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nomorepie wrote
Reply to mouse in a trap 2 by twovests
I think it's good that you're not numb to the sight
twovests wrote
Reply to Criss Angel (Mindfreak) Intro by hollyhoppet
Wait, can he summon ghosts? What's up with the black-and-white victorian child?
nomorepie OP wrote
Reply to comment by cute_spider in Followup on my running #journey by nomorepie
Yea but consider this: number go up!
hollyhoppet wrote
Reply to No matter how much they try they can't erase us, and they can't erase Transgender Thursday by Jenheadjen
that's FUCKING right
Jenheadjen OP wrote (edited )
Reply to No matter how much they try they can't erase us, and they can't erase Transgender Thursday by Jenheadjen
in lighter Transgender Thursday posting, this week i finished reading "Transgender Australia: A History Since 1910" by Noah Riseman. It's a good book! Goes really in-depth. Highly recommend it. So often when queer histories are told it's from a very US-centric lens so i think region specific histories like this are important
cute_spider wrote
Reply to Followup on my running #journey by nomorepie
Yeah those seem like pretty good times. I pick running back up each springtime and it's always more like, "very slow jogging" so I don't even record my times!
cute_spider wrote
Reply to Cereal. From YOUR pantry. by SWORDSCROSSED
My Hearty Nut Medley Maple Cinnamon Cheerios!! >:O
cute_spider wrote
Reply to No matter how much they try they can't erase us, and they can't erase Transgender Thursday by Jenheadjen
happy transgender new year!
hollyhoppet wrote
Reply to Cereal. From YOUR pantry. by SWORDSCROSSED
was it the mini wheats, the multigrain oat squares, or the golden grahams?
hollyhoppet OP wrote
Reply to comment by twovests in Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral by hollyhoppet
one of the best things to come out of vice going bankrupt tbh
twovests wrote
I love 404Media; they receive $10 from me every month and they deserve it.
nomorepie wrote
Reply to comment by rain in small slice of banana bread by Jenheadjen
This is a great tip indeed because I would never have the patience to wait for bananas to go bad
nomorepie wrote
Reply to Cereal. From YOUR pantry. by SWORDSCROSSED
Where did you find that... I haven't bought cereal in years 😱
toasthaste wrote
Reply to prrrrrrlp! by rain
my cat nona every time i so much as look her way :3
twovests wrote
Reply to comment by Dogmantra in Computer touchers: what's a good easy to install linux for a low power streaming box? by Dogmantra
This makes me happy to hear :D Please consider me / us / a resource for any questions you have. I'd be happy to hear any updates too c:
cowloom wrote
Reply to Cereal. From YOUR pantry. by SWORDSCROSSED
give that baaaack
flabberghaster wrote
Reply to Cereal. From YOUR pantry. by SWORDSCROSSED
I'm out of milk anyway, have at it
cowloom wrote
Reply to you could wake up at 5am by oolong
i didn't know my insomnia had an account here
twovests wrote
Reply to Cereal. From YOUR pantry. by SWORDSCROSSED
So THAT'S where it went...
flabberghaster wrote
Reply to comment by nitori in I have not seen a compelling argument for anarchy, or even a description of the future anarchists want by twovests
I know a lot of Marxists love to engage in violent fantasies about what to do about anarchists and ancoms but the end world they both describe is very nebulous. It's not that different, to me.
Having things organized in some way is not against anarchist principles but online Marxists love to talk about purging them and shit idk it's so weird and aggro.
flabberghaster wrote
Reply to comment by voxpoplar in I have not seen a compelling argument for anarchy, or even a description of the future anarchists want by twovests
Note that non anarchist philosophies also struggle with the question of "how do we prevent our system from being taken over by the badguys?" Whether it's monarchists saying "this system works great if the monarch is good but the trick is to make sure a doofus doesn't become monarch", or democracies wondering how we can prevent a demagogue from taking power and abolishing the democracy via popular vote. Even communists have the same problem: whatever administration you set up, how do you prevent it from turning itself into something terrible that's bad for people?
So yes, anarchism doesn't solve it but nothing else does either, IMO.
voxpoplar wrote
Reply to I have not seen a compelling argument for anarchy, or even a description of the future anarchists want by twovests
I have not read up a huge amount but I think the standard answer is something along the lines of that anarchism does not mean lack of organising, just lack of hierarchy.
After a revolution there would still be larger structure and organising but would, ideally under an anarchistic viewpoint, be bottom-up, voluntary and truly democratic.
There’s a lot of different types of anarchism and lots of different answers to how this would theoretically work. E.g. anarcho-syndicalism is focused on the idea of anarchist trade unions seizing control of production.
How to prevent people concentrating and amassing power under these sorts of systems is obviously a big problem and I don’t think there’s any good answer other than you need mass class consciousness and people motivated against allowing that.
rain wrote
Reply to comment by nomorepie in small slice of banana bread by Jenheadjen
You should! It’s actually really easy to do. A tip: for the sweetest bread overripe bananas are best but an easy cheat is to mash yellow bananas and then keep them in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
nitori wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by flabberghaster in I have not seen a compelling argument for anarchy, or even a description of the future anarchists want by twovests
Anarchists don't really have the same goal as Marxists, since the "classless, stateless society" the latter wants will still have an "administration of things", which is really just a state in disguise (but Marx doesn't call it as such because he only saw the state merely as a tool for class oppression) as it is a bureaucracy. Just another form of government.
The Raddle wiki has a page that deals with this myth: https://raddle.me/wiki/Marxism_End_Goal
oolong wrote
Reply to iced coffee by Jenheadjen
beverage posting to breach the tea coffee schism??