• Exocrinous
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    54 months ago

    Or we could not have leaders. You know, if leaders are all bad people, let’s get rid of them

      • Dharma Curious
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        24 months ago

        Join us. We have knitting circles and cookies. It’s great. You get all the existential dread of knowing what the fuck is wrong with the world, with the added full knowledge that the things that could fix it will likely never happen because we missed our chance at a revolution before the people in power had nukes, and now even if you convince everyone that it would be better that way, those in power will straight up nuke their own people before allowing them to govern themselves, destroying whole swathes of the planet, along with unreplaceable history and culture.

        Plus, there’s a nifty æsthetic, and a range of really good music from folk to metal.

        • Maeve
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          24 months ago

          Hi, just checked your profile and first blog entry. How enchanting! ;-) what does joining do? Allow us a blog space?

          • Dharma Curious
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            14 months ago

            Aww. You may be the first person to actually read my blog. Lol. What is your question about joining?

            • Maeve
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              24 months ago

              There’s a sign up link. Just wondered what signing up does. I’ve bookmarked your blog and shared it with someone who also read at least the first entry. You’re really good. I’d encourage you to consider self-publishing a book or ebook, at some juncture

              • Dharma Curious
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                14 months ago

                Oh! I thought you meant my comment to the other poster, saying join us, as in the anarchists.

                Joining up, I think, just emails you if I ever manage to post anything. When you say you read the first entry, do you mean the runes of flight snippet, or some of the philosophy stuff? Runes of flight is a completed short story I wrote for school, based on a random reddit comment I made once. Haha. I’ve been meaning to get back to it for a while, and posted it on there to sort of grease the wheels a bit for writing more. Regardless, I’m glad you like what you read. :)

                • Maeve
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                  24 months ago

                  I’ve not gotten to the Philo yet; I’m intrigued! Completely enjoyed the first bit of the Runes of Flight … But he’s so cute, I need to plant a tree! I have to read the rest and get to the philosophy. I’m thrilled!

                  • Dharma Curious
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                    14 months ago

                    Ah, okay. Yeah, Runes is my baby. Agnes has been knocking around in my head for years at this point, and I hope to do her justice one day and write an actual, real novel.

                    Fair warning on the philosophy stuff, I’m batterscained, and it’s a bit rambly. If you like nondualism, Hinduism, Vivekananda, etc, it might be interesting. I need to post more. :/

        • Rickety Thudds
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          24 months ago

          You’ve very helpfully put your finger on exactly what holds me back. If I found myself believing in a lost cause, I couldn’t bear to go on. I am too close to despair as it is, so I will spare myself the small indulgence of certainty.

          • Dharma Curious
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            24 months ago

            The trouble is knowing that it isn’t likely doesn’t stop it from also being true. I’m also of the opinion that just because full communism isn’t likely doesn’t mean we shouldn’t advocate for it, because any move toward liberty, freedom, equality, and the general principles of anarchism and socialism are good things. You don’t come to the table with your compromise, you come to the table with what you know you can’t get, and negotiate to something possible.

            Do I believe communism is possible within my lifetime? No. Do I believe it possible at all? Absolutely, not only in the sense that if we did it it would work, but that we can and likely will do it, eventually, if we survive long enough. Do I believe it’s worth fighting for, even if I’ll never see it? Yes. Because the work itself is enough to improve lives, and the more people who throw their lot in with the far left the more likely we are to see real, substantive change for the better, even if it is incremental.

            Also, sorry for the 4am wall of text. Haha

          • Maeve
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            14 months ago

            It’s not certain, though! It’s only certain if we fail to come together and try!