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Is any realistic alternative to violence against the system if you are going to disengage? I think this whole thing has to come to a head at some point- and I
by droopybuns 13y ago
Is any realistic alternative to violence against the system if you are going to disengage?
I think this whole thing has to come to a head at some point- and I just see too many americans who don't even put a fraction of the effort into politics that you have.
- jnbiche 13y agoYes, yes there is: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agorism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agorism Unfortunately, back in 2007, I wrote off any libertarians as wacky, selfish geeks with very little political sophistication. Since then, I've come to meet some of the least selfish and most politically sophisticated individuals I've ever met, who are also libertarians. And none of them are particularly fond of Ayn Rand (to name another one of my 2007 biases).
- droopybuns 13y agoI like these philosophies, but I disagree that they're realistic. American history doesn't have a lot of examples of engagement for this kind of approach. We basically only flip tables when we feel really oppressed. People who live in cities seem to feel oppressed, but they also seem to really believe in bureacracy as a concept, so they instead blame the bad guys in the other party, rather than seeing the system as failed. If the bad guys are basically in both parties, you pick your team based on marketing. Long story short- I don't see these options as viable alternatives to violence, unfortuntately. I'm glad you're practicing them over the alternative- but I'm going to hang on to engaging more instead.