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It also carries with it its own tyranny. The village has never exactly been a good place for social deviance. Informal justice can be more cruel than that of the state. You see it when the state steps aside to let others take the reigns of violence, and it rarely is a pretty sight
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It also carries with it its own tyranny. The village has never exactly been a good place for social deviance. Informal justice can be more cruel than that of the state. You see it when the state steps aside to let others take the reigns of violence, and it rarely is a pretty sight
Housing and working communes are great but it doesn't cover the basic problem of governance of an urban area: anonymity.
In an urban area, one sees more people in a day walking on the street than might live in a village. The informal social pressures of a commune don't work well among strangers
In an urban area, one sees more people in a day walking on the street than might live in a village. The informal social pressures of a commune don't work well among strangers
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Housing and working communes are great but it doesn't cover the basic problem of governance of an urban area: anonymity.
In an urban area, one sees more people in a day walking on the street than might live in a village. The informal social pressures of a commune don't work well among strangers
In an urban area, one sees more people in a day walking on the street than might live in a village. The informal social pressures of a commune don't work well among strangers
They show rather effectively how anarchism can work with a people who want to engage with it and that live in small communities where informal social control can work.
I think it is a good system for subsistence farmers and isolated rural communities. I am doubtful about it for other situations
I think it is a good system for subsistence farmers and isolated rural communities. I am doubtful about it for other situations
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
They show rather effectively how anarchism can work with a people who want to engage with it and that live in small communities where informal social control can work.
I think it is a good system for subsistence farmers and isolated rural communities. I am doubtful about it for other situations
I think it is a good system for subsistence farmers and isolated rural communities. I am doubtful about it for other situations
Roman philosopher ass take
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Roman philosopher ass take
Rojava has private property, police, and a state with a lot of militarization and some seemingly credible human rights concerns. They are libertarian socialists. They were solid American allies against fundamentalist reactionaries before the perfidy of Trump betrayed them to the Turkish forces.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Rojava has private property, police, and a state with a lot of militarization and some seemingly credible human rights concerns. They are libertarian socialists. They were solid American allies against fundamentalist reactionaries before the perfidy of Trump betrayed them to the Turkish forces.
I have seen a good bit on it but I know much more about the similarly structured Zapatistas (took a class on the history of Maya resistance). I think that it is a great system for areas of the greatest poverty and exploitation. I would note that neither describes themselves as anarchist
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I have seen a good bit on it but I know much more about the similarly structured Zapatistas (took a class on the history of Maya resistance). I think that it is a great system for areas of the greatest poverty and exploitation. I would note that neither describes themselves as anarchist
American socialism, in practice, is social democratic. I say that not as an insult. American socialists at the municipal level have done great things for their country. May Mamdani be a second coming of sewer socialism!
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November 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
American socialism, in practice, is social democratic. I say that not as an insult. American socialists at the municipal level have done great things for their country. May Mamdani be a second coming of sewer socialism!
The attack on the temple came from the group of Red Guards she was traveling with not orders from above. It was similar when her group beat a man to death in Guangzhou, or when she watched them stone one of their teachers in Beijing. The idea came from above but the practice was decentralized
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The attack on the temple came from the group of Red Guards she was traveling with not orders from above. It was similar when her group beat a man to death in Guangzhou, or when she watched them stone one of their teachers in Beijing. The idea came from above but the practice was decentralized
I am similarly anti conservative and anti traditional, but I think the problems of the cultural revolution were deeper rooted than authoritarianism.
The description of the terror of the Cultural Revolution, as told by Yang (one of its perpetrators), was actually incredibly decentralized
The description of the terror of the Cultural Revolution, as told by Yang (one of its perpetrators), was actually incredibly decentralized
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am similarly anti conservative and anti traditional, but I think the problems of the cultural revolution were deeper rooted than authoritarianism.
The description of the terror of the Cultural Revolution, as told by Yang (one of its perpetrators), was actually incredibly decentralized
The description of the terror of the Cultural Revolution, as told by Yang (one of its perpetrators), was actually incredibly decentralized
A Taoist believing in a cultural revolution is kinda funny. I get that you likely don't mean it in that way.
