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  • As an addendum to 4 - state level power is also required to protect aspiring communist societies (socialists) from antagonistic forces with state level resources. If your state is not strong enough, you will be undermined into destruction by external forces, colonial powers that will use this “failure” as both propaganda and a method of appropriating your resources to further colonial projects.

    Also, as someone who lives in and was raised in the heart of empire, the amount of propaganda that we have ingested is unfathomable.

    It is good practice when you find yourself asking about any topic that may be deemed antithetical to a settler colonial project to thoroughly examine the sources of the information you’re basing your opinion on, and perhaps consider that while you may be a very intelligent and thoughtful individual, expertly crafted and ubiquitous propaganda can shape your opinion as well.





  • I think whether we like it or not economic systems have forced their way into our political systems.

    And anyone with any existing power is strongly incentivized to kill any “new ideas” in the womb. As they would most likely represent a departure from the current system that they benefit from.

    Any dramatic restructuring is going to be a very “significant” event. We may currently be on the precipice of one such event in the United States, this remains to be seen. The existing power structures have been significantly destabilized and pre-existing norms and rules are being outright ignored.

    Power will shift, it remains to be seen how much and to where.

    In any case, we may have the opportunity for you to see some new interesting governmental concepts, or perhaps a return to some classics, or a mix of the two (a little overtly capitalist fuedalism perhaps?).

    We sure do live in interesting times.





  • I’m gonna be pedantic for just a sec cause I want to share my visualization with you:

    Isle - small island

    Aisle - row of shelves typically housing objects like groceries or books, etc.

    That caused me to think about a small archipelago that could fit in a neighborhood that consisted of different ethnic or national peoples hawking foods. Like large swimming pools with floating stands manned by someone yelling “get your Twinkies here! Twinkies!”

    I’m crying.








  • You’re right. Perhaps I need to touch grass. My “is this commenter worth actually expending energy” meter may be off.

    And to be clear, there was no jab at marxists. There was a jab at the lack of working class solidarity and wealth cult that exists within my everyday context in the US. Which you aren’t necessarily aware of and I wasn’t explicit about.

    Marxist and Anarchist end goals really aren’t so different that it makes sense to foster any leftist infighting. We all ultimately want things to be better for everyone, especially the working class.