Friendstacy comments on Authoritarian Rule

 i'm not trying to change your mind. how could you possibly agree with my point of view, with it being so different than yours? but I am very grateful for the opportunity to discuss these things. the way I see it, dominance is aggression, aggression is violence even if it's not physically injurious (but there's always that threat of physical injury, isn't there?) If you have a chain of command, with some people above other people, you have rule based upon authority. the very organization of society into heirarchies of command is what makes it authoritarian. we have to start there, at the foundation upon which sits all the premises that attempt to prove freedom invalid.

because, trolls

...the issue is that a man is only as good as his word, and our government has made breaking their word official policy. this must be addressed. nobody is talking about taking anything away from the conquerors, only that they make good on their promises. if the treaties signed by representatives of the government are meaningless, we must also question their claim to authority. are these the kind of people we want making laws and deciding for us what is right and what is wrong?

what kind of government tear gasses their own citizens? do they not serve us? we know who they serve, and it's not us.

violence and denial

the threats and punishments system of law making and law enforcement to control people's behavior is violence by definition. so there's already that disconnect.

and if something like 65% of cops are violent towards their spouses, how can we expect any of them to not be violent towards people they perceive to be a threat to the structure of society and a system that places them in a position of authority over others?

so why are we calling on a violent institution of societal control to control the violence that they perpetuate? it doesn't make sense.

what if all the soldiers they send in decide to kneel instead, to protect the citizens instead of waging war on them, like they thought their job was supposed to be when they signed up?

because who really cares if starbucks has to replace a few windows, anyway? how is that more important than people?

revenge blames
calls for justice
demands punishment
creates more war
solves nothing

blowing in the wind

the problem with taking responsibility for your own life is that you can't blame anyone else for your bad decisions anymore. and that is what keeps the obedient ones following the leaders, they want somebody else to blame. and the problem with following the leader, is you don't get to decide where you are going. so when you end up there, where you never wanted to be, does blaming them for leading you there really help to make it any better? and how many times will we be led to war, pretending that we aren't aware of where that same path has always led us before?

pete and repeat were sitting on a fence...

(or, reruns)

there never was any separation between church and state. they are symbiotic parasites, neither can exist without the other, and we the people are the host.


the lion and the unicorn
were fighting for the crown
the lion chased the unicorn
clear 'cross the town
some gave them white bread
some gave them brown
some gave them plum-cake
and sent them out of town

such corporate entities aren't even real! they only exist as words on paper, yet they claim authority over every aspect of our lives, through the manufacture and manipulation of fear.

first post new blog

they tell you
question authority
but not this one here
the other over there
the authority
we disagree with