the issues I had with the very word mao are pretty much related to the actual policies that were enforced an enacted in china during that era

including certain limits on freedom of speech

Liberal praxis would be constitutional rights

Back

Or common liberal praxis

I.e to uphold natural, positive and negative human rights

Which are key to liberal philosophy

:thonking:

I'm an ex libertarian by the way

I used to religiously back constitutional praxis

Still do like it

Actually

It stands the test of time

*gets jelly over American gun Rights*

I'd describe myself as a center-left egalitarian individualist

there are two sections in this statement

center-left:
I think the cetrain values that socialism et al promote at least on an ideological level are _good_ (as in "ethical"), but I do also value freedom greatly. thus social democracy / a heavily regulated free market is the ideal compromise between these two values (in addition to what can reasonably implemented in practice, and what can not)

egalitarian individualist:
certain theological and philosophical though processes have simply led me to the conclusion that this is the natural state of all existence, and the way we should perceive the uninverse

to me this is more than a mere belief (even though I am technically an agnostic theist)

(and I don't support any one chosen religion or even the existence of organized religion in general)

>social democracy

You 2 look like people about to make sex

Well you have proven to be more politically literate then most

If this server is filled with ones such as you, perhaps it will have decent debates @Slkfd

I sure do hope so

Don't expect debates here

when I crack cold ones with the boys, we usually debate 4 hours or more and sing the rest

-totally isn't paraphrasing legate lanius

but we can never touch these truly important subjects sadly

At the moment I'm studying anarchist literature,

even though there is a strange mix of commies, shitlords, and two conservatives and one alt-right borderline nazi

I'm not an anarchist but having some knowledge of their theory is valuable as they are a major group at the moment

2 commies?

There's another?

I do assume he's at least somewhat ironic though

he used to be apolitical, became a DDR memorabilia fetishist and then apparently discovered socialism

alt-rarters have already told us that debate isn't allowed here <:high_iq:382980759012638731>

https://youtu.be/hrPAagXeky0

he's not politically active so I assume he'd describe himself as "umm i dunno socialist I guess?"

"Liberty Prime is online."
"All systems nominal."
"Weapons: hot."
"Mission: the destruction of any and all Chinese communists."
"America will never fall to communist invasion."
"Obstruction detected. Composition: titanium alloy supplemented by photonic resonance barrier."
"Probability of mission hindrance: zero percent."
"Democracy.... is non-negotiable."
"Death is a preferable alternative to communism."
"Communist detected on American soil. Lethal force engaged."
"Tactical assessment: Red Chinese victory—impossible."
"Communism is the very definition of failure."
"Communism is a temporary setback on the road to freedom."
"Embrace democracy or you will be eradicated."
"Democracy will never be defeated."
"Voice module online. Audio functionality test initialized. Designation: Liberty Prime. Mission: the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska. Primary Targets: any and all Red Chinese invaders. Emergency Communist Acquisition Directive: immediate self destruct. Better dead, than Red."