Post #2025133
2026-04-29 22:19 UTC
@pathfinder @autistics Nobody is actually independent, really; we live interlaced lives and rely on all kinds of community and infrastructure. What I think that old lady might have had which others don't is autonomy. People helped her to do the things she wanted to do, not constrained her. Absolutely lovely and I hope to achieve it myself, somehow.
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@pathfinder@beige.party 2026-04-29 22:36
@Ailbhe @autistics That's a lovely way to put. What was enabled was her autonomy. Should we all be so lucky.
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2026-05-01 00:11
@Ailbhe > Nobody is actually independent, really; we live interlaced lives and rely on all kinds of community and infrastructure. What I think that old lady might have had which others don't is autonomy This! To paraphrase an old radical saying (maybe May '68 graffiti), they have taken away our autonomy and given us choice. @pathfinder @autistics