I think crypto-fascism on the left is in decline, at least in the Western World. Classical marxism died with the Soviet Union.
Now structuralist, autonomist and post-Marxist influences permeate...
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I think crypto-fascism on the left is in decline,...I think crypto-fascism on the left is in decline, at least in the Western World. Classical marxism died with the Soviet Union.
Now structuralist, autonomist and post-Marxist influences permeate...
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The cattle ranchers and militia members that got...The cattle ranchers and militia members that got their cattle back last week is a good model for armed resistance.
Granted, they are right wing/racist etc.
But the action itself is a useful...
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He was connected to the Situationist...He was connected to the Situationist International (obvious by his speech), and he apparently interrupted several people in France, including some that were on live television.
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A commitment to violence is a really narrow...A commitment to violence is a really narrow understanding of what it means to have power.
The problem is Enlightenment thought that encourages people to think of power as the ability to kill or...
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That is a little classicist isn't it?
Sort of...That is a little classicist isn't it?
Sort of like;
"Wear real clothes instead of rags if you want to be taken seriously"
Basically, you are saying somebody needs to be more bourgeois so you...
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The interesting thing was that the "dancing...The interesting thing was that the "dancing woman" will probably not change her dancing, but everyone who witnessed it shared disapproving glances, snide remarks and a mutually re-enforcing...
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Just to correct you on this, mentally ill people...Just to correct you on this, mentally ill people are actually not more likely to commit acts of violence compared to the general population.
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Encounters in the PanopticonSo today I witnessed something at work that I felt highlighted some of the challenges that the left faces today.
A young woman walked around my place of employment listening to music rather loudly...
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I am currently reading Saussure and Lacan, I...I am currently reading Saussure and Lacan, I perused Freud because you have to if you want to read Lacan.
His theories seem fascinating and perhaps useful, however, whether they are "accurate" or...
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Whoever is in power controls the guns, and has an...Whoever is in power controls the guns, and has an interest in restricting access to guns to their opponents.
It is very simple, if you are a dissident, there are lots of people who won't want you...
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I am no expert in philosophy, so I could be...I am no expert in philosophy, so I could be wrong.
I always thought nihilism was practically impossible. Existentialism is the realization that there is no universal or objective purpose or truth...
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I am an economics major in college, with an...I am an economics major in college, with an emphasis on economic history.
There is certainly a lot wrong with economics, but economics is as varied as anything else. I would say that neoclassical...
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To us this might be obvious, to the majority of...To us this might be obvious, to the majority of the American public it isn't.
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It is in opposing ideologies because in many ways...It is in opposing ideologies because in many ways this is an attempt to interrogate the left rather than the Mises crowd. I am very much interested in identifying the weaknesses of the left in an...
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I respect this post and despite it being laden...I respect this post and despite it being laden with adhoms, I think you have good points, though I do not know if I agree with the materialist analysis (I haven't studied it at length).
I have a...
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I honestly think much of this is the result of...I honestly think much of this is the result of better funding for the libertarian movement. They have more outreach and more money. The Koch brothers support a lot of it.
It is overshadowing the...
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Wow, thats painfully awkward to watch.Wow, thats painfully awkward to watch.
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If my thought experiment is a waste of time, you...If my thought experiment is a waste of time, you don't have to participate in it.
Word play, as in, me not using ad hominem attacks against capitalists automatically makes me a capitalist...
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Socialism is really a longshot, though it is...Socialism is really a longshot, though it is still worth fighting for.
Capitalism is a lot more resilient than the left gives it credit for. The collapse of capitalism is not imminent, it is a...
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I agree that it is unfathomable why people would...I agree that it is unfathomable why people would intentionally sell themselves into the slavery of the modern capitalist system, but I do not believe that history is deterministic. Simply because...
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The question is posed in a neutral way. If you...The question is posed in a neutral way. If you think that I am an Austrian sympathizer simply because I didn't use enough derogatory adjectives in the post, you would be incorrect.
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For those of you who support rehabilitation, I...For those of you who support rehabilitation, I would question what exactly you mean by this phrase.
If rehabilitation entails coercing persons to live by the dictates of your society, then one...
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Whether something is left or right wing shouldn't...Whether something is left or right wing shouldn't really matter to the informed individual who is above the labels of politics.
The truth is, this group could easily be said to have qualities of...
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I think many of you underestimate the American...I think many of you underestimate the American libertarians.
They have the "Free State Project", where they move to New Hampshire and change law through civil disobedience and politics.
In many...
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"Spontaneous Order" of the Austrian School and Libertarian SocialismSomething I find interesting about the Austrian School is the Hayekian notion of spontaneous order, where order emerges from "chaos". This is used to justify and support the notion of...