I just read the section of Spider Eaters by Rae Yang where she describes of being a part of a group of Red Guards that beat Taoist monks earlier. Something to consider
I just read the section of Spider Eaters by Rae Yang where she describes of being a part of a group of Red Guards that beat Taoist monks earlier. Something to consider
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A Taoist believing in a cultural revolution is kinda funny. I get that you likely don't mean it in that way.
I just read the section of Spider Eaters by Rae Yang where she describes of being a part of a group of Red Guards that beat Taoist monks earlier. Something to consider
I just read the section of Spider Eaters by Rae Yang where she describes of being a part of a group of Red Guards that beat Taoist monks earlier. Something to consider
Capitalists must be protected from themselves
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Capitalists must be protected from themselves
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Ultimately, what I think we need is patience: The patience to explain from first principles, to meet people where they are at, to untangle webs of lies, to refuse the hoarding of wisdom. And this is much harder than shame because you must fundamentally reject that erring is a personal flaw
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Ultimately, what I think we need is patience: The patience to explain from first principles, to meet people where they are at, to untangle webs of lies, to refuse the hoarding of wisdom. And this is much harder than shame because you must fundamentally reject that erring is a personal flaw
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It's very easy to fall into the trap of believing that truth is self-enforcing which is the foundation of liberal thought. But fascism shows that truth relies on people taking for granted that expertise, particularly in the form of credentials, is self-justifying, and people can simply reject that
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It's very easy to fall into the trap of believing that truth is self-enforcing which is the foundation of liberal thought. But fascism shows that truth relies on people taking for granted that expertise, particularly in the form of credentials, is self-justifying, and people can simply reject that
wait which text did you read?
the stuff I've read was out of Nag Hammidi and confused the shit out of me
the stuff I've read was out of Nag Hammidi and confused the shit out of me
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
wait which text did you read?
the stuff I've read was out of Nag Hammidi and confused the shit out of me
the stuff I've read was out of Nag Hammidi and confused the shit out of me
Have you read much actual valentinian texts? I found it making sense in abstract then getting really fucking confusing when you got to the actual details of the theological system
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Have you read much actual valentinian texts? I found it making sense in abstract then getting really fucking confusing when you got to the actual details of the theological system
It's the law that every leftist is allowed to have one crazy rightwinger they find appealing in an odd sort of manner. It is Mishima for many, but I guess its milk dumpster bogman for you
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
It's the law that every leftist is allowed to have one crazy rightwinger they find appealing in an odd sort of manner. It is Mishima for many, but I guess its milk dumpster bogman for you
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
The vibe of stalker, the part that I saw, is honestly closer to Annihilation than it is to Roadside Picnic. The monologue that the term Roadside Picnic comes from is not the monologue of a character looking bleakly out into the distance but a scientist being plied with alcohol in a seedy bar
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The vibe of stalker, the part that I saw, is honestly closer to Annihilation than it is to Roadside Picnic. The monologue that the term Roadside Picnic comes from is not the monologue of a character looking bleakly out into the distance but a scientist being plied with alcohol in a seedy bar
That's the part that is most different between the two. Area X and the Zone are quite similar. The people and the outside world is not. Roadside Picnic is a cynical look at greed, bureaucracy, and the inhuman zone. It is vivid and grounded, told by the very opinionated stalker
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
That's the part that is most different between the two. Area X and the Zone are quite similar. The people and the outside world is not. Roadside Picnic is a cynical look at greed, bureaucracy, and the inhuman zone. It is vivid and grounded, told by the very opinionated stalker
What didn't you like about it?
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What didn't you like about it?
relatively fast paced book and the slowest paced movie
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
relatively fast paced book and the slowest paced movie
If you are looking for a strange changing landscape that isn't just estonia, you should try the book!
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If you are looking for a strange changing landscape that isn't just estonia, you should try the book!