You wonāt convince many people if you arenāt willing to explain yourself; how can someone trust one that isnāt willing to meet them halfway? I encourage you to not say who you are, but what you stand for.
I think we can both agree that authoritarians are bad, and that what we are seeing now from the right is pushes for power by authoritarians.
Okay. Abstractly Iām for personal autonomy proliferation of possibilities and the cultivation/nurturing/flourishing of the potential of all intelligenceāai if that ever exists, whales, visiting aliens if that happens, and whatever else; even hypothetically some apes, if you can believe thatāindividually and collectively.
More viscerally Iām for banishing inefficiency precarity exploitation and unjustifiable bullshit, making the world more fun/interesting, and finding opportunities to grow in those considered finished/complete or discarded by bourgeoise society. Also pretty opposed to pointless wasteful destruction of things that are unrecoverable or expensive to recover. Iāve got a lot of anger about delusional superstitions theological and otherwise that justify awful bullshit that prevents and destroys the good stuff.
This means in practical terms that Iām extremely hostile to police, means testing, borders, hierarchy, private property, money, laws in general, bureaucracy, and probably a lot of other stuff you think is necessary or elemental to the way the world works. I will not be saying what Iām in favor of in the day-to-day hereātoo unusual.
This sounds pretty uncompromising because it is. I havenāt had much connection to established society and ideas in my adult life except by conflict, and was explicitly excluded as a child. I have gained nothing from it except by force or deception, and so had no positive social/material bonds with it to guide my intellectual/emotional growth or relationships that would be stressed by radical ideas. Nobody has compromised with me, so I have compromised on nothing, which is unfortunateāi quite enjoy co-creation if the built world and perceptions thereof. Of all the people to seek common ground with; I am not the ideal. There are others you could ask.
I appreciate your genuine response, thank you for taking your time to reply to me.
Okay. Abstractly Iām for personal autonomy proliferation of possibilities and the cultivation/nurturing/flourishing of the potential of all intelligenceāai if that ever exists, whales, visiting aliens if that happens, and whatever else; even hypothetically some apes, if you can believe thatāindividually and collectively.
Right on, I agree with you that it would be worth promoting those potentials for intelligence like you said. I could even see an argument where we share the genes of understanding complex language that we have, although I feel we should try to slow aging more/eliminate more diseases/cancers before doing that much.
More viscerally Iām for banishing inefficiency precarity exploitation and unjustifiable bullshit, making the world more fun/interesting, and finding opportunities to grow in those considered finished/complete or discarded by bourgeoise society.
To me, it sounds like you want things to be better than they are, because you know they can be. I feel the same way about wanting things to be better, to experience the fun and to find joy in the unexpected/unknown.
Am I right in hearing that you want to pursue your passions, but that economically we donāt reward those routes? If that is the case, I think itās a modern tragedy that society is not rewarding those with heart and passion to pursue the path they want to walk.
Also pretty opposed to pointless wasteful destruction of things that are unrecoverable or expensive to recover.
I feel the same way as you about wasteful destruction of things that that are damaged or hard to recover. Just because itās not perfect, doesnāt mean that it doesnāt have history or meaning behind it.
Iāve got a lot of anger about delusional superstitions theological and otherwise that justify awful bullshit that prevents and destroys the good stuff.
I think thatās a fair take, the paradox of tolerance certainly applies to what youāre talking about with many beliefs out there.
This means in practical terms that Iām extremely hostile to police, means testing, borders, hierarchy, private property, money, laws in general, bureaucracy, and probably a lot of other stuff you think is necessary or elemental to the way the world works.
I think many of the things you listed make sense to have gripes with in one way or another, especially in this day and age.
For instance, the means test you mentioned. Why is there a threshold for help? Why is it that once you go slightly past the threshold that you lose all of those safety nets from the benefit programs?
I mean, whyĀ doĀ we have these arbitrary borders? Weāre all human after all. Canāt we just come together and have a unified global society already? At the least you would think traveling wouldnāt be such a big deal, yet alone immigrating to another country just to live.
I donāt think most things should necessarily need hierarchies. I do like that some co-op businesses are out there for that reason, although not as many as there could/should be.
Personally, Iām fine with some forms of private property, but I do think there should be way more public property than there is. For instance, I feel that most if not all private apartments should be public apartments. I would personally like a house someday to have the space to raise a family. Technically, I have no issue with the state itselfĀ owningĀ the house property if it was easier for future generations to have access to houses as well.
I donāt think money itself is bad, but how we allocate it is just bonkers. I mean, the fact that there are billionaires when people go hungry and donāt have a roof over their heads is an absurdity. If we taxed the billionaires and big corporations so that everyone had access to something like a Universal Basic Income and other progressive programs/housing, that would go a long ways towards making the world a better place.
I will not be saying what Iām in favor of in the day-to-day hereātoo unusual.
Thatās okay, itās better to not mention it if itās too unique to you.
