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  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    13 hours ago

    What I think is ableist is that you would try to pretend that disabled people don’t get excluded due to society devaluing the things they can offer.

    It’s also ableist for you to suggest that a disabled person should be expected to file someone else’s taxes if they need help moving furniture.

    You just gave a master class in missing the point.

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      10 hours ago

      The same way it isn’t about the couch, it isn’t about the taxes

      To each according to their means, to each according to their needs was

      Or in brocialism terms “Autism be damned my boy can work a grill”

      Every metaphor breaks down if you read it at face value

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        17 minutes ago

        Okay, that’s fine and all, but “brocialism” will never be enough because it depends so strongly on a person’s personal connection. It’s not “to each accord to their needs” it’s “to each according to their connections.”

        If you don’t see how that disproportionally benefits and privileges in-groups then I don’t know how much clearer I can break it down for you. A socialist society needs mechanisms in place to take care of those who would be forgotten by “brocialism” alone.

        Maybe the system works for autistic people who can grill, but what about autistic people who can spend two hours explaining the history of North Rhine-Westphalia or Star Trek lore or any other special interest? You think someone with a truck will view that as an equivalent exchange?

        Mind you, I’m not saying their talents are worthless. I’m telling you my experience as a neurodivergent person that most people view these things as lacking value and will marginalize anyone whose contributions consist exclusively of talents that most people consider worthless.

        Assuming every autistic person can grill or contribute something that neurotypical people value as having worth is wrong because it marginalizes those who fall outside of that limited group, and because it reinforces the system and the idea that people need to be able to contribute something deemed valuable before they deserve to receive help.

        And if you can’t see how that disadvantages the people whose disabilities are the most severe, then I don’t know what will get through to you.