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americans are selfish (quokk.au)
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[–] 0 points 6 months ago (11 children)

here’s an anarchist perspective

Both-sidesism isn't anarchism. It's nihilism. It's the "nothing matters, so there are no rules" surface level "anarchism" take. You can't hide behind hedonistic nihilism by calling it "anarchism". You might as well just come out as the edgelord you want to be and tip your fedora.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    no one is saying "both sides", as though there are only two. we're talking about what harm reduction is, and whether voting qualifies. it does not.

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  • [+] 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

    badjacketing isn't allowed here.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (3 children)

    badjacketing

    proving you don't read and huff your own farts.

    Badjacketing would be misrepresenting, manufacturing or lying about a person to paint a bad image of them. I literally linked to the thing they just posted, and are doing... nothing about any of that is false or misrepresentative. Just because it makes them look bad and you don't like it, doesn't make it "badjacketing".

    Engage with what is being said instead of trying to appeal to some reddit-tier fallacy argument.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    calling it a psyop is straight out of cointelpro handbook.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago

    if we're quoting handbooks, then doing a "both sides are bad" is right out the alt-right handbook.

    And lets see... a "leftist" in "leftist spaces" making plays from the "alt-right handbook", misrepresenting them as "leftist" opinions to fracture coalition.... what would you call a person like that? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)
    1. Anarcho-nihilism is a thing. Personally I find it a little bleak, I think we should have a vision to move towards.
    2. So we can criticize voting itself, but not the parties that perpetuate it?
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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    howabout this, rather than sit here and argue theory and bullshit... lets reframe what you're doing here and see if that's the person you idealize yourself to be.

    You're coming to the defense of a powertripping mod that abuses their position to push centrist bullshit and then bans anyone who disagrees with them.
    Would you, as an anarchist, come to defend any other self-appointed hierarchical leader that pushes harmful misinformation and silences critics? Hmm? Is this your ideal anarchist community member?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago
    1. I don't think the mod is power tripping. They used the piefed default ban length (2100-2026=74), and the mod is allowed to moderate their community as they see fit. They don't allow aggressive neoliberal talking points. That's their choice.
    2. I'm a fan of the community, so I'm familiar with the mod's behavior. They aren't centrist, they were criticizing the democratic party. I don't necessarily agree with the post, but that doesn't make it misinformation.
    3. As a mod of a few communities myself, we're custodians of a community, not "hierarchical leaders".
    4. The principle of free association means that I can freely interact with them as long as both parties see it as mutually beneficial. If I didn't like the mod, what they post, or their community, then I block them. If they don't like me, what I post, or my communities, then they block me.
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