Updated Takes on Capitalist Constructs

Even though numerous concepts that may create stress are not initially considered capitalist constructs, modern interpretations of deadlines and procrastination responses are inherently capitalist. While natural deadlines and cycles are still technically considered deadlines, the natural, rather than arbitrary, nature of these deadlines is actually what allows for community to thrive. Deadlines arbitrarily created to be set on a specific day of the week, month, year, or the like are inherently capitalist because, in many cases, they appear to be intended to create stress. While society may often associate deadlines with procrastination, reality is that procrastination is truly only a response to artificially set deadlines of expectation, rather than natural deadlines such as changes in the seasons.

The Grudges Held on Society and Fixes

Societal Expectations Forced

Because society under capitalism thrives under hierarchy, the community is individualized aggressively and every action is read into just a bit excessively. Since capitalism thrives on the idea that bonds that are unable to profit are consolation bonds, the societal market forces driving forced commitments and whatnots are highly inevitable without toppling the current capitalist system entirely. As was often demonstrated historically, there is not one “correct” answer on how to arrange the economy. Historically, solutions to capitalism have been co-opted by authoritarian and other regimes that society may consider “scary” or “frightening.” However, a modern solution to capitalism thrives under dignity to all people, regardless of identity, expression, and other factors regarding every dimension of diversity.

What novaTop Wants to Normalize

novaTopFlex believes that, while there is no correct solution to the economic forces that cause society to stereotype and create arbitrary restrictions, egalitarianism must be normalized for a more just society. Such society must not be formed unethically in any way, shape, or form; however, the justice should occur naturally as society is reformed to approach maximum equality. Rather than forced capitalism, society should at least provide safeguards for essential services, where entire industries should no longer be treated as products for sale.

Permacomputing and Solarpunk Meetup for September 29, 2025

What novaTopFlex Learned from the Philadelphia Community

At the beginning of every Permacomputing and Solarpunk meetup, the individuals of the community are asked for their respective pronouns. For instance, I am Andrew Kay (novaTopFlex), and I am he/him/his. A few of the individuals, myself included, are not from Philadelphia, and that is actually another question from the Permacomputing call over on Jitsi. I am not directly affiliated with either of these software services and/or concepts but these are commonly used by novaTopFlex identities.

July 2025 Meetup

Did you know that Jews people are comfortable openly talking about their Jewish heritage over at Iffy Books, and that everyone is very welcoming and inclusive? If you are not accustomed to such friendliness, welcome to the community; however, in some cases people may also come from other states like Texas where there may only be two (or fewer) anarchist communities.

September 29 Meetup

I was on the call with a person nicknamed “Asteroid,” she/her/hers. On this day in 2025, I have learned with her and with the Iffy Books community about a few important websites and content/privacy concerns, including, but not at all limited to, anarsec.space and privacy.com for credit cards. Recommendations for privacy have also included disabling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth where possible, using random phone numbers for masking, and even using Signal as opposed to all other platforms. Especially since our community may be interested in protesting and activism, there is an elevated reason to use Signal and even burner phones.

Benefits of Permacomputing

According to the Permacomputing group at large, the most important and logical way(s) to utilize the Permacomputing model include Linux, *BSD, Solaris, and other UNIX-like systems; minimized use of technology; and additional aspects influenced by both permaculture and perhaps horticulture as well.

Eco-Feminism and Additional Economic Influences

In a world beyond the patriarchy, a world where friendship is no longer deemed as “less than” nor taboo compared to the forced conquest of deeper feelings and commitments, ecofeminism allows for our authentic selves to be expressed in our community, not just for in-person bonds but also between subcommunities such as modern-day technological Luddites.

Detesting the Myth of “Biology is Destiny”

Although society has often expected stereotypical paths to result from every interaction, numerous communities across the United States, Canada, and possibly other countries and regions are developing violations of these societal stereotypes, expectations, and scripted rules in every possible way. Within the United States, all six of the New England states and certain portions of New England are no longer discriminating based on numerous characteristics that may or may not be identified as superficial.

novaTopFlex Beliefs

The novaTop community believes that no economic system currently exists that supports the idealistic behaviors of and violations of stereotypes of society. However, while no existing economic modes exist for the ideals, capitalism itself contains numerous flaws that have resulted in unsustainable production needs. novaTopFlex believes in the ideals of anarchist thought as well as decolonial points of view, intersectional ideals including feminism, post-Marxist/anticapitalist thought, degrowth theories, and ecologist mindsets.

Symptoms of Capitalism

Within the capitalist system, numerous symptoms have largely emerged as a direct result. For instance, the global population capacity has been argued by biologists to hover around three billion, yet the global population in the modern day is nearer the “milestone” of eight billion. Capitalism is the most likely suspect for the significant population overshoot, since the system rewards conformity and adherence to traditional, vestigial social scripts. On the contrary, a system based on modern planetary needs would provide for quotas and would allow for dignity for the choosing by any number of individuals and collective groups within society.

Additional subtle yet important planetary needs for the system tend to include acknowledgement and recognition of the existing, largely irreversible harm that has already been performed toward the sole Earth that society can claim to offer in 2025. Two notable examples are the fashion industry and global overshoot days. According to Commons Earth, global resource “Overshoot Day” has typically progressed one week earlier each year compared to the year before and may occur as early as July or August in many developed nations. If society continues to focus on vestigial and stereotypical social codes, such as stigma for never finding an “opposites attract” or “biology is destiny” moment, then the population overshoot and additional consequences would add up to result in additional overshoot-day risks, possibly even resulting in an inhospitable society well before the “Overshoot Day” designation reaches January, February, or perhaps even March. For a specialized example, Commons Earth et al. had identified that the fashion industry has already manufactured the fashion for as many as the next six generations. Unfortunately, however, the system continues to benefit on infinite growth, regardless of the truth of the situation.

Ruined by an Ethical Trap

As novaTopFlex, we do not believe in ethical traps that may occur within our society. Whether the trap is discrimination or capitalism, we do not believe in the unethical consequences of the situations. We do not believe in any platform of exploitation, including of both individuals and entire societies. We believe in systems that drive liberation, not tyranny, and definitely not exploitative properties.

novaTop Examples

We are primarily associated with the open-source, anti-proprietary software, hardware, and comprehensive technology communities, believing in the anticapitalist solution as well as the antidiscriminatory solution to hardware and software in particular.

The novaTop QGIS Project intends to become another opportunity to identify further ethical traps and issues in our society. So far, all of Ohio and West Virginia and large portions of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and select other states have been covered with polygons of varied shapes and sizes, representing communities from large to small, from urban to rural, from clearly existing to nonexistent, from alive to extinct, and from safe to dangerous (including biohazardous locations, which will be covered soon).