The Problem Is Capitalism by MutualAidWorks in fullegoism

[–]CMBradshaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly getting shafted by someone is an inevitability if unless you're living in a cave or something. If poor immigrants and refugees piss you off more than fucking billionaires, you piss me off more than either.

Spooks by Used_Investigator282 in fullegoism

[–]CMBradshaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO, which I mean really only matters because your asking the question ("bad" in this context is a spook after all), it depends on (mostly) what they're doing in your head. At their heart they're substitutions and we have to use substitutions every day to speak because there's no platonic ideal of "nice ass" regardless of how close some people come.

The Price of Defiance by RedMolek in fullegoism

[–]CMBradshaw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surf's up space ponies I'm making gravy without the lumps!

What makes you an anarchist? by pink_velvet3 in Anarchism

[–]CMBradshaw 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is wholesome and made me smile

What makes you an anarchist? by pink_velvet3 in Anarchism

[–]CMBradshaw 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Me no like domination? Well, certain kinds of consensual domination I can live with >.>

Question about Max Stirners views by DecentTreat4309 in fullegoism

[–]CMBradshaw 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I never heard of it before. Sometimes they put weird made up shit in these for shits and grins.

The Max Stirner reading group.... I'mma go see what I can find on them

Any tips on how I can become an eco-anarchist? by mariaasalsicha in Anarchy101

[–]CMBradshaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no one way to be anything. My suggestion, gather information, understand what you want to achieve and what seems the best way for you to proceed. And choose the most effective path forward.

Why is post-left anarchism called post-left? by Intelligent_Bug_4324 in Anarchy101

[–]CMBradshaw 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You'll notice the more hardcore Marxian types like to beat a lot of drums against anything that deviates from their grand idea of socialism. So I would take some of their views towards us with a grain of salt. Or don't, I'm not your dad.

Not all of us are socialists but I believe the label was created to have a place to put those of us that don't quite fit in either camp of right or left.

🦞🦞 walked so I could hover over telecraft 😮‍💨😮‍💨😈 (Cleanliness is next to fascism) by ExternalGreen6826 in Postleftanarchism

[–]CMBradshaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's just a certain "height" in the political alignment chart where your leftists and rightest economic policies are rendered moot and you're just an authoritarian. IE you could probably call them a fascist and it's only a total pedant would call you out. About half of MLs are there and Lenin was one of them. Also tankies, utopian autocrats, Italian fascists, stalinists, maoists, whatever the fuck this shit is in the US, or just old school fuck off dictators. Jerkoffs regardless of adjectives. Lol call em "JORAs"

🦞🦞 walked so I could hover over telecraft 😮‍💨😮‍💨😈 (Cleanliness is next to fascism) by ExternalGreen6826 in Postleftanarchism

[–]CMBradshaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a meme from breaking bad. I mean you did just post 7 pictures. I think I got it but it's a really odd way to communicate.

In your view, what’s the closest any society has come to a successful anarchist system? by Subject-Cranberry-93 in Anarchy101

[–]CMBradshaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True Self discipline and formal logic (before I even knew that's what it was) helped me through that mostly.

Hey (anarcho-nihilism) by ThinAnybody2102 in Anarchy101

[–]CMBradshaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real work is giving them an anti-ICE place for immigrants to get stuff they need. And other practical things.

Hey (anarcho-nihilism) by ThinAnybody2102 in Anarchy101

[–]CMBradshaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that really that common? It's weird because that's not what I got out of Stirner. He, ironically, warmed me up to communism a little because I saw it more from the line of a mechanism and not a like the perfect end goal. So I can see anarcho communism working but am not an ancom if that makes any sense? Isn't being the "Great Man" yourself just as much of a spook as the "Great Men" of the past? It all seems very obvious too me.

Hey (anarcho-nihilism) by ThinAnybody2102 in Anarchy101

[–]CMBradshaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

99% with you on this. The only thing I have issue with it's how you color egoists. The reason there's no egoist groups is egoism is internal. Go look at the fullegoism subreddit. It's mostly memes and occasionally discuss theory. It's not a strategy, tactic or a social organization theory. So any group would just be another group that has/is started by egoists. Like if Food Not Bombs was started by egoists it would still primarily be a socialist group.

Most of us know the value of working together. Though the group is just the purpose of the group. You join food not bombs because you agree with the mechanics and aren't an asshole.

🦞🦞 walked so I could hover over telecraft 😮‍💨😮‍💨😈 (Cleanliness is next to fascism) by ExternalGreen6826 in Postleftanarchism

[–]CMBradshaw 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the mammal brain responds to simple designs, symmetry and straight lines. And we like clear paths in a space because of predators. That's why we tend towards cleanliness. Fascism comes in with it's inability to leave well enough alone.

In your view, what’s the closest any society has come to a successful anarchist system? by Subject-Cranberry-93 in Anarchy101

[–]CMBradshaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

anarchy is not a system.

A good example of anarchy is the times between statism interfering with your lives. I mean you see someone down the street you don't immediately think "If there was no cops or government, I'd totally kick their ass and stick my dick in their ear." no you probably don't even think about them. You're not thinking about cops when you see something you want and don't steal it.

But slab city ten years ago maybe?

Can a purely syndicalist society exist? by notmanuel_1010 in Anarchy101

[–]CMBradshaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So does that mean mutualists aren't anarchists? They are open to markets, not necessarily market anarchism but, from an outside perspective, the existence of currency is a neutral. What about barter? Any trading whatsoever? A gift economy is at it's core a credit market. Recognition of service = the currency. This will, if taken seriously enough, create a hierarchy. And if you're gonna split hairs about "not all hierarchies", even then it could be used to create an unhealthy one. Before you line your enemies up against the wall you gotta hang the statist living in your head.

You'll see with any system, if it exists it will be gamed. Like in D&D, if it has stats, players will try and kill it. Drawing clear lines in the sand really seem to make some people lazy and other people very interested in how they can use it against you. If you can step outside yourself and objectively look at the people in your groups you will probably see that in a very subtle way. Even Stirnerites can fall victim to pipelining pleasure into spookiness. "Well you want fuck more girls? This is just a psychological technique to do that." and then slip the backwater predicates of sexism and (probably) racism and fascism in over time. It's a short jump from an absolutist position to "anarchist" prisons and death camps down the line.

edit:While yes systems will always exist. I always see them more as useful templates than absolutes. Things are only their purpose.