If we define capitalism rigorously (as Adam Smith, later economists, and modern theory do), then:
Capitalism requires:
Voluntary exchange
Legal personhood of participants
Property rights (including one’s own labor)
Prices formed by consent, not coercion
King was criticizing fake capitalists.
Capitalism requires:
Voluntary exchange
Legal personhood of participants
Property rights (including one’s own labor)
Prices formed by consent, not coercion
King was criticizing fake capitalists.
American Values and the Disinformation Campaign Against “Capitalism”
We speak of democracy as an ideal. Benjamin Franklin so astutely and enduringly admonished us that our system of self-rule would not self-maintain. It was an ideal, and it was up to us to continuously...
www.dailykos.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:38 AM
If we define capitalism rigorously (as Adam Smith, later economists, and modern theory do), then:
Capitalism requires:
Voluntary exchange
Legal personhood of participants
Property rights (including one’s own labor)
Prices formed by consent, not coercion
King was criticizing fake capitalists.
Capitalism requires:
Voluntary exchange
Legal personhood of participants
Property rights (including one’s own labor)
Prices formed by consent, not coercion
King was criticizing fake capitalists.
the cast/world denying his genuine personhood and identity, and oppressive reprogramming over the years, quickly spiraled into cynicism, hatred, and paradoxical complexes taking over his personality
Metal eventually/inevitably catches on to the patterns of Eggman’s insanity and obsession clouding —
Metal eventually/inevitably catches on to the patterns of Eggman’s insanity and obsession clouding —
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 AM
the cast/world denying his genuine personhood and identity, and oppressive reprogramming over the years, quickly spiraled into cynicism, hatred, and paradoxical complexes taking over his personality
Metal eventually/inevitably catches on to the patterns of Eggman’s insanity and obsession clouding —
Metal eventually/inevitably catches on to the patterns of Eggman’s insanity and obsession clouding —
Existential depression gets worse when:
• your worth is measured by productivity or usefulness
• care feels conditional or begrudging
• you are framed as a cost, burden, or problem to manage
• you are seen through diagnostic labels instead of personhood
• your worth is measured by productivity or usefulness
• care feels conditional or begrudging
• you are framed as a cost, burden, or problem to manage
• you are seen through diagnostic labels instead of personhood
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Existential depression gets worse when:
• your worth is measured by productivity or usefulness
• care feels conditional or begrudging
• you are framed as a cost, burden, or problem to manage
• you are seen through diagnostic labels instead of personhood
• your worth is measured by productivity or usefulness
• care feels conditional or begrudging
• you are framed as a cost, burden, or problem to manage
• you are seen through diagnostic labels instead of personhood
I believe that she exists and did what she's accused of, but the accusations, when aimed at ppl who are not her and arent really talking about her, sketch a shadowy manipulative villain with no solid personhood. since I have no connection to her, it feels like they're swinging at ghosts.
January 20, 2026 at 6:38 AM
I believe that she exists and did what she's accused of, but the accusations, when aimed at ppl who are not her and arent really talking about her, sketch a shadowy manipulative villain with no solid personhood. since I have no connection to her, it feels like they're swinging at ghosts.
1/19/26
All my life, I believed that “people” contine to exist, after their bodies die.
As my own death draws near enough to feel real;
I have come to
believe even more strongly
that our personhood
(not being physical)
can not “die”.
So, why
WOULDN’T I
still be
watching over you?
🙏❤️
All my life, I believed that “people” contine to exist, after their bodies die.
As my own death draws near enough to feel real;
I have come to
believe even more strongly
that our personhood
(not being physical)
can not “die”.
So, why
WOULDN’T I
still be
watching over you?
🙏❤️
January 20, 2026 at 5:41 AM
1/19/26
All my life, I believed that “people” contine to exist, after their bodies die.
As my own death draws near enough to feel real;
I have come to
believe even more strongly
that our personhood
(not being physical)
can not “die”.
So, why
WOULDN’T I
still be
watching over you?
