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This poster was inspired by the phrase 'The Future's

Not What It Used to Be', which I recently heard

in a dancey but trite, nondescript pop song's House remix*.

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Currently what we see is people claiming individual futures at the expense

of collective ones. But as a result, I feel like collective ones are

gradually cancelled, because individual futures take Neoliberal priority.

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But then, I remembered that our predicaments are tied together. We

stand in complex relationships of reciprocity with each other, even if

we've forgotten all about it.

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So how do we reprogramme power play, but in a way that's beyond power play?

We're programmed to pursue our individual fantasies - and never grow out of them; almost like we're tied to those fantasies. We're not supposed to know how to take distance from our values.
 

Being tied by what you want in your individualising fantasy also breeds #self-care culture: I'm not gonna take care of you, so you need to take care of yourself. Here's #how - like and share!

And I don't mean that to criticise modern Shibari or self-care practices (they can be both life-affirming),

but more trying to observe our culture of self.

Otherwise, if I did, I should perhaps ask instead:
 

Is the future cancelled?
 

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*'The Future' (Purple Disco Machine Remix), by Motez

Special thanks to Yuki Nushimura (@nomorejumpingoff_notjumpingoff )

for helping me shape this writing and thinking, and showing me 'The Future'.

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