Police are strong and abuse the "weak". A monopoly on violence does make people weak.
I'm not sure if I am a top or bottom. I prefer horizontal.
Bananas are strong together. Anarchist are working toward prefiguration. That is building a future with "no rule" inside current systems. We have to live within the current system, but we can build a better one. Working together maybe we can build a better boat.
I have so many questions, but I will limit it to one. Why are you content giving the power to defend yourself to someone else?
Omniscience is knowing all that will happen. The rebellious angel's free-will creates a smaller God.
God is already a dictator by choosing the state of everything. Designing a chaotic system and letting it run also supports being a dictator. He designed the system. An omnipotent God is unable to escape His own designs. The rebellious angel was by design. His planning thereby is guile.
I love this comment. Thank you. Value does obfuscate the product of labor. If I pick apples and cook them, I have apple sauce. The apple sauce is mine to share as I will. Value points to some form of storage where I can exchange the apple sauce for some other product later.
I find Nozick's minimal state interesting. He seems to want to entrust violence to a state. How would such a system prevent the minimal state from forming monopolies or cartels by which the ruled give up economic and political freedom?
Woody Gutherie, Utah Phillips.... I guess I am asking what divides county from folk.
I have a lot to learn. I appreciate the insight. I listen to Aesop Rock. I remember his work being with Rhymesayers.
I agree with the music industry problems. Luckily I have found some great hip hop and country recently.
As an anarchist, voting is fine. In addition, build community and help others.
I will bite.
There are leftist that call for reform to capitalism. UBI is one such reform to help capitalism exploit fewer people. Similar reforms are minimum wage. UBI could make capitalism easier on workers.
I prefer a system that does less harm to workers by means such as the abolition of private property and the employer class. Workers should get the value of their work. They don't need an employer parasitically taking that value.
Sanders or West would be better candidates. I admit ignorance on Stein's relation to Putin. I mentioned her since she is the Green Party candidate.
What are Biden's progressive accomplishments? I remain unconvinced Biden is left or progressive. I hope you can help me see my shortcomings.
The best of the Biden Administration's work has been coalition building for Ukraine. That work is fatigued by support for Gaza. Support for suppression of student protests is not progressive. Infrastructure seems to be a corporate bailout. Handling of COVID was roughly the same as under Trump. Waiting for pandemic fatigue and the virus to become endemic ended the War on COVID. Wages are not keeping up with cost of living. I am against gun control, so that failure is fine.
Swing state voters decide elections. Since I am not one, voting against Biden is not equivalent to voting for Trump. My vote will not swing the outcome in my state.
That's informative. I haven't paid much attention to her. I know she is the Green Party candidate.
Move Biden left in 2020 became just take Biden again 2024. I will keep the language US centric. Democrats are surprised they are losing progressives by appeasing conservatives and moderates. A better progressive option is Jill Stein or Dr. Cornel West. Would be surprising for a coalition between Democrats and Greens.
"DEI hire" is arrogant. That's a great way to other people instead of owning the flaw. I appreciate the call for maturity in the field. Own your flaws.
Audible Anarchist is great. Anarchist Library is another great resource depending on what you can hyperfocus on.
Becoming familiar with other ideas is beneficial. There is nothing wrong with being a Democrat, Social Democrat or Libertarian. Real people hold these political ideas. My transition over years was Democrat since I opposed hawkish Republican imperialism, but I rejected corporate power, so Social Democrat, but I rejected hierarchical power, so Anarchist. Through reading I know Pacifism meshes with any of these ideas. I have never been a Pacifist, but I applaud anyone that takes the time to explore politics even if we do not agree.
Being able to have conversations with people around you is important. Reading theory from other politics helps. Most people around me consider themselves conservative. They say talking points like "I'm for small government". Having read Libertarian texts like Nozick's "Anarchy, State and Utopia", I can discuss the minimal state as a Libertarian idea. I can then transition to "Nozick's minimal state is not small enough". In my area this approach opens conversation more than banging a drum about being a Democrat, Leftist, Communist or Anarchist.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. While having other successes, he was unable to carry out the Poor People’s Campaign. Was violence successful in removing the voice of Martin Luther King Jr.?