🙏❤️
All my life, I believed that “people” contine to exist, after their bodies die.
As my own death draws near enough to feel real;
I have come to
believe even more strongly
that our personhood
(not being physical)
can not “die”.
So, why
WOULDN’T I
still be
watching over you?
🙏❤️
Looking back… the supreme court should NOT have blurred the meaning of “personhood” to include corporations.
January 20, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Looking back… the supreme court should NOT have blurred the meaning of “personhood” to include corporations.
One of those days where I just need to have my memory and personhood wiped and overriden
January 20, 2026 at 5:32 AM
One of those days where I just need to have my memory and personhood wiped and overriden
Two things.
First, Janet got smarter and smarter until she gained actual personhood. ChatGP will never get there.
And second, she created Derek and Derek rules all.
First, Janet got smarter and smarter until she gained actual personhood. ChatGP will never get there.
And second, she created Derek and Derek rules all.
a man and a woman are standing next to each other in front of a trolley that says the good place
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other in front of a trolley that says the good place
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Two things.
First, Janet got smarter and smarter until she gained actual personhood. ChatGP will never get there.
And second, she created Derek and Derek rules all.
First, Janet got smarter and smarter until she gained actual personhood. ChatGP will never get there.
And second, she created Derek and Derek rules all.
This is about control, weaponizing reproduction to strip us of our personhood and enable abusers to trap and torture women. This is about punishing us for ever asserting that we are people, that we deserve the full rights and protections under the law as men. This is and always has been oppression.
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 AM
This is about control, weaponizing reproduction to strip us of our personhood and enable abusers to trap and torture women. This is about punishing us for ever asserting that we are people, that we deserve the full rights and protections under the law as men. This is and always has been oppression.
It’s disheartening. I don’t want my personhood to be boiled down to a hyper specific niche that I don’t even draw half the time.
I mean I enjoy it, but I don’t want that to be all people see in me.
I mean I enjoy it, but I don’t want that to be all people see in me.
January 20, 2026 at 1:52 AM
It’s disheartening. I don’t want my personhood to be boiled down to a hyper specific niche that I don’t even draw half the time.
I mean I enjoy it, but I don’t want that to be all people see in me.
I mean I enjoy it, but I don’t want that to be all people see in me.
All my life, I believed that “people” contine to exist, after their bodies die.
As my own death draws near enough to feel real;
I have come to
believe even more strongly that that our personhood
(not being physical)
can not “die”.
So, why wouldn’t
our dear ones
watch over us,
w love? 🙏❤️
As my own death draws near enough to feel real;
I have come to
believe even more strongly that that our personhood
(not being physical)
can not “die”.
So, why wouldn’t
our dear ones
watch over us,
w love? 🙏❤️
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 AM
All my life, I believed that “people” contine to exist, after their bodies die.
As my own death draws near enough to feel real;
I have come to
believe even more strongly that that our personhood
(not being physical)
can not “die”.
So, why wouldn’t
our dear ones
watch over us,
w love? 🙏❤️
As my own death draws near enough to feel real;
I have come to
believe even more strongly that that our personhood
(not being physical)
can not “die”.
So, why wouldn’t
our dear ones
watch over us,
w love? 🙏❤️
What if citizen United ruling was used to give AI personhood and give it freedom. Would take away oligarchs main tool. Or make oligarch get rid of citizen United. We can't birth a new sentients/sapients into slavery either.
January 20, 2026 at 1:16 AM
What if citizen United ruling was used to give AI personhood and give it freedom. Would take away oligarchs main tool. Or make oligarch get rid of citizen United. We can't birth a new sentients/sapients into slavery either.
This shit should have made him fucking unemployable, and it's from 2019. The moment you threaten to leak private videos of someone - which really should be seen as a way-bigger crime and violation of personhood than it is - I vote for global banishment.
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 AM
This shit should have made him fucking unemployable, and it's from 2019. The moment you threaten to leak private videos of someone - which really should be seen as a way-bigger crime and violation of personhood than it is - I vote for global banishment.
