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12 October 2020 at 08:13 AM
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by formula72

His economics aren't really that bad either.He's super anti authoritarian unlike most lefty Marx loving fools. He doesn’t want a some massive centralized power dictating everyone’s decisions, because he knows that power corrupts everything it touches. That’s in stark contrast to the typical communist fantasy, which assumes that if authority were just in the right hands, everyt

i always felt he was a libertarian but on the left.


by chillrob

Anarcho-communism is even more ridiculous than Marxism.

how about a libertarian conservative ?


by chillrob

Anarcho-communism is even more ridiculous than Marxism.

I have an intellectual softspot for syndicalism and Bakunin's ideas of anarchistic socialism.

In part because he was opposed to Marxism (which the Marxists responded to in their usual way of making sure Bakunin and his ideals were banned from the International). In part because he opposed the "dictatorship of the Proletariat", maintaining that such a transitional government would invariably become tyrannical. A prediction which has been proven correct each and every time Marxism has been attempted.

Perhaps more important for a contemporary discussion, is Bakunin's opposition to rule by experts / technocrats. As we see technocrats' early attempts at government fumble, I suspect this is a viewpoint that will be proven very hard to ignore over the next four to five decades.

All this said, I am not anarchy-syndicalist to any meaningful degree, but I like that it doesn't waver from the principle of liberty. Self-governance is also becoming an increasingly forgotten principle across the democratic world with both modern day conservatism and progressivism rejecting it, both intent on bogging us down with a never-ending cascade of norms, regulation, law, incessant complaining and sanctions for their opposition.


by chillrob

That's enough trolling from you. Or else you're actually an idiot.

Let's start over then: is execution more or less cruel then life imprisonment iyo?


by geezerchess

You literally singled-out chillrob as being a candidate to be euthanized over any six-year-old.

Anyone else saying that would have got a temp-ban (or at minimum a warning).

Why? She's not wrong.


by Trolly McTrollson

Why? She's not wrong.

Two things can be true at the same time:

1. A statement can be factually correct.

2. A statement can be ban-worthy.

I should know.


by Trolly McTrollson

Let's start over then: is execution more or less cruel then life imprisonment iyo?

I suspect Chillrob will say execution is less cruel, which is why in his mind heinous acts should be punishable by life imprisonment.


by geezerchess

I suspect Chillrob will say execution is less cruel, which is why in his mind heinous acts should be punishable by life imprisonment.

I thought he said he wanted the heinous criminals executed too.


by Trolly McTrollson

I thought he said he wanted the heinous criminals executed too.

And the six year old heinous criminals, don't forget those guys


by Trolly McTrollson

I thought he said he wanted the heinous criminals executed too.

I believe he wants heinous criminals to experience years and years of punishment in a horrible prison cell.


by corpus vile

And the six year old heinous criminals, don't forget those guys

There's the rub. Surely he wants one group executed and the other given life imprisonment.


by Trolly McTrollson

There's the rub. Surely he wants one group executed and the other given life imprisonment.

I believe he wants 6-year-olds (and dogs) who hurt people executed. Everyone else gets life in prison. I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong.


by geezerchess

I believe he wants 6-year-olds (and dogs) who hurt people executed. Everyone else gets life in prison. I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong.

Can you maybe try not speaking for other people, thanks.


by Trolly McTrollson

Can you maybe try not speaking for other people, thanks.

You mean I shouldn't be doing what you've been doing? Amazin'!


by Trolly McTrollson

There's the rub. Surely he wants one group executed and the other given life imprisonment.

NoT sPeAkInG fOr ChIlLrOb


by Trolly McTrollson

I believe he's talking about the USA.

NoT sPeAkInG fOr CoOrDi


by chillrob

Chomsky has been wrong about everything he has ever formulated.

watch this - then read the book

this clip here is pretty neat - victor would approve


Pretty much spot on

https://www.tiktok.com/@danwilburcomedy/...


coordi, friends don't let friends share tiktoks


rick, Ive seen that video long ago. but Chomsky kinda loses his appeal now that we know he was friends with a pedophile rapist human trafficker spy. and a fairly stupid one at that. like, you would think that some guy like Epstein that is running with some of the most powerful people in the world would have a more coherent worldview than resharing No Labels party platforms.


by Luckbox Inc

No not really. His ideas are the foundation of modern linguistics.

His ideas are theoretical and speculative -- that is, basically made up and purely academic. We don't really know if the structures of language are innate like birdsong, as he claims. In fact I'm not sure we really know how far birdsong is innate rather than learnt, as until recent decades we have tended to underestimate avian intelligence rather badly.


by 57 On Red

His ideas are theoretical and speculative -- that is, basically made up and purely academic.

Actual professional linguistics guys seem to disagree with this FWIW.


Ryan Duffy is married to Rachel Campos-Duffy who was a member of The Real World: San Francisco tv show before becoming a co-host on Fox & Friends Weekend where she reportedly makes upwards of 2 million dollars a year and has a BS from Arizona State and a Masters from University of California San Diego


by coordi

Ryan Duffy is married to Rachel Campos-Duffy who was a member of The Real World: San Francisco tv show before becoming a co-host on Fox & Friends Weekend where she reportedly makes upwards of 2 million dollars a year and has a BS from Arizona State and a Masters from University of California San Diego

Ironic, ain't it?


by Trolly McTrollson

I thought he said he wanted the heinous criminals executed too.

No, you apparently haven't been paying attention the several (maybe 4?) times I've said that.

IMO life institutionalization for a child / severely mentally disabled / truly insane person would be far more cruel than execution.

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