It used to be nice having a political identity that lead itself to being an identity. "Oh, rights are important and i want more liberty"
You and Paul Gottfried basically summed up the whole of our position on your most recent interview with him. The regime fucking blows and we need an authoritarian rightwing to beat it.
Until someone willing to cross the rubicon comes around, we don't really have much to discuss. We all know that every issue is kayfabe, every policy is about power, all the arguments dont matter. They are in power and we hate it. There's plenty to learn, it's fun and exciting to get new perspectives, but we can't really build an identity around what we aren't.
I do think that once our side has something to rally around, a positive vision and an identity to offer people that it will catch like wildfire.
I basically went from Edgelord teenager with Authoritarian RW views, to anti-establishment liberalism until it was clear that was very gay, flirted with normie conservatism afterwards in the early Trump years and am basically right back to what I thought as a teenager but with a lot more nuance and actual reasons. It's kinda like a self contained Midwit meme, grug understanding had me at almost the same place that a much deeper understanding did, but just a little bit of knowledge led to some dumbass and dare I say, Cringe, Views...
Keith Woods had a pretty good article he wrote about how the conditions have come around for another explosion in dissident RW energy similar to what had happened in 2015/2016 before It imploded on itself with Charlottesville amongst other things. I am personally trying to do my best to build up real world connections now so that I can either capitalize on this happening or at least help someone else who is more fit to capitalize on them.
Strong opinions, loosely held. Have strong, deep convictions but do not close your eyes and bury your head to information that might open your eyes to things in contrast to your current position just because you’ve built an identity around it. That helps no one, least of all oneself
I may be wrong, but I honestly believe there are thresholds to pass through. Some of the ideologies we hold for a time are necessary, and crucially so, to get us to the next place in our politically based directives. I think it would be harder for a Trump voter to get to a place of localism, communitarianism without giving up faith in the possibility of a federal or other overarching savior stepping in and maintaining the status quo for us. A certain part of the anarchy philosophy that is helpful, anarchy, autonomy, agorism, etc is the acceptance of self reliance. I think there's a major step to consider, "I would be willing to do it all on my own if I must, and I realize that anyone attempting to save the whole world does not share my regional values and isn't worth relying on." That isn't necessarily the final step. I don't have to act alone. It's folly to presume I'll be left alone just because I'm caring for myself. Furthermore, it's better if we work together, those who share values in our value-based communities. But we apparently, obviously, need to be bigger than The Branch Davidians and smaller than the USA or even a whole state (a lot smaller, maybe) to build these value based communities.
One of the things I heard another commentator say was how much he loved changing his mind and how liberating it was. It's so true. If a person has never changed their mind or even just fine-tuned their thinking, then they are in a trap and there is no growth happening.
It used to be nice having a political identity that lead itself to being an identity. "Oh, rights are important and i want more liberty"
You and Paul Gottfried basically summed up the whole of our position on your most recent interview with him. The regime fucking blows and we need an authoritarian rightwing to beat it.
Until someone willing to cross the rubicon comes around, we don't really have much to discuss. We all know that every issue is kayfabe, every policy is about power, all the arguments dont matter. They are in power and we hate it. There's plenty to learn, it's fun and exciting to get new perspectives, but we can't really build an identity around what we aren't.
I do think that once our side has something to rally around, a positive vision and an identity to offer people that it will catch like wildfire.
I basically went from Edgelord teenager with Authoritarian RW views, to anti-establishment liberalism until it was clear that was very gay, flirted with normie conservatism afterwards in the early Trump years and am basically right back to what I thought as a teenager but with a lot more nuance and actual reasons. It's kinda like a self contained Midwit meme, grug understanding had me at almost the same place that a much deeper understanding did, but just a little bit of knowledge led to some dumbass and dare I say, Cringe, Views...
Keith Woods had a pretty good article he wrote about how the conditions have come around for another explosion in dissident RW energy similar to what had happened in 2015/2016 before It imploded on itself with Charlottesville amongst other things. I am personally trying to do my best to build up real world connections now so that I can either capitalize on this happening or at least help someone else who is more fit to capitalize on them.
Strong opinions, loosely held. Have strong, deep convictions but do not close your eyes and bury your head to information that might open your eyes to things in contrast to your current position just because you’ve built an identity around it. That helps no one, least of all oneself
I may be wrong, but I honestly believe there are thresholds to pass through. Some of the ideologies we hold for a time are necessary, and crucially so, to get us to the next place in our politically based directives. I think it would be harder for a Trump voter to get to a place of localism, communitarianism without giving up faith in the possibility of a federal or other overarching savior stepping in and maintaining the status quo for us. A certain part of the anarchy philosophy that is helpful, anarchy, autonomy, agorism, etc is the acceptance of self reliance. I think there's a major step to consider, "I would be willing to do it all on my own if I must, and I realize that anyone attempting to save the whole world does not share my regional values and isn't worth relying on." That isn't necessarily the final step. I don't have to act alone. It's folly to presume I'll be left alone just because I'm caring for myself. Furthermore, it's better if we work together, those who share values in our value-based communities. But we apparently, obviously, need to be bigger than The Branch Davidians and smaller than the USA or even a whole state (a lot smaller, maybe) to build these value based communities.
One of the things I heard another commentator say was how much he loved changing his mind and how liberating it was. It's so true. If a person has never changed their mind or even just fine-tuned their thinking, then they are in a trap and there is no growth happening.