I just realize that just in my life time, remember living through 3 economic crashes/recessions. The dot com bubble, the 2008 financial crash, and second Black Monday in March of 2020 because of pandemic. And I am going to live through another economic crash. And I am only 40...… Liberals, can tell me again how wonderful Capitalism is? Especially with my friends suffering under poverty? Which is caused by Capitalism?
I guess why some Liberals don't understand is like how I hate the statement "Capitalism will never go away," as one Liberal says to a lot. The best way to example my revulsion to that statement is as if someone said, "Fascism will never go away." Liberals, try to imagine that. Fascism never going away. How much would hate the world if Fascism never goes away. And how much you would hate people that say to you, "Fascism is inevitable." Or that, "Fascism sucks, but I don't see a world without Fascism." Now Liberals, replace the word Fascism in each of those statements with Capitalism and you will know how I feel when I am talking to Liberals sometimes. Especially some Liberals who says to me, "Capitalism will never go away." Okay, how would you feel if I say, "Fascism will never go away." I am not saying that Fascism is the same as Capitalism. There are differences and distinctions. But I hate Capitalism that much. Like there is no such thing as a "Good Capitalism." And Capitalism in decay leads to Fascism. Look at the world right now. I been alive and an adult when I experience two recessions. I was a child for the dot com bubble too. So, part of getting to the root of the problem in order to fight Fascism, I also must fight Capitalism too. And I say that anyone that is Antifa should also be anti-Capitalist too. There is no such thing as a "nice Fascism." Same thing as there is no such thing as a "nice Patriarchy." Or a "nice White Supremacy." Or a "nice Ableism." Same thing with Settler Colonialism and Imperialism. But Liberals believe in a "nice friendly Capitalism" is a problem for me and will always be a problem for me.
Sorry Liberals, but I am one of those Anarchists that criticize the Democrats a lot. I have many many issues with them. And I express those views. Don't like it, you can unfollow me or block me.
I also really hate Capitalism too. Don't like it, tough.
Talking to some liberals sure is .... Interesting. Especially when one says stuff like, "Capitalism will never go away." Or says I sound like a Trump supporter and then compared me to Hitler. Fun. And yea, that happened on my stream last night.
I know it would be cheeky of me asking Liberals, "Well, how did that work shaming folks into voting Kamala Harris?" But it also wouldn't be productive. 😜
…. Yup. I am seeing Liberals blaming third party voters and non voters for Trump win. In fact, putting them in the same camp as Trump voters. Instead of blaming the Democrats for being Pro-Genocide and Pro the status quo that isn't materially helping people at all. The Democrats didn't often voters anything other than, "We are not Fascists."
Should I tell these liberals that I did in fact vote for a third party? Because yes, I didn't vote Kamala Harris.
…. Yup. I am seeing Liberals blaming third party voters and non voters for Trump win. In fact, putting them in the same camp as Trump voters. Instead of blaming the Democrats for being Pro-Genocide and Pro the status quo that isn't materially helping people at all. The Democrats didn't often voters anything other than, "We are not Fascists."
I guess what Liberals don't understand about my political positions is what if what you or I want to achieve can't be done in the system? Like Climate Change.
"Vote for the Climate Change candidate."
What if there is no Climate Change candidate?
"Vote for the Climate Change candidate in the Primaries."
What if they don't win?
"Vote for the Climate Change candidate in future Primaries."
What if the Climate Change candidates never win their primaries because money interests are backing the Anti-Climate Change?
"Try talking and emailing to your representatives to have them be for Climate Change."
What if they are Anti-Climate Change? And will never become pro Climate Change? And every time I vote in the general, there isn't a Pro-Climate Change politician? Or even if politicians do something about climate change, is it nowhere near good enough to combat Climate Change? What then? How do we fight Climate Change when doing so within the system doesn't work? Or take took long?
Some liberals just don't understand me. And I have just accepted that. I just wish Liberals weren't Liberals. And then maybe they can understand me better after that.
But I think one of the many things can't understand about me is how I don't know why someone should have a better life than others. Why do some people "deserve" to have a better life than others.
A major concede of Liberalism is that inequality is inevitable. Because Liberalism accepts Capitalism as a given. Capitalism is just straight up inequality because of class system of owners over workers. And also this notion of individual freedom and liberty thus individuals to excel and succeed.
Now progressive Liberals want the floor to be raised. For there to be no poor or as little poor as possible because everyone has what they need to live. Housing, food, healthcare, water, education, transportation, heating, electricity, the internet, everything.
But what those who are "successful?" Bob Chipman, Moviebob, explicitly said something to this effect of, "If you invented a functioning jet pack, or direct an incredible movie, or make an amazing work of art, you should reward for that by being a millionaire and have a mansion. I am sorry, but greatest should be rewarded." Or something along those lines.
