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RE: American Exceptionalism in Anarchy - Short Quiz to see if you've been brainwashed!
Gotta disagree. The “product of the times” explanation/excuse has been leveled many times, especially in the cases of the “founding fathers”/slavery, but there were plenty of abolitionists even then who understood the truth, and lived it.
As far as Venezuela, my point is that many anarchists will have a knee-jerk, emotional reaction when told that US sanctions played a part (in my view a very large part) in crippling the Venezuelan economy.
Heck, one of the commenters here lives there and affirmed the same.
So any 'anarchist' that has any credit agreement (including mortgage) of any kind, and also uses a smartphone (a slave paid for , establishment tracker), is a total hypocrite?
but there is plenty of us real anarchists, who understand the truth, and live.
There are plenty of us who use neither...
Are 'total hypocrites' of any kind, to be discounted as worthless, empty, theorists - or are they just living 'in the times they are living in'?
Give me the real wisdom, and far sighted intelligence of the founding fathers over 80% of 'plastic anarchists' wisdom, anytime.
..just sayin'.....from a real anarchists perspective..
A smartphone contract voluntarily agreed to by both parties is analogous and/or comparable to the direct owning and beating of other human beings to do your work for you?
Are you referencing the poor working conditions in China, maybe?
Ah, just read your username on your profile. Your comment lionizing slaveholders makes more sense now. I am not sure what patriotism and individualist anarchism have in common.
You miss my point.
Anarchist theory is to avoid government interaction, if possible. Disregard it if possible at alltime. The gentle fight of the anarchist movement....?
So by volunteering to have a self paid for, government tracker , doesn't really correlate. (to me).
It correlates perfectly if you you value convenience over principles.
Principles are hard.
lol. I'm a real life, living anarchist. For the last 20 years or more...
I'm a patriot to war gaming, not a country. (if you read my profile username - and the info underneath, you would have seen this. ...
The foundational principle (which is really just a metaphysical reality) of voluntaryism, is individual self-ownership. This means that I have the highest, most direct, nature-conferred executive authority over, and right to exercise, use, and own, my life and body, and so does every other individual with respect to their individual self.
Choosing to have a smartphone, or a computer, or any other tool is not in violation of the principle of individual self-ownership. These are inanimate objects which can be used for good or ill. One can freely choose to acquire these tools, or not. Nobody is directly forced into anything, as with actual slavery.
By your own standards, the fact that you use a blockchain-based social media website could be twisted and skewed to the interpretation that you don’t mind each of your transactions in Steem and on social media being tracked.
You’re an anarchist. Great. That’s excellent. Telling others which technology they can or cannot use is pretty silly, though, in my view.
perhaps he is talking about the African slaves who mine rare earth metals?