This sounds pretty uncompromising because it is. I havenāt had much connection to established society and ideas in my adult life except by conflict, and was explicitly excluded as a child. I have gained nothing from it except by force or deception, and so had no positive social/material bonds with it to guide my intellectual/emotional growth or relationships that would be stressed by radical ideas. Nobody has compromised with me, so I have compromised on nothing, which is unfortunateāi quite enjoy co-creation if the built world and perceptions thereof. Of all the people to seek common ground with; I am not the ideal. There are others you could ask.
Iām sorry that youāve been fighting alone for so long and in such an uncaring environment at that. Weāre not built to walk a lonely path -one without warmth, kindness, and consideration shown to us. I feel like youāre being a bit hard on yourself here, no oneās perfect after all. It sounds to me like you do care about helping others, itās difficult when your voice is not being heard though.
Well, you still have ample chance to amend yourself and speak from the heart, if thatās something important to you.
Iām not in the habbit of explaining or doxxing myself too hard, sorry.
If you show up, Iāll probably offer you something to do. If you donāt, I suppose weāll never meet.
You wonāt convince many people if you arenāt willing to explain yourself; how can someone trust one that isnāt willing to meet them halfway? I encourage you to not say who you are, but what you stand for.
I think we can both agree that authoritarians are bad, and that what we are seeing now from the right is pushes for power by authoritarians.
Okay. Abstractly Iām for personal autonomy proliferation of possibilities and the cultivation/nurturing/flourishing of the potential of all intelligenceāai if that ever exists, whales, visiting aliens if that happens, and whatever else; even hypothetically some apes, if you can believe thatāindividually and collectively.
More viscerally Iām for banishing inefficiency precarity exploitation and unjustifiable bullshit, making the world more fun/interesting, and finding opportunities to grow in those considered finished/complete or discarded by bourgeoise society. Also pretty opposed to pointless wasteful destruction of things that are unrecoverable or expensive to recover. Iāve got a lot of anger about delusional superstitions theological and otherwise that justify awful bullshit that prevents and destroys the good stuff.
This means in practical terms that Iām extremely hostile to police, means testing, borders, hierarchy, private property, money, laws in general, bureaucracy, and probably a lot of other stuff you think is necessary or elemental to the way the world works. I will not be saying what Iām in favor of in the day-to-day hereātoo unusual.
This sounds pretty uncompromising because it is. I havenāt had much connection to established society and ideas in my adult life except by conflict, and was explicitly excluded as a child. I have gained nothing from it except by force or deception, and so had no positive social/material bonds with it to guide my intellectual/emotional growth or relationships that would be stressed by radical ideas. Nobody has compromised with me, so I have compromised on nothing, which is unfortunateāi quite enjoy co-creation if the built world and perceptions thereof. Of all the people to seek common ground with; I am not the ideal. There are others you could ask.
I appreciate your genuine response, thank you for taking your time to reply to me.
Right on, I agree with you that it would be worth promoting those potentials for intelligence like you said. I could even see an argument where we share the genes of understanding complex language that we have, although I feel we should try to slow aging more/eliminate more diseases/cancers before doing that much.
To me, it sounds like you want things to be better than they are, because you know they can be. I feel the same way about wanting things to be better, to experience the fun and to find joy in the unexpected/unknown.
Am I right in hearing that you want to pursue your passions, but that economically we donāt reward those routes? If that is the case, I think itās a modern tragedy that society is not rewarding those with heart and passion to pursue the path they want to walk.
I feel the same way as you about wasteful destruction of things that that are damaged or hard to recover. Just because itās not perfect, doesnāt mean that it doesnāt have history or meaning behind it.
I think thatās a fair take, the paradox of tolerance certainly applies to what youāre talking about with many beliefs out there.
I think many of the things you listed make sense to have gripes with in one way or another, especially in this day and age.
For instance, the means test you mentioned. Why is there a threshold for help? Why is it that once you go slightly past the threshold that you lose all of those safety nets from the benefit programs?
I mean, whyĀ doĀ we have these arbitrary borders? Weāre all human after all. Canāt we just come together and have a unified global society already? At the least you would think traveling wouldnāt be such a big deal, yet alone immigrating to another country just to live.
I donāt think most things should necessarily need hierarchies. I do like that some co-op businesses are out there for that reason, although not as many as there could/should be.
Personally, Iām fine with some forms of private property, but I do think there should be way more public property than there is. For instance, I feel that most if not all private apartments should be public apartments. I would personally like a house someday to have the space to raise a family. Technically, I have no issue with the state itselfĀ owningĀ the house property if it was easier for future generations to have access to houses as well.
I donāt think money itself is bad, but how we allocate it is just bonkers. I mean, the fact that there are billionaires when people go hungry and donāt have a roof over their heads is an absurdity. If we taxed the billionaires and big corporations so that everyone had access to something like a Universal Basic Income and other progressive programs/housing, that would go a long ways towards making the world a better place.
Thatās okay, itās better to not mention it if itās too unique to you.
Iām sorry that youāve been fighting alone for so long and in such an uncaring environment at that. Weāre not built to walk a lonely path -one without warmth, kindness, and consideration shown to us. I feel like youāre being a bit hard on yourself here, no oneās perfect after all. It sounds to me like you do care about helping others, itās difficult when your voice is not being heard though.