Bent
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Bent
@bentbos.bsky.social
PhD candidate at VU Amsterdam:
Legal Imaginaries of Climate Neutrality
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So this is a gamble, it might not work, but to think of this as just ‘economic illiteracy’ or stupidity or whatever misses the point about the nature of capitalism, how it functions, and social relations, institutions and conflicts of which it is composed.
April 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Had a dream I was teaching Descartes' dream argument and went out of my way to tell the students, "Look, I know it's kooky, of course none of us really doubts we're awake right now and couldn't believe this is a dream if we tried, but the point is that it's logically possible, so just play along..."
March 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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there's an ongoing project of conflating Being a Man with being an asshole, and i tend to think it's a mistake
February 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Of the many lengths which people will go to in an attempt to advocate against migration, the "breed for Britain" one is one of the most insidious in my opinion. It is the absolute pinnacle of removing choice, from women, from people moving etc. It embeds the idea of people as a disposable resource.
January 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM