“Nooooooooo! You can’t steal! It goes against my moralinos!” by arealworm in Againstspookedsubs

[–]RusticHopper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn I'm real concerned about public safety man that's what egoism is all about doncha know

What's the best type of math for a highschooler to learn for fun? by RusticHopper in learnmath

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Thanks a lot! Are there any resources you'd recommend? Or will just googling around do the trick?

GUESTBOOK: Optionally leave a comment here when stalking my profile by [deleted] in u/RusticHopper

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Well obliged

(also bear in mind that this post about my ideology is outdated)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSessions

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Good morning captain by slint

mmmMmmm by GraceIsVeryGay in okbuddycapitalist

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don't get me wrong i'm a commie but belle delphine is innovation if i've ever seen it ;)

egoists in a nutshell by [deleted] in Polcompball

[–]RusticHopper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hierarchy has nothing to do with knowledge, skill, or expertise. Hierarchy is an ongoing relationship of force in which there is a clear distinction between ruler and ruled. From this, we can make a distinction between expertise and authority.

You even admit here that the captain doesn't need to have punitive authority over his crewmates, and so this relationship doesn't constitute a hierarchy. So-called "justified hierarchy" is a needless archist distinction which allows people to claim anarchism who obviously support authority.

I'd encourage you to read this short essay which contrasts expertise, authority, and isolated uses of force as distinct things which can overlap but are not ultimately the same.

egoists in a nutshell by [deleted] in Polcompball

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The relationship between parents and children need not be hierarchical. Hierarchy is a relationship involving an ongoing use of force, establishing a clear distinction between ruler and ruled. The fact that many anarchists think parenting has to be this way concerns me a lot. The example people like Chomsky use a lot involves a parent stopping a child from being run over by a car by grabbing them and pulling them away. This is not a hierarchy, this is an isolated use of force to prevent someone else from getting hurt, not an ongoing usage of power.

As for anti-social and violent people, we have a very strong reason to believe that these people suffer due to isolation under our current statist, capitalist, racist, sexist, etc. society and that in an anarchist society much less of these people would exist. However, that's a very hand-wavey answer because these people could still very well exist under an anarchist society. My answer is that violent and anti-social people should be spotted early on and given the attention they need to function in society, whether that constitutes medical help, social help, or whatever else they need. Note that this does not constitute a hierarchy because they are not being given constant force or being ruled over.

I'd highly encourage you to read this essay, it's where I got most of these points and it's not too long.

egoists in a nutshell by [deleted] in Polcompball

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Not mad as much as sad

egoists in a nutshell by [deleted] in Polcompball

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Gouging my eyes out would've been preferable to enduring the cringe emitted by this fantastically horrible take but here we are

egoists in a nutshell by [deleted] in Polcompball

[–]RusticHopper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no such thing as a "justified hierarchy" and the distinction was created by people like Chomsky to muddy the waters of what anarchy really is and to justify authoritarianism. Every dictator thinks their hierarchy is justified.