But I actually question that. Why should someone be a millionaire? Why should someone get a mansion for something they did? And what is so special about what they did compare to others? And that where the rubber meets the road between me and Liberals. I actually don't think anyone deserves to have a mansion or be a millionaire over others. Or I haven't been convinced that some people are just greater than others and deserve to have a greater life than others. I ask why?
........ I just learn that something was created..... And you all are going to suffer too. Someone has just called themselves an "Anarcho-Democrat." ....... Made a flag and all.
I am this kind of Calvinist. But I am an Anarchist. I don't follow the teachings and writing of just only one person ever. :p
I am getting a lot of positive tracking with this post on Threads.
But someone ask "to the Anarchists, 'How?'" And… I don't know if I have the energy to answer that…. or if that question is asked in good faith.
And another asked, "Why do you have this energy hating the Democrats and not the Republicans? Why not just align yourself with the party that is closest to your principles?" And, that is also frustrating to talk about too. Liberals will never get how the Democrats are not our allies. Certain not to me as an Anarchist. The Democrats are for protecting the Status quo. A Status quo that is actively hurting my friends. My friends lives won't be meaningful change with a Harris Presidency. True, it could get worse under Trump. I FFFUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKIIIINNNGGG KNOW THAT LIBERALS!!!! GOD DAMN IT! But the things I want to happen won't come from the ballot box, voting or electoralism. I just want this fucking election to be fucking over already so that political change can actually happen.
I have been reading the Democratic Party Platform for 2024 on my YouTube and Twitch channels. (SomeRandomG33k on both if you haven't follow yet.) And something I need to remind my audience is that I hate the concept of "policies" in general. I hate the idea that only a small handful of us in society get to decide on how to run society. I rather it be done collectively. And I rather that positions of power over others don't exist at all as much as possible. And I don't believe that "Politicians will listen to us," as Liberals believe because there will become a point that the Democrats won't pass what we want because their donors don't want it. And Democrats will give the excuse of "unforeseen consequences" for not passing anything progressive. Or it is whoever is the latest Joe Manchin. Who ever is the most conservative member of their party. And the Dems never fight against their most conservative members too. Or have rarely done so in the last two decades.
But I also like what David Graeber said about policies in the last chapter of his book Bullsh*t Jobs: A theory.....
"Another reason I hesitate to make policy suggestions is that I am suspicious of the very idea of policy. Policy implies the existence of an elite group—government officials, typically—that gets to decide on something (“a policy”) that they then arrange to be imposed on everybody else. There’s a little mental trick we often play on ourselves when discussing such matters. We say, for instance, “What are we going to do about the problem of X?” as if “we” were society as a whole, somehow acting on ourselves, but, in fact, unless we happen to be part of that roughly 3 percent to 5 percent of the population whose views actually do affect policy makers, this is all a game of make-believe; we are identifying with our rulers when, in fact, we’re the ones being ruled. This is what happens when we watch a politician on television say “What shall we do about the less fortunate?” even though at least half of us would almost certainly fit that category ourselves. Myself, I find such games particularly pernicious because I’d prefer not to have policy elites around at all. I’m personally an anarchist, which means that, not only do I look forward to a day sometime in the future when governments, corporations, and the rest will be looked at as historical curiosities in the same way as we now look at the Spanish Inquisition or nomadic invasions, but I prefer solutions to immediate problems that do not give more power to governments or corporations, but rather, give people the means to manage their own affairs." And of course, here is the book. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs
I am this kind of Calvinist. But I am an Anarchist. I don't follow the teachings and writing of just only one person ever. :p
(During a conversation with a Liberal) Me: There are 6 times as many empty houses for each unhoused person in the USA.
The Liberal: First of all, all of those houses are owned.
Me Thinking: Yea. Almost like the system of Private Property is the problem in of itself.
I guess when you press some Liberals on the subject, they will say, "Yes, I am against an UBI. It will cause way too many people to just sit on their ass and do nothing. There are enough Dead Beat Dads already. Abled-bodied folks must take personal responsibility and work."
So, am I an Insufferable Fatalist Leftist if I don't have faith in the Democratic party in the USA, I say the USA is a Fascist country no matter what is the team colors of the person holding the oval office, and that electoralism is a dead end?
Oh I still vote.
Voting takes about ten minutes one or two days out of a year.
But voting won't achieve what I want to happen. And it is a big distraction towards my political goals. Elections in the USA are kind of like the bread & circus in political theatre.
I also just really really hate how much energy gets sucks up by "voting" and "elections" in political discourse. Especially if Liberals dominates the conversation.
Liberals that think they are "leftists," now that is laughable. XD Especial when they want their "small business" to turn into an 'enterprise.
