SequoiaHope

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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
Trust me, I’m a libertarian communist meaning I oppose the use of the State or any force. There are no gulags nor prisons in my imagined future. Marx’s economic analysis of different ways to organize production is invaluable even in a compl
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
You’re right about marxism but your framing about dividing society seems unhelpful in my opinion. Marxism is about recognizing power imbalances in society and understanding how to use our collective power for our benefit rather than the ben
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
Kropotkin described himself as an anarchist communist in the 1890’s. There is a lot of historical meaning in the combination of those terms.
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
Hedonist libertarian socialist makes perfect sense to me and describes me and many of my friends. A lot of socialists want collective power so we can reduce working hours and spend more time with each other having a good time.
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
You probably don’t want to watch a 52 minute video on that exact question but I did recently make one: https://youtu.be/KFcd5EQgMEQ But there have always been communists who want to organize production communally using pure
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
Yes and I also find the term “libertarian communist” useful to describe him (and myself).
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
> they have reproducible builds. Ah, I see on Android they do. Not iOS according to an open github issue since 2015. I am suspicious of signal because everyone says "use Signal it is secure" and it is popularly known for this.
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
I’ve always assumed signal was a honeypot. They publish some source code but obviously we can’t verify the actual code running on iOS or (I assume) Android devices am I right? It seems like publishing open source could be a smoke screen. Wh
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
I appreciate your comment. I guess I am frustrated because I grew up with the colonizer mindset, that the Europeans who came here were nice people that did nice things and everyone had a big party together. I did a school play when I was a
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
Unions and also cooperatives. Unions to me are like holding a wolf by the ears. The capitalists don't want to treat their workers right but the union can demand it. Unions don't take start up capital to form so they are a good sto
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
> But when you advocate for large scale returns to "natural" farming, you're taking a position that leads directly to ecofacism and genocide though famine. Or at least a radical restructuring of the global economy where mu
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
> How do you stop 10 people from secretly working hard and producing an extra ration of gruel right under your commie nose? I am talking about a voluntary system that works in some ways like wikipedia. I want to get together with others,
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
But in another way, this is exactly how open source works. They do not sell you a new release and push ads showing how stylish you will be if you dump version 13 and upgrade to version 14. They just push a point release as needed. Some soft
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
> what happens when some people don't want to participate in your voluntary communism and insist on inventing new things and marketing them? What happens when someone decides they do not want to contribute to wikipedia? > You&#x2
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> You cannot have "voluntary communism". > In capitalism... People can go off and create their own communist utopia and share their wealth.
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> Just don't suggest 'we' should do it together. Why? Literally what is the harm in sharing my idea for a voluntary automated society and asking others what they think of it? > Except it's not exactly voluntary if
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
While I do not advocate for a state-based model, I want to point out that the soviets beat the USA to orbit on a centrally planned economy. I see no reason to assume we cannot have machine tools and other high end equipment. Especially beca
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
> How would you prevent one of these collectives from, say, inventing an iPhone and monetizing it? You don't. > aren't you back to square one again? No, why would that be? We live in a world with a million top down owned cap
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
Yes. One could call this communism and I often do. But note that this is a voluntary system, so it is libertarian communism. It is not based on authoritarian rule as many people who mention communism will associate it with.
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
Who has tried a voluntary form of communism focused on the use of automation to lower material costs of living?
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
I mean yes I do call it libertarian communism, tho I often leave that part out since people will be totally onboard until you mention the name. But also it’s a specific scheme that has the goal of lowering the marginal cost of living. And i
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
I have a theory that we can eliminate 90% of the required labor in our economy with the following strategy: End “consumerism” behavior where every problem is perceived to have a solution in the form of a quick product you can buy - much of
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by SequoiaHope 5y ago
No, I do not think one political party supports this. Just because I mention something Democrats did that I don’t like doesn’t mean I’m a Republican. I mentioned it because I grew up a Democrat and when I realized it was all a sham and all