So, I am a registered Democrat and generally always vote a straight DNC ticket, because there is no other option. The RNC is so far right now that literally every candidate it fields is a threat to democracy, human rights, and even governing. And our system ensures no one else can get elected but whom those two parties field. And I believe in reality, not fantasy—so I have no choice but to take every positive legal action to keep the RNC from power. But…
Fair enough
But do not mistake this for being some kind of centrist or “Libertarian.” I agree with social Libertarianism. There should be no such thing as a vice crime, and a fair amount of human liberty is essential to the pursuit of happiness that should be facilitated rather than undermined by any political system.
But the rest of Libertarianism is uneducated bollocks—most of the time its devotees literally don’t know what they are talking about (which is usually economics, and sometimes sociology, psychology, or political science, but never informed by any of those actual sciences). …
I always like “libertarianism” being picked on, because it is so ultimately self-absorbed and self-serving and irrational. Long live the sad crazy, shell shocked refugee Ayn Rands’ and her nasty ghost.
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Interesting observation about Fascism.
Fact is, my perseverance in adjusting my worldview in response to evidence since at least the early 90s has led to my agreement with the adage that reality strongly leans left (example, example, example, example). Conservatives are more delusional, and their beliefs are more reliant on modern mythologies. Almost (emphasis on almost ) all fake news supports the conservative worldview. Which may be due to . . .
The result is that conservative worldviews tend to accumulate false beliefs while liberal views tend to shed them. …
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The word “fascism” comes from the Roman fasces , the bundle of rods and axes carried before magistrates signifying their right to beat or behead at will. The word has since evolved to reference the corresponding belief that force is an appropriate means of enacting your political will. If you believe this (whether you admit to it or not), you are a fascist .
Fascism tends to come with (and perhaps even arises out of) something more fundamental: an emotivist epistemology, whereby how one feels dictates what actually is.
This is exactly what being lost within the mindscape of our ego driven thoughts is all about. And why recognizing your biological physical evolutionary reality is so key to moving beyond today’s pervasive self-absorbed minds.
But what they have in common that makes them not merely fallibly human but actual extremists is that they allow this to overwhelm their entire epistemology—their “way of knowing,” the method they use to decide what is true or false.
This got me to thinking of stateless and anger winning the battle for one’s heart.
oh dear, I thought I was doing well, but come to realize I’m barely half way through, and the day is crowding in on me.
Carrier is always interesting. I like what he’s writing, it resonates with my feelings and thinking. I’m just baffled at why it doesn’t resonate with more people. I’ll try to get to the last half later on.
