screaming into the void

Look, one way or another, capitalism is going to come to an end. It's inevitable as it is an unsustainable economic model that seeks to use all resources to create capital for the wealthy. The only choice we have in the matter is whether we kill it to save ourselves or let it go until it kills itself and takes us with it.

Personally, I'd rather kill it than let it destroy the planet and everyone who lives on it.

A local anarchist group hosts a quarterly meeting and I've been wanting to go for a while, but kept missing it/being too anxious to go. But this time I saw that they had an option to attend via online meeting, so I'm finally able to attend! It's been pretty great so far and getting to do it online first is very helpful as a neurodivergent person with anxiety issues. Now that I know how it goes, I think I'll be able to attend the next meeting in person.

I just realized what my dream job is. 

I want to be paid to follow billionaires, CEOs, or politicians around and tell them when they're being an asshole. I will not be polite about it and I will not listen to their arguments. They can't hire me, but their employees can. The only offer I will accept to stop following them would be $10,000,000 and a permanent 100% increase in wages for all non-managerial employees.

The stock market isn't the economy, it's just a bunch of complicated stat sheets that rich people bet on to try and increase their high score (wealth). The actual economy is everyday people going out and buying stuff that they need or want. Thus, the economy isn't doing well if the stock market is up but everyday people can't afford to buy things.

Landlords are like "if my renters don't pay, I could lose my house!"

Well, maybe if you hadn't bought a second - third, fourth, etc -  house you couldn't afford you wouldn't be in this predicament. Shoulda planned ahead and had savings to take care of it.

Maybe we should create a Degentrification Society. The idea being that we would get together and do things that’ll drop the property value in the rich/bougie areas, with an emphasis on spaces that were stolen from the poor. If the rich can steal parts of the society from us, there’s really no reason we can’t do the same back.

If you think I’m one of the nice liberals that’s willing to put up with conservative bullshit and have a friendly debate where I try to change your mind through talking points, then you’re in for a rude awakening. I’m not a nice liberal. I’m a confrontational anarchist. I’m not here to hold hands and change minds. I’m here to fuck shit up and piss you off. I want you uncomfortable and angry all the time. I want you to be upset about what I said a week from now. I’m the thorn in your side. Why? Because fuck you, that’s why. Maybe if you’re uncomfortable and upset long enough, you’ll learn to change.

When I was 2/3, one of my favorite things in the world was watching skateboard videos. As it was 1988/89, these videos featured hardcore punk for the soundtracks more often than not. While my mom would turn the sound down, I was still introduced to bands like Bad Brains, the Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Wasted Youth, and other influential, anarchist, and heavily political bands from the 80s.  Of course, I don't remember any of this except through short flashes and bursts, but I've heard many stories about it from my aunt and mother. Even though I do not remember this, it still massively influenced me. When I rediscovered it all 18 years later, it was like returning to a long lost friend. It had a huge impact on my political views. 

I will always hold that hardcore punk is the reason I have any political views at all. They taught me not to simply accept things as they were and that they are often far worse than portrayed. Because of DK, T.S.O.L., Bad Religion, and a dozen other bands, I said "Fuck you" to standard politics and sought out my own views outside of the two party system. Because of them, I am a Social Anarchist. 

Sometimes you make a joke about proles and then you find yourself reading about Marxism, Capitalism, Social Anarchism, and more. 

Or, maybe, that's just me...