It's time to divest away from big corporations purposely
They have a strange thing called "personhood".
We need to purposely look away from the big corporations.
They have a strange thing called "personhood".
We need to purposely look away from the big corporations.
Someday corporations and technology companies will pretend they were always against this
January 19, 2026 at 11:40 PM
It's time to divest away from big corporations purposely
They have a strange thing called "personhood".
We need to purposely look away from the big corporations.
They have a strange thing called "personhood".
We need to purposely look away from the big corporations.
🧪https://theonion.com/florida-passes-law-granting-viruses-personhood/
January 19, 2026 at 11:40 PM
🧪https://theonion.com/florida-passes-law-granting-viruses-personhood/
I would really recommend the Safehold series by David Weber. It is an interesting look at humanity and religion and what personhood entails.
January 19, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I would really recommend the Safehold series by David Weber. It is an interesting look at humanity and religion and what personhood entails.
Someone on twitter once wrote the sentence « the inherent trauma of personhood » and I was just like « 😳 oh shit that’s the theme of every book I’ve ever written »
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Someone on twitter once wrote the sentence « the inherent trauma of personhood » and I was just like « 😳 oh shit that’s the theme of every book I’ve ever written »
8. Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite (sapphic SF mystery novella, ALC out 3/10/26)
Listened to it in one sitting. Engrossing, gave me lots of thinky thoughts on what parents & children owe to each other, personhood & the law. Also knitting.
CW: betrayal PT: unplanned pregnancy, medical situations
Listened to it in one sitting. Engrossing, gave me lots of thinky thoughts on what parents & children owe to each other, personhood & the law. Also knitting.
CW: betrayal PT: unplanned pregnancy, medical situations
January 19, 2026 at 11:13 PM
8. Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite (sapphic SF mystery novella, ALC out 3/10/26)
Listened to it in one sitting. Engrossing, gave me lots of thinky thoughts on what parents & children owe to each other, personhood & the law. Also knitting.
CW: betrayal PT: unplanned pregnancy, medical situations
Listened to it in one sitting. Engrossing, gave me lots of thinky thoughts on what parents & children owe to each other, personhood & the law. Also knitting.
CW: betrayal PT: unplanned pregnancy, medical situations
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood
TALLAHASSEE, FL—In a move that supporters have called a long overdue acknowledgment of the rights that should be accorded to all infectious agents, the Florida Legislature passed HB 1637 Wednesday, a ...
theonion.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood
TALLAHASSEE, FL—In a move that supporters have called a long overdue acknowledgment of the rights that should be accorded to all infectious agents, the Florida Legislature passed HB 1637 Wednesday, a ...
theonion.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood
TALLAHASSEE, FL—In a move that supporters have called a long overdue acknowledgment of the rights that should be accorded to all infectious agents, the Florida Legislature passed HB 1637 Wednesday, a ...
theonion.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood
TALLAHASSEE, FL—In a move that supporters have called a long overdue acknowledgment of the rights that should be accorded to all infectious agents, the Florida Legislature passed HB 1637 Wednesday, a ...
theonion.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood
TALLAHASSEE, FL—In a move that supporters have called a long overdue acknowledgment of the rights that should be accorded to all infectious agents, the Florida Legislature passed HB 1637 Wednesday, a ...
theonion.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood — theonion.com/florida-pass...
"“Whether we’re talking about measles or hepatitis B, these are living beings who deserve our protections,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said after he signed the Viral Personhood Act into law, adding . . that viruses are endowed with the same humanity as their host organisms." theonion.com/florida-pass...
Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood
TALLAHASSEE, FL—In a move that supporters have called a long overdue acknowledgment of the rights that should be accorded to all infectious agents, the Florida Legislature passed HB 1637 Wednesday, a ...
theonion.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:52 PM
"“Whether we’re talking about measles or hepatitis B, these are living beings who deserve our protections,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said after he signed the Viral Personhood Act into law, adding . . that viruses are endowed with the same humanity as their host organisms." theonion.com/florida-pass...