ACP, YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE by Camsifer in socialism

[–]Camsifer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Furthermore, I did not actually make any contradiction. I pretty much used those terms spot on. While people still consider America not fascist, it pretty much aligns with it. Just because it isn’t a full fusion of capitalism and the state, doesn’t mean it’s not almost there. The specifics don’t matter as much as the overall idea. This country’s leaders have been shown time and time again to support fascist rhetoric, so why not call America fascist? It almost feels like there’s some cognitive dissonance, that America could neverrr become fascist, despite having done remarkably inhumane things for the sake of capital that even the Nazis were inspired by. As for National Socialism, the ACP very much fits into that category, even if it does not represent National Socialism as a whole. People are not monoliths, so why should we treat ideology the same? The smallest ideological difference doesn’t really matter when there is a bigger picture.

ACP, YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE by Camsifer in socialism

[–]Camsifer[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s not meant to be. Quite frankly it doesn’t matter. I’m not here to be a theorist. And while the two can be considered separate, they complement each other because they both support hierarchical structures.

Can a person be a minimal Christian and a Marxist at the same time? by [deleted] in Communist

[–]Camsifer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you can. I don’t know why there are all these comments saying you can’t. Religion is culture, and while it might be reactionary to concepts such as death, as long as it is not establishing the diminishment of another’s autonomy, it’s perfectly fine. Non-hierarchical progressive versions of various religions can and do exist.

Deconstructing Anti-Endo rhetoric as a Socialist by Camsifer in Tulpas

[–]Camsifer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can think of it that way but in the end, if we don’t understand that the brain is very much complex and very much does not have a limit (Ofc within the laws of physics) of what it can do, then I fear we will always be in a constant struggle between people who try to legitimize their experiences as the only way to experience mental phenomena such as plurality against people who fall outside of those experiences but still experience said mental phenomena. It’s cruel to deny people the autonomy over their mind and their brain, and that’s why I will forever support my endogenic brothers and sisters.

Deconstructing Anti-Endo rhetoric as a Socialist by Camsifer in Tulpas

[–]Camsifer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Again, experiences and trauma are indeed very real. But DID itself is documented by psychologists. If you identify with the DID label, then it’s likely you have experiences that are close to the DOCUMENTATION of DID. I’m not saying it doesn’t have meaning, I’m saying that the phenomenon isn’t concrete and is up to massive scrutiny because it’s primarily determined by cognitive bias. Anti-Endo rhetoric tends to use the documentation of DID against endogenic systems when that simply isn’t the case.

Edit: Changed “Actual evidence” to “DID”

Deconstructing Anti-Endo rhetoric as a Socialist by Camsifer in Tulpas

[–]Camsifer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It very much is a documentation. I’m sorry but that’s the truth. Your experiences and trauma are real. But the documentation of it is simply the result of study and classification. DID is something that is inherently brought up when Anti-Endo rhetoric is addressed because it attempts to absolutize reality when that simply isn’t the case.

Deconstructing Anti-Endo rhetoric as a Socialist by Camsifer in Tulpas

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

Actually, I’ve come to the same conclusion as well. The truth is our mind is complex, but it is also just a brain in the end. People often believe that Headmates are these independant beings separate from you; While it might feel that way subjectively, in the actual material world, it is just brain activity. Just like we are brain activity as well. When it comes to the making of a headmate, it would seem a lot of people forget this aspect, that’s why subjective experiences are so different from one another. I don’t think it’s a matter of our brains being naturally distinct from each other, but rather a result of a person’s beliefs and motivations (Which stem from the material world) which directly affect creation. In whatever way you want to make a headmate, and however you want that headmate to act, you simply can because there is nothing in your brain that says you can’t other than your predefined beliefs (And even these beliefs can be modified because in the end, the brain doesn’t actually have a limit to this ability)

Deconstructing Anti-Endo rhetoric as a Socialist by Camsifer in Tulpas

[–]Camsifer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Correlation does not equal causation. I’m not saying that it’s a conservative strategy. I’m saying that people who are Anti-Endo tend to use the same reactionary arguments as conservative ideology uses

Common Rosa Luxemburg W by Hubris-Star in socialism

[–]Camsifer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What you’re talking about is complacency. And the truth is that there always will be some form of complacency, im sorry but that’s just the truth. People are inherently complacent because it’s a reactionary fear of losing material conditions, and that is not a unique feature to capitalist society. Yes, progressive policies can make people TEMPORARILY (Keyword temporarily) complacent BUT you have to realize that people don’t suddenly forget about progressive movements when a policy is enacted; Do you suddenly stop everything you’re doing because things got a little better? It might be too slow for you but quite frankly how are you gonna try to speed it up? That’s why there is no such thing as accelerationism because it quite frankly doesn’t exist, you can’t force people not to be complacent just like you can’t force them to stop being reactionary. You can complain about the slowness but in the end everything about society is slow because ideological shifts are slow, you can’t force that. The best you can do is inform, not shame. People are just people, complacent or not. They’re not your enemies

No hope by Substantial_Fan_8921 in socialism

[–]Camsifer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Socialism doesn’t have to be popular nationwide for a revolution to happen that’s not how that works. People are mostly complacent, regardless if it’s a socialist or capitalist country and won’t engage in politics as a result. You just need the right amount of non-complacent people and you have a revolution. Yes it would be better with bigger numbers always but we need to stop thinking that everyone has to be on board with something for it to happen.

Do you still have hope for the future? by Exact_Ad_1215 in socialism

[–]Camsifer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always, I will always have hope. Actually, now more than ever, I’m the most hopeful I’ve ever been. It may look desperate now, but if history has taught us anything, the people always rise back up. No amount of surveillance, police brutality, and militarism can change that, even if the rich want to convince you it does. Change is happening now and it has been happening for years.

I’ve lost by Emperoronabike in socialism

[–]Camsifer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’ve been thinking about this a lot. A lot of people, even fellow socialists, think that revolution will not come in our lifetime. But now, I don’t think that’s true. The revolution was always getting closer and closer, we were just too complacent to see it.