Posts by redtinker36

.. and what exactly does it take for you to find some peace and be content?

.. what would your ideal baseline state actually look like.. ?

.. what would your ideal steady state look like? ..

.. an employee can't just walk away from a terrible boss .. the whole situation is far more complicated than it looks ..

.. they can't because they simply don't have the strength .. if you surveyed workers across America, you'd find 90% of them feel like they're working for absolute scumbags .. yet they live in constant fear that without that paycheck, they might actually starve .. so .. they're stuck ..
.. they can't .. they can't .. but maybe that isn't the worst part ..

.. it really comes down to a power struggle ..
.. some employees allow themselves to be screwed over so thoroughly it’s almost unbelievable .. but it isn't strictly a matter of employer versus employee ..
.. for instance .. it could be worker against worker .. which is arguably even uglier ..

.. so .. what does anarchy actually mean here?
.. anarchy is drawing a line in the dirt and saying .. if you cross this, you're dead ..
.. it's actively contemplating how one might .. let's say .. take out a boss ..
.. focusing on the technicalities .. so that you .. you son of a bitch .. don't accidentally let him walk away alive ..

.. within all of this, there is one .. almost magical .. detail ..

(.. it's .. when you are without neighbors, you are somewhat .. meaning, when you are without neighbors, you are everything. That is how lions and gods live ..
.. lions without brothers .. or sisters .. and mostly .. without any fucking around, because sex equals trouble. Dalai Lama .. end of quote ..
.. and gods .. they also avoid sex .. because if you fuck a god just because you need a woman .. then needing a woman leads to wanting sex .. and desires are the root of all misery .. end of quote. Buddha.))

.. if you put together a list of everything you need... well, that list is essentially useless unless you’re making it with your neighbors in mind..
.. friends.. is it really that hard to admit we are nothing without our community?

.. it's what you might call a warrior's existence.. that one.. specific life.. somewhere between the animal kingdom and the divine..
.. out there.. you have to watch the essentials.. your rifle.. your clothes.. and especially your footwear.. your food.. and particularly.. your water..

.. regarding thieves.. anarchism certainly promotes a certain.. laissez-faire approach..
.. which means a thief can hope to screw over one person.. but making it impossible to screw over two.. that's the goal..
.. and the person who takes them down with a club.. or hangs them in their own backyard.. needs to understand they have to be both decisive and righteous.. basically.. they are taking responsibility for themselves and their property.. and.. since he is a man.. he is also taking responsibility for his fellow man..
.. damn it.. a thief needs a warning.. if we catch you, you're dead..

.. that one politician on TV.. dodging from desk to desk just to take bribes.. screwing over the American government.. a NATO member.. and every honest American neighbor.. did you warn him.. or did you simply forget?

.. damn it.. one more thing..
.. I don't want to bring you down.. but this world you've been building since that prick from Nazareth—the one they'll probably crucify again the day after tomorrow—this world you've spent two thousand years constructing... it turns out.. damn it.. it's messy.. it's broken.. it's cursed.. and honestly, friends.. it isn't even close..
.. despite all that love and happiness.. amigos.. it turned out to be a total joke..
.. I know that's a hard truth to swallow..
.. but don't go thinking the Heavenly Father is going to grant you another two thousand years..

.. otherwise..
.. you're afraid of people..
.. that's interesting.. damn it.. but it's a long story..
.. you love systems.. structures.. and schemes.. you aren't bothered by those bastards who reduce you to mere rats.. yet you are terrified of a fellow human being..
.. it's a very curious.. and.. almost laughable situation..
.. damn it.. that's anarchy for you.. you're just terrified of the man standing outside the system right in front of you..
.. and well.. that's life.. Happy Easter..

.. look, let's be honest .. you all seem to need these constant shifts in commerce and capital just to maintain some sense of leverage .. those power dynamics ..
.. so you can finally figure out who actually brings something to the table and who's just dead weight .. right? .. fine then ..

.. we’ll have to see what you actually require ..
.. my grandfather used to manage cattle with nothing but grit .. if it turns out you're more terrified of losing your comforts than he was of losing everything .. then you've really messed up .. if you aren't certain you could feed yourselves today the way he did .. or if you're more preoccupied with survival than he ever was .. then something went fundamentally wrong somewhere along the line ..

.. if you need these hierarchies just to confirm whether you're pushovers .. well .. that won't save you either .. naturally .. you'll still find yourselves needing anarchy ..

