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> which polarizes existence itself into assent-dissent

Yeah, almost Manichean, this blackwhite crimestop thought.

I dislike the "fabric of society" metaphor because artificially structured woven fabrics can easily be ripped. I prefer societies that are like felt, where irregular overlapping interests not only connect the whole but provide resilience.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24578341

[yowlingcat]

Very interesting. I love your point about how the structured weaving aspect of fabrics is the very thing which makes them brittle and lacking resilience. Certainly an applicable metaphor!

Have you ever watched Kill La Kill[1]? It's a satirical anime that makes light of many tropes in shonen, but one of the main drivers of the plot line is tension between all-encompassing textile industry monarchs who seek to rule the world by "caging" humans with fabric and extracting their energy, and the intentionally redundantly phrased "naked nudist" anarchists who oppose them.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_la_Kill