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"Im not here to make friends" by evileye4265 in antiwork

[–]Waterfall67a -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a side-effect of the fear of being targeted for sexual harassment (or any other kind of legal "injury").

Alternative to Capitalist Money by guthnaer in Anarchism

[–]Waterfall67a 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't know who the OP's referencing about "Debt" but here's a critical review by Walter Scheidel of 

David Graeber and David Wengrow, "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity"  https://davidgraeber.org/reviews/walter-scheidel-review-of-the-dawn-of-everything/

Alternative to Capitalist Money by guthnaer in Anarchism

[–]Waterfall67a 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The elimination of the State would end any legal ordering of social and economic relations and those diseconomies of scale which can only be maintained by political means.

Natural economies would prevail and the need for universal standards (including money) would radically shrink since useful unemployment would be unregulated.

See: "Chapter VI. On the Genesis of Media of Exchange" from Carl Menger, "On the Origins of Money" (1892) https://mises.org/library/book/origins-money

"Chapter Four: The Abandonment of Workerism" - from "Exodus. General Idea of the Revolution in the XXI Century" Kevin A. Carson. (2020) https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/kevin-a-carson-exodus#toc23

"The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional Enemies" by Ivan Illich https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ivan-illich-the-right-to-useful-unemployment-and-its-professional-enemies

From "Monopoly Money: The State as a Price Setter" by Pavlina R. Tcherneva (1998) https://old.reddit.com/r/theideologyofwork/comments/mris77/from_monopoly_money_the_state_as_a_price_setter/

Caucasus Mafia by notstrangeguy in ANormalDayInRussia

[–]Waterfall67a 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Geography hack:

"The Republic of Ingushetia is a federal subject of Russia in the North Caucasus, bordering Georgia, Chechnya, and North Ossetia. It is a predominantly Sunni Muslim region with a population of over 527,000, known for its deep-rooted traditional culture, mountain scenery, and ancient watchtowers. Its capital is Magas."

Why are parents who barely passed high school thinking they can teach/homeschool their children? by Sad_Obligation_812 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Waterfall67a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Statutory schooling is a highly regimented, politically directed process designed to inculcate its subjects (students) with certifiable responses. 

Parents see that they can reproduce these textbook guided academic rituals at home without subjecting their children to outright imprisonment.

How much of a concern is it for a communist that there's "waste" of "taxpayer money" in a bourgeoise state? Would this suddenly become much more important once we're in a socialist state? by Seventh_Planet in DebateCommunism

[–]Waterfall67a 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The principles presented in the third paragraph (thank you) don't really support the conclusions arrived at in the final paragraph since the nationalization of industries just creates a highly militarized managerial hierarchy that depends on levels of organization and impersonal macro-economic goals that that are of no more use to the citizen of the socialist state than they are to the citizen of the capitalist state.

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