bit-anarchist

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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Apply it to reality, and things get muddy really quickly. The major issue is the "private ownership of the means of production". While some argue it's a recent development, others (like me) argue it has been present since the
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Fair enough, but wishing for an independent agency without creating its own government branch is still foolish.
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
The problem is defining what is the system.
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Having a Nazi in a bar doesn't make it Nazi bar. It creates a tendency to become a Nazi bar, which can be counteracted by other forces. If that logic held water, having a communist in a bar would make it a communist bar, which is ludic
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Creating an executive agency to investigate the executive would be pretty stupid. It'll likely lead to "we've investigated ourselves and found nothing", even if the president wasn't vested in all executive power
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Reminder that complaining about the PRC's governance isn't Sinophobia anymore than complaing about Putin is Russophobia.
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
> Just because i call them collectively KGB - since the essence is precisely that - you "call bullshit on my argument"? Yes, because it means you don't have a good idea of the claims being presented. Perhaps there's a
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Now try doing that in mainland China. Ask yourself why there isn't a strong active anarchist presence in the PRC despite their population in comparison to the US. If the actions you do actually are enough to cause the US domestic force
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
> I dont care much about their acronyms or the organizational structure So I call bullshit on your argument. > dont doubt for a single moment, and I dont think you should, that you are right there in their database, with your identit
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
"my"? I'm not even american. "american KGB"? pray tell, who would that be? FBI? NSA? ICE? Even with their tooling, they are still struggling to legally acquire information, and even more so to act on it. There'
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Another piece of interesting trivia: PRC can legally confiscate and search your devices without warrant nor case.
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
> Our world in data is neoliberal think tank How so?
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Control.
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
I don't have the way to fix the situation, for I am no seer, but I can suggest the classical solutions: - Contact your representatives; - Seek better representation; - Participate in/organize local political movements; - Become
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
An argument against vesting pardons to the SC is that they are supposed to simply apply the law, not make quick corrections based on value judgments. If separation of powers is a concern, remember that checks and balances also exist. If I m
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
PRC does actually allow different political parties: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_C... They, however, need to be approved by the CCP, so this multi party system is only de jure.
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Congressional oversight doesn't mean much here, since the CCP also serves that role. The real problem is that, even though US is, in practice, a de-facto two-party between democrats and republicans, the PRC is a de-facto one-party syst
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
I thinking OP is worried about China exporting its political influence outside. In China, the Ministry for State Security has the legal authority to seize and investigate your devices without warrant nor active case, for instance. This can
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
You have to remember that a lot of that a quarter of that extreme poverty was inflicted by the CCP itself [1]. It's not as hard to lift off people from misery you caused. Specially so after most of the wealth and productivity came afte
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Sad, but I'm unsurprised by this. Is it just me, or USA (or most modern governments) seem to be trying to copy China's economic and governmental model? Specially conservatives. I get the impression they are jealous of the PRC.
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
In Fascism, the national workers own the means of production by proxy through the Fascist party. Directly inspired by democratic centralism, btw.
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Not really. Specially Italian Fascism.
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
You are assuming a lot from the current state of affairs. > The state / government is the only reason they're able to have money and profits in the first place. Nope, money/currency precedes modern states and, its predeces
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Tbf, they are saying the argument isn't worth engaging to begin with (not that I agree with)
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by bit-anarchist 3mo ago
Fascism? Skip it and go full socialism.
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by bit-anarchist 4mo ago
Why not?
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by bit-anarchist 4mo ago
As suggested by a sibling comment, more often than not, those punching up are planning to replace the current elites with themselves, or a worse system. Thankfully, the opposition is not a homogeneous group, so use critical thinking to disc
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by bit-anarchist 4mo ago
Rereading this comment, I realized I made a jump withe white émigrés bit. The idea is that they would form a significant support base of Nazi Germany, but weren't as central to the philosophy of Hitler's ideology as suggested. I a
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by bit-anarchist 4mo ago
As the citation says, it was one of the main beliefs that justified the invasion and the Holocaust . Even if Jewish Bolshevism wasn't a thing (which could happen, if Jews didn't get better representation in the USSR in compar
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by bit-anarchist 4mo ago
Beg to differ: to the purposes of the idealized free USA, a popular militia was, and still is, the only solution for a free territory of people. A modern organized army as understood today is all about ceding your right as an free individua

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