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you’ve been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress). (ismatu.substack.com)

submitted 8 months ago by stabby_cicada to c/solarpunk

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The ruling class wants you to be literate enough to understand their written orders. And nothing more. True literacy is punk. True literacy is revolutionary.

If you look at this article and think "this is too long to read" you're part of the target audience. Make the time.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

and sometimes even more because I’m keeping my hands and feet busy and am therefore less distracted

This is so true! I can engage with works so deeply when I don't have to concentrate on concentrating, because I'm so occupied that I don't have more room to even be distracted in the first place. The only downside is I need to figure out a way to take notes while listening to audiobooks. Maybe some kind of wrist voice recorder? idk

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I typed out a thoughtful response to this, and then the server hiccuped and I lost it. When I was still in college, I used to get ideas when I was doing something, and I'd pause to record voice notes on my phone.

The problem is you then have to remember to listen to them later, and also I hate the sound of my voice!

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think I'd want some kind of voice-to-text thing, because while I don't have time to sit down to read a book I can totally make time to glance through short-hand notes. Especially for podcasts when they mention a book, would be nice to just "note to self - look up X by Y" y'know?

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Oh yes, that's a good point. I wonder if there's a FOSS app that does this? I'd actually download this because there are many times I'd like to revisit an idea later.