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.
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Monday, May 31, 2021
Sunday, May 31, 2020
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?
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?
Thursday, June 23, 2016
who gets to decide?
"the common good" refers to that which is good for the state (as per plato's republic). the state is that which governs. but to be governed is the opposite of freedom. is that good?
who gets to decide?
who gets to decide?
Saturday, May 28, 2016
(they don't know they're like that)
empowering those who have historically been oppressed isn't a threat to anything but your status as Superior to them. get off yer high horse and practice some humanity, for a change.
what are you so afraid of?
what are you so afraid of?
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