return to monke - a community for primitivism - eviltoast
    • kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.comOPEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      Well, the original luddites didn’t oppose all recent tech innovation, just the tech that made their lives worse. The Amish use tractors and air compressors. Similarly, maybe a neoluddite opposes AI but not the internet. Or maybe the actual primitivists aren’t in the community at all, and we use the space to talk about whether they should be and why or why not.

      In point of fact this conversation we’re having now is a perfect example of discussing and critiquing return to monke, so you should post this there.

      Or maybe you just want a place to shitpost a meme about the sweet irony of online primitivism.

      • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Sounds like a place. I’m a neoluddite who earns her income online. Not bite the hand that feeds me? Sometimes I’m too feral for that.

        • kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.comOPEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I think returntomonke could be a place you can belong. More memes than discussion at the moment, but I hope to build real community as membership grows.

  • Eegra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    Why not just say you want an easy life without complications?

    What happens if tech becomes extremely easy to use and simplifies the annoying parts of life, letting you eat more bananas per day - still a no?

    • kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.comOPEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      You mean me personally? I use tech all the time, even when I have a choice. But I do think it’s important to consider the effects of the technology we let into our lives; particularly those effects that we don’t yet understand. I mean, that is kind of how we got into this global warming mess, right? I’m also more than a little sceptical of the idea that complex societies improve our lives.

      But neoluddites and anarchoprimitivists are a diverse bunch with interesting and conflicting opinions, and I want to hear, debate, and meme about them all. Now they can unite under the slightly absurd yet oddly compelling banner of returning to monke.