Tom Smith

Geography / Degrowth / Postcapitalism / Community Economies / Decentralism

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@FPLVillan @azzwhittaker Didn't have to be game ending, though. Brentford went down to 10 against us 2 weeks ago, scored, and made us look completely inept. After the injuries, this group just doesn't have it.

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@NickLovesSpain The FEVE also takes about 6 days to get across northern Spain, at about 15,000th of the cost😄

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@arisroussinos Late 70s, early 80s punk, including GBH

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@paddyjogorman Why do so many Irish people hate their own language? What sort of internalised colonialism is this

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@lucia_musu_ @g_kallis Looks great. Interested to read and see overlaps with 'quiet sustainability'/degrowth work going on in rural CEE: https://t.co/uAzJ0xAuLw

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@growgardeners Recently moved to northern Spain. The place is teeming with life. In a short period of time have seen incredible things. We have bears and wolves, amazing birds of prey. Everything is either trying to eat you, eat your garden, or eat your house 😆

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@dlondonwortel https://t.co/BFr7rqHX5o

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@Leigh_Phillips Just to understand where you're coming from: At what point do you think Greenpeace were a noble organisation?

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@Matthuber78 @Leigh_Phillips @jacobin I don't think the world works through simple majoritarian politics, nor that 6 billion are entirely dispossessed from commons. Depending on how we look at it, we are all interacting all the time with various commons. To ignore this loses much economic colour

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

Some thoughts on that recent piece about Saito and 'degrowth communism' by @Matthuber78 and @Leigh_Phillips in @jacobin . I'm not so keen on putting our faith in asteroid mining and human domination, but maybe that's just me...

https://t.co/StCKd6Q7Rf

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@Matthuber78 @Leigh_Phillips @jacobin displacement of communities but that paragraph is primarily discussing ecological implications of Green Revolution which are nowhere to be seen. I added a note to be fair to you guys. 3) I would love to see a deeper discussion beyond unions where you talk about commoning.

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@Leigh_Phillips @Matthuber78 @jacobin Noted! Have a good day

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@Leigh_Phillips @Matthuber78 @jacobin Glad you didn't find the wording too harsh in places. I think the issue of lifestyles, consumption and 'labour aristocracy', is the next thing I'd like to explore but didn't have space for unfortunately. Anyway, just some notes, happy to read a response

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

"If the existence of bullshit jobs seems to defy the logic of capitalism, one possible reason for their proliferation might be that the existing system isn't capitalism..it resembles..medieval feudalism..the tendency to create endless hierarchies of lords, vassals, and retainers"

[Daniel Vassallo @dvassallo]

A quarter of Goldman Sachs employees are Vice Presidents

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@AnnieLeymarie @g_kallis @KateRaworth @JKSteinberger @timparrique @jasonhickel @JefimVogel An attempt to think around the piece here: https://t.co/SXHrLjpr0j

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@dlondonwortel I've heard Sergei Podolinsky mentioned in this regard, but need to do more reading

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@darkmtn Such a shock. I loved working with Mark -- his passion and joy was infectious. Such a wonderful soul. Sending huge hugs on this sad day

[Tom Smith @SmithTGeo]

@dlondonwortel Look forward to reading what you come up with!