I have exterior pictures only, but more will be coming to anyone intersted! I have a PDF pamphlet and video I put together, there is also a video of what the boat looked like before we got her to give you an idea of the interior (prior to the upgrades we've made). - Current= - Interior before we bought= When searching for comparable boats to get a price, the closest I could get is a 2004 Tayana 48 and some similar boats all selling around $330,000USD. If I can skip the Broker route then we can sell her for less and skip paying a commission and instead pass along the savings to you. ___________ Estamos vendiendo nuestro hermoso hogar de los últimos 6 años. Hemos vivido a bordo a tiempo completo mientras navegábamos por todo el mar Caribe. ¡Durante ese tiempo hemos hecho todas las mejoras imaginables para asegurar nuestra comodidad y seguridad en el mar! El barco ya está listo para cruzar el Canal de Panamá y después el Océano Pacífico, pero nuestros planes han cambiado y necesitamos mudarnos a tierra, así que tienes la oportunidad de comprar un velero totalmente equipado, listo para dar la vuelta al mundo. Estamos en el proceso de sacar todas nuestras cosas de adentro, por lo que ahora solo tengo fotos exteriores, pero más vendrán para los interesados. He preparado un video, y también hay uno de cómo se veía el barco antes de comprarlo, para que te hagas una idea del interior (antes de todas las mejoras que hicimos). Actual =
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