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I think you hit on something here. I find myself allying with anti-authoritarians across the political spectrum, as both parties (though more so the republican
by Aloha 8y ago
I think you hit on something here.
I find myself allying with anti-authoritarians across the political spectrum, as both parties (though more so the republicans) have cozied up more with more extreme and more authoritarian ideologies.
Liberals are all about "we know whats best because of our education and these studies" and conservatives "we know whats best because jesus (tradition, et al)" - in the end, both of them are trying to pass more malum prohibitum laws with dubious effects. I'm dubious of technocrats and religious tests.
The thing that I see that scares me the lack of room for disagreement, if you dont agree with us, you're one of 'them' whoever them is.
- stcredzero 8y agoThe thing that I see that scares me the lack of room for disagreement, if you dont agree with us, you're one of 'them' whoever them is. Hell, "if you dont agree with us, you're one of 'them'" is okay, so long as people remain cordial and just chill. I had that while at grad school at the University of South Carolina. The traddies, folkies, world music people, eastern religious nuts, African drum people, neo-hippies, goths, metal-heads, Harley motorcycle people, punks,... I could go on. We all hung out together. We even got into arguments and tried to point out how the other was deluded and screwed up, and we still hung out together. I guess it's easy if you're a small group of fringers in a sea of mainstream people. When the fringe gets too big, it starts to develop social pathologies of its own. I think the Bay Area fringe is more prone to such pathologies than average.
- Aloha 8y agoI think the point that I was trying to hammer home, is you must be ideologically pure, and in total harmony with all views, otherwise you're branded one of 'them' and you, and any viewpoints you have, are discarded.