tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post1174525906481759228..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: With honorsJ.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-17911336494686670782010-01-06T20:39:22.184-05:002010-01-06T20:39:22.184-05:00Anonymous 1: I certainly share your skepticism to...Anonymous 1: I certainly share your skepticism towards "running shit according to some kind of anarcho-syndicalist workers counsel anarchist magical pony system." <br /><br />However, I am much <i>more</i> skeptical of "securing your own place" in a system of arbitrary authority. There is no such place, because <i>nothing is yours</i> under this arrangement. Business executives learn this every day.<br /><br />For me, the issue is much less whether or not you "want to be an anarchist," but whether you want to undertake a course of self-defense or leave yourself vulnerable in every instance. <br /><br />Personally, I admire people who strive to defend themselves -- and ultimately this means some form of collective organization against every power system. Whether you want to be "smart" or "stupid" in this respect is exactly the right question to ask.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-9498488689918062572010-01-06T14:50:49.292-05:002010-01-06T14:50:49.292-05:00But I don't trust the peasants. They are too s...<i>But I don't trust the peasants. They are too stupid.</i><br /><br />The funny thing here is that he thinks he's not a peasant.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13816176831445292026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-24477216307263651222010-01-05T18:41:38.387-05:002010-01-05T18:41:38.387-05:00"Yet the "consumer" will go into de..."Yet the "consumer" will go into debt for the rest of their lives for the chance at a tolerable occupation before they will ask why there aren't enough for everyone in the first place."<br /><br />I'm sorry to admit that's the story of my life right now. The false promises of social mobility and the power of one's privileges.Johnny Sunshine Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-25161504726874020092010-01-05T11:47:09.312-05:002010-01-05T11:47:09.312-05:00shorter anonymouse 1:
"The fault, dear Brut...shorter anonymouse 1: <br /><br />"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-85686297528493282032010-01-05T08:44:20.759-05:002010-01-05T08:44:20.759-05:00well said. i didn't read the article you cite,...well said. i didn't read the article you cite, but i did skim many of the comments. no one seemed to raise the point you make (comments are censored at NYT, so...) they all to some degree blamed educators. rather sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-3336995543124445482010-01-05T05:36:49.834-05:002010-01-05T05:36:49.834-05:00There aren't enough because some are untermens...There aren't enough because some are untermenschen and some are ubermenschen. The best we can do is give the untermenschen generous welfare benefits. If we tried to run shit according to some kind of anarcho-syndicalist workers counsel anarchist magical pony system, there would still be the ubers that rise to the top and exploit the unters, just like in our current shitty system. We can try to soften the edges of society, but the fact remains that humanity is brutal and you need to secure your own place. Once you've secured your own place comfortably, you can throw a few bones to the weak and stupid.<br /><br />I've been drinking so I'm not sure if I mean all that. But I think I do. I want to be an anarchist. But I don't trust the peasants. They are too stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com