faxed

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[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Conservative religious groups, and Mennonites are part of that, already have a strong distrust of government.

that's not true. many governments around the world are substantially controlled by people who are members of conservative religions. and lots of conservative religious organizations are well integrated into their relevant governments. to the point of theocracies, which don't tend towards being extremely progressive.

If you hear about a place that the Catholic Church is controlling party of the government, you don't think "Oh I bet it's some wild Liberation Theology situation where the women are free and there are land reforms to redistribute the land equally". You know it'll be some regressive, repressive backwards ass shit show.

there were Amish people (a related group) who were charged for not getting a covid vaccine passport

Where? Where has a "vaccine passport" even been implemented?

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

That's a very rudimentary anarchistic concept but power is so inherent to human relationships that anyone would either quickly abandon it or find themselves very frustrated.

If you are interested in a short and easy to read article that goes through the whole idea of "no powerful people", look up Freeman's Tyranny of Structurelessness. A classic text particularly among anarchists.

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

I mean I believe you because obviously something unusual has happened.

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But which crow is the owner

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Really? Interesting. Do you have more info?

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

These conflicts are irreconcilable because it is the nature of the relationship. This is the concept of "class war". It is inherently violent.

People who are pro capitalist are not on the left.

They might be liberals. Liberalism is not a left wing project.

Far from being no-true leftists, there are many millions of leftists globally. Every one of them works in their way for the abolition of capital.

Whether you agree with the ideas or not is no issue here. The question is where they are characteristics of the Left. If you disagree with the ideas, you are not on the left.

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Certain breeds of dogs have been intentionally made to be that way by humans. The comment I responded to was regard to an unqualified statement about animals in general and as a whole. That there is some inherent sense of "ownership" present to all animals. The argument being best backed up by a domesticated animal shows how silly it is.

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

In all honesty the argument is silly because the concept of "ownership" has a lot of human fluff on top. Animals use a certain area. From a large territory to a single small nest.

Consider the seagull with her nest on the North side of a beautiful artificial garbage island. Her wife and her have their eggs and babies there. They do not also go to the South side of the garbage island and build (or take over) a bunch of other nests that nobody can use without paying rent. The modern human concept of property encompasses this situation. In this example we could also have the gulls refusing to fix defects in the nest while prohibiting the tenants from doing so. Does this sound like typical bird behaviour?

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If #2 isn't true, how can #1 be true?

As to #3 not being true.... that's just a Negative Nancy.

A person with any beliefs can describe themselves with almost any label. I can call myself a Brony even though I've never watched My Little Pony, don't know anything about it, I'm no Bro, and don't intend to change. But would I be accepted by the other Bronies?

In other words, those people are wrong. They might be proto-leftists. :) Or just libs.

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't entirely agree with it but I heard once that the left wants powerful people to work in a context of commensurate accountability, whereas the right wants powerful people to be safe from accountability.

[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (9 children)
  • there is no territory on earth occupied by a single animal. All animals rely on others to help maintain the environment.
  • How do you explain a hundred birds in a single tree, with no fighting?
  • Roaming is far from universal
[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Don't worry, you can keep your razors and brushes. :)

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