.. Anarchism is the only lens through which we can interpret the future—or rather, our path toward it—because the future itself remains impossible to define or glimpse from where we currently stand..

.. When we talk about groups of people, or the organization of trade and commerce... what we are really talking about is your neighbors..
.. If you know that some CEO is pulling in $150,000 a month, but you feel lucky just to have him around, then don't complain.. just shrug and say, "small change, small money"..
.. But.. if you know that someone is manufacturing drugs that will kill thousands just to pad their own pockets—or if they're willing to sacrifice three thousand of their own people for a profit—you can only accept that without protest if you consider yourselves rats. Which isn't necessarily a tragedy in itself—but.. the law will eventually drive you to hunt for other rats to look down upon..
.. And those others will have every right to slaughter you. That is anarchy..
.. It is simply logical action, governed by one vital principle.. this..
.. There may be a great God in the heavens, but on Earth, there are only people like me—even if there is nothing at all in the heavens..

.. The issue isn't about acknowledging authority; it's about acknowledging sovereignty over oneself..

.. I suspect it won't be possible to dwell on that nuance without considering one specific detail: those who haven't faced death or killing will find themselves unable to speak of anarchy..

.. Damn.. here is the interesting part: no killing will actually be necessary..
.. However, it will become essential for a person to feel truly.. alone. Completely solitary. To realize that no executive and no organized group intends to protect them. Only then will a human encounter the final, great power..
.. And the world.. the world that drives a person to that realization.. that is your world. Every step in its evolution is a step toward.. the bright future of anarchy..

.. yeah .. you could certainly argue there's an evolution of perception ..
.. I see perception as a series of .. connections .. a web of interconnectedness ..
.. and if we look at that, one path becomes clear as progress .. moving toward .. total interconnection .. or perhaps .. true freedom ..

.. no animal possesses senses as far-reaching as ours ..
.. though various species definitely have specific faculties that outperform humans .. they just have more specialized .. channels of connection to certain areas .. which is why the old shamans always took them into account ..

.. love, honestly, is a bit of a detour ..
.. it's really just a state where a person's perceptions are .. focused entirely on another human being ..
.. we haven't always been this way .. once upon a time, people knew how to live much more .. independently ..
.. and eventually, we'll learn how to do it again ..
.. to finally break free from this damn obsession with staying close to the neighbors ..
.. some suggest reconnecting with nature ..
.. but it goes deeper than that ..
.. it's about opening those connections to the entire universe ..
.. or so the old shamans used to say ..

.. complementary .. to the earth .. it is .. say .. the sky ..
.. the more you are in one, the less you are in the other .. but I mean that quite literally ..
.. or as they say in the old stories .. the devil hides where there is neither light nor God ..

.. being true and clear isn't always a good thing ..
.. clarity can be .. a blinding rush of eternity .. but truth .. as a cross-section through any single moment of flow .. is no less real ..
.. but .. damn it .. maybe he was right .. every attempt to capture an image will only slow down eternity ..

.. I honestly think that line of thinking is pretty unnecessary..

.. In this day and age.. one could argue that humanity is essentially just livestock.. scattered in different herds across various pastures..
.. The cowboys tasked with watching over them.. they know the drill.. how to brand, how to use the lasso, and exactly when it's time for the slaughter..
.. Letting the cattle decide.. democratically.. whether or not to slaughter themselves.. doesn't strike me as particularly logical..
.. Though, if we're talking about cinema.. say.. I could definitely see a movie like that.. maybe even seeing an American director pick up an Oscar for a lifetime achievement award based on it..

.. Community is.. a good thing..
.. Unfortunately.. bringing it up feels like showing weakness..

.. Regarding Hitler.. it almost seems as though God favored him..
.. It’s incredible the kind of force he built within Germany under his rule.. the work ethic.. the efficiency.. the unity.. the spirit.. frankly, the US isn't even operating at that level of productivity today..
.. He was given territory stretching all the way to Africa and Stalingrad.. and then later, we Communists were given the task of taking it all back..
.. In the end, he was left with that.. what was it.. some kind of poison.. people used to say they saw someone near the bunker with a small vial.. a total spit in the face of providence..

.. One German official supposedly remarked.. that it was impossible for mere livestock to be the goal of a nation..
.. No matter how you look at it.. those Germans seem quite brilliant to me..