“Administrative errors” is how states sanitize violence. The German Nazis called it paperwork too. When a bureaucracy brutalizes, kills, cages, or deports citizens and shrugs, that is not a mistake. It is the dictatorship of capital functioning exactly as designed. #BureaucraticViolence
January 31, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“Administrative errors” is how states sanitize violence. The German Nazis called it paperwork too. When a bureaucracy brutalizes, kills, cages, or deports citizens and shrugs, that is not a mistake. It is the dictatorship of capital functioning exactly as designed. #BureaucraticViolence
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#BiglyBrother
#AuthorizedNarrative #OfficialTruth #BureaucraticViolence
#SnarkyOrwell
#BiglyBrother
#AuthorizedNarrative #OfficialTruth #BureaucraticViolence
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 AM
This message has been approved for public consumption by the Ministry of Truth. Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental.
#SnarkyOrwell
#BiglyBrother
#AuthorizedNarrative #OfficialTruth #BureaucraticViolence
#SnarkyOrwell
#BiglyBrother
#AuthorizedNarrative #OfficialTruth #BureaucraticViolence
Easy to switch, perhaps, if you have a regular income, photo ID, & documentation relating to any changes you’ve made to your name.
Is there a UK no-frills accessible-to-all bank account that can be opened by anyone?
It can be hard to be ethical with constrained resources.
#BureaucraticViolence
Is there a UK no-frills accessible-to-all bank account that can be opened by anyone?
It can be hard to be ethical with constrained resources.
#BureaucraticViolence
"Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance"
A reminder that it's really easy to switch your personal current account. And that companies and organisations should really be thinking about who they bank with as part of their climate impact and social responsibility.
A reminder that it's really easy to switch your personal current account. And that companies and organisations should really be thinking about who they bank with as part of their climate impact and social responsibility.
August 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Easy to switch, perhaps, if you have a regular income, photo ID, & documentation relating to any changes you’ve made to your name.
Is there a UK no-frills accessible-to-all bank account that can be opened by anyone?
It can be hard to be ethical with constrained resources.
#BureaucraticViolence
Is there a UK no-frills accessible-to-all bank account that can be opened by anyone?
It can be hard to be ethical with constrained resources.
#BureaucraticViolence
Writing my 2nd last lecture for Bureaucracy & Violence, which is about resistance and I may or may not be incorporating watching this classic speech into the lecture (depressing how it is more timely than ever): www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY... #academia #bureaucracy #bureaucraticviolence #sociology
Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator
YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin
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March 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Writing my 2nd last lecture for Bureaucracy & Violence, which is about resistance and I may or may not be incorporating watching this classic speech into the lecture (depressing how it is more timely than ever): www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY... #academia #bureaucracy #bureaucraticviolence #sociology