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  • Yeah that’s how I interpreted it too. However, even with that interpretation, it feels like they’re blaming the victim for their own subjugation.

    It’s akin to saying that black people stealing from Walmart gets in the way of eradicating racism, without addressing the reason why they have to steal in the first place. If they had money for groceries, they wouldn’t be stealing. Likewise, if that young woman had enough money to live a comfortable life, I highly doubt she would have spent two years of her life married to that crusty old man. Subjugated people do what they have to do to survive.

    We all word things the wrong way sometimes, and that’s okay. Everyone deserves a chance to clarify what they meant. In this case, however, it seems that pH3ra has only continued to double down on their original statement.




  • Sounds about right for a tankie, class reductionism is stupid.

    If horseshoe theory was actually true, you’d expect to see more of that sort of behavior among left-wing communists (such as anarcho-communists), but the opposite is true. Left communists are often the loudest critics of tankies.









  • Mine is based on the consent and consensus of the other sentient beings involved. For example, drinking alcohol around people who are cool with you being intoxicated, or doing it alone, is perfectly fine. Getting blackout drunk around people who do not consent to taking care of you is not.

    All forms of hierarchical authority are never moral because they always violate consent and consensus. All governments, corporations, and organized religions are immoral.


  • You should definitely start with small projects to build experience. Modern passenger vehicles are extremely complex. To get a feel for this complexity, it would be a good idea for you to start doing basic maintainence on your own vehicle if you have one (oil changes, tire rotations, etc). Invest in some good quality tools if you can afford it.

    I knew very little about cars until a little over a year ago when I started watching Garbage Time. This YouTube channel is a very entertaining way to inadvertently learn every aspect of how cars work. Because of this channel, my partner and I have started doing all of our own car maintainence and we fixed a very poorly maintained Toyota Celica that had a spun bearing.

    If your goal is to actually design and build a fully open-source passenger vehicle, you may want to collaborate with Open Source Ecology. I believe they already have an open-source truck in the works as part of their Global Village Construction Set.

    Their goal is to create an open-source version of civilization’s 50 most important tools. This is an extremely ambitious goal, but it’s technically possible given enough time and effort.


  • cobalt32toFlippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comPolitical compass
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    Isn’t this just a standard political compass with different wording? Left = Equality, Right = Hierarchy, Authoritarian = Centralization, Libertarian = Decentralization

    I think way too many people don’t know the actual definitions of Left and Right, so this version makes it more clear.



  • Thanks for the detailed response. I’m glad that the health of the queer community is the first priority around here. :3

    I’m also glad to hear that you’re friendly with the FAF admins. I’d personally love to see blahaj.zone join the FAF, but I wouldn’t want that to happen at the cost of alienating queer users who aren’t anarchists.

    Here’s hoping that this whole thing blows over, and that lemmy.world becomes less tolerant of Zionism.




  • cobalt32toLate Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldFreedom
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    2 months ago

    I think most people are in favor of having lots of different products to choose from. The point of the post isn’t that it’s a bad thing, the point is that freedom should mean more than just having a wide variety of products to choose from.