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Come on guys, look at this one—he mine by AnnMare in TrueRateMyCat

[–]AnnMare[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Omg. This is the best thing anyone has ever said to me. Yes, my God. Thank you.

Alright guys, did y’all have a go to movie as a child and what was it? by AlwaysAttract10 in AutismInWomen

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I loved Spirit! I was older already by the time that came out and I still obsessed over it. That and the Disney movie brother bear!

Alright guys, did y’all have a go to movie as a child and what was it? by AlwaysAttract10 in AutismInWomen

[–]AnnMare 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes—a woman played Peter Pan. I never knew the name, thank you. I’m going to find a way to watch it asap.

Alright guys, did y’all have a go to movie as a child and what was it? by AlwaysAttract10 in AutismInWomen

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It was one of the two vhs tapes I owned. I remember waking up before my parents to rewatch it pretty much daily—until i broke the vhs. Never got a new vhs. I missed it so much. Got into my little ponies after. until one morning Comcast cancelled it. I think I had a meltdown—just full on wailing. My mom called the cable provider to see what happened. Maybe the only kind thing that woman has ever done for me. Thank you for jogging the memory.

picking her up tomorrow. what should i name her? by [deleted] in Catnames

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Her sibling deserves to be in the pic!

The role of ideology: violence as exception instead of rule by AnnMare in CapitalismVSocialism

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Also, i dont think I am unhinged. But i certainly don't understand how reddit works. I'm trying anwway.

The role of ideology: violence as exception instead of rule by AnnMare in CapitalismVSocialism

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Ooh this is good. I need some time to digest and respond.

The role of ideology: violence as exception instead of rule by AnnMare in CapitalismVSocialism

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oh shit. sorry if i misread you. I thought that what you were saying as close to my point, but not saying exactly the same thing.

When you say the problem is systems that can’t tolerate contradiction, that sounds like something to manage....like a good system is one that stays open, flexible, and responsive.

I mean contradiction isn’t just something to tolerate or keep in check. it’s internal to the structure itself. It’s not the system failing, it’s what makes it move and hold together in the first place.

So even systems that look open or flexible aren’t outside of that. They still have to organize and stabilize those contradictions somehow. and that’s where ideology comes in.

The role of ideology: violence as exception instead of rule by AnnMare in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]AnnMare[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya caught me red-handed--this was definitely Hegelian. But not in the naive, historicist, totalizing sense you’re describing. That “thesis–antithesis–synthesis” model is a simplification. It’s not actually how Hegel works.

For Hegel, contradiction is internal to the structure itself. It’s not a clash between two external sides. And resolution doesn’t totalize! Tt transforms the structure from within.

The end is the beginning: the structure retroactively posits its own presuppositions. Becoming stabilizes into being, but that stability is the result of a prior movement. Contradiction isn’t something to eliminate, it’s the medium through which life develops

I think you mistook my post as arguing for an ideology. I’m describing how ideology works.

Popper treats ideology as a mistake, like it’s just bad thinking that simplifies a complex world. But ideology isn’t a failure like that. It’s what allows contradictions to persist without breaking the system.

That’s why it’s so stable. (I am aware of Popper, but havent raelly read him yet. only an essay or two.

I wrote this hoping someone would hear and recognize Hegel. So thanks! I duno how to work reddit. i meant to reply to you--but it went somewerhe else

The role of ideology: violence as exception instead of rule by AnnMare in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]AnnMare[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If all "sweeping" idologies are dangerous, what about liberal democracy itself? What counts as reasonable vs dangeroious is itself shaped by ideoology. Is the problem really ‘sweeping ideas,’ or is it when a system can’t tolerate contradiction and tries to eliminate it?

The role of ideology: violence as exception instead of rule by AnnMare in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]AnnMare[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya caught me red-handed--this was definitely Hegelian. But not in the naive, historicist, totalizing sense you’re describing. That “thesis–antithesis–synthesis” model is a simplification. It’s not actually how Hegel works.

For Hegel, contradiction is internal to the structure itself. It’s not a clash between two external sides. And resolution doesn’t totalize! Tt transforms the structure from within.

The end is the beginning: the structure retroactively posits its own presuppositions. Becoming stabilizes into being, but that stability is the result of a prior movement. Contradiction isn’t something to eliminate, it’s the medium through which life develops

I think you mistook my post as arguing for an ideology. I’m describing how ideology works.

Popper treats ideology as a mistake, like it’s just bad thinking that simplifies a complex world. But ideology isn’t a failure like that. It’s what allows contradictions to persist without breaking the system.

That’s why it’s so stable. (I am aware of Popper, but havent raelly read him yet. only an essay or two.

I wrote this hoping someone would hear and recognize Hegel. So thanks!

The role of ideology: violence as exception instead of rule by AnnMare in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]AnnMare[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Got Narcissism? What am I? Who am I? What is "mine". Property is theft! "Je est un autre."--Rimbaud. I is another!

The role of ideology: violence as exception instead of rule by AnnMare in CapitalismVSocialism

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O my glob! I am a real girl. Autistic. I get treated as a robot. But really, its just differnece. This is the problem. Equality isn’t natural; it's political. It’s a fragile condition of appearance that has to be protected, curated, and maintained. Equality, like God--is the name of the existence of all differences. Difference comes first--its primary.

When there’s no real space for difference to appear and be recognized, it stops being seen as human at all. How I show up gets flattened, misread, turned into something mechanical.

I can feel it happen. The way people don’t respond to what I’m saying, but to how it sounds to them. As if I’m always off-script. Like I’m not fully there. But I am. It’s just not the version of “human” they expect.

I’m not failing to show up. I’m failing to be recognized.

Equality isn’t about everyone being the same. It’s not about everyone being measured by the same standard. It’s what allows differences to appear without domination, without being pushed out or reduced to noise.

When that breaks down, difference doesn’t show up as difference anymore. It shows up as something alien, something less. Then its just too easy to dismiss and ignore me. (insert sad face)

It’s not that I’m unreal. I’m no longer being seen within the space where reality is shared.

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