Message from @Indigo

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2020-01-28 21:01:21 UTC  

that itself is needing a hierarchy to enforce anti hierarchy

2020-01-28 21:01:32 UTC  

It would be prudent to first start with an evaluation of neo-positivist objectifications of "natural law" and how they reproduce the given state of affairs, disguising social opposition as immutable and creating a one-dimensional system of thought and confirmation of thought.

2020-01-28 21:01:41 UTC  

capitalism is a voluntary institution

2020-01-28 21:02:17 UTC  

you can be a fucking commie or a anarchist or an anarcho syndicalist if you like

2020-01-28 21:02:21 UTC  

Can we kinda stick to a more coherent conversation? It's very difficult to keep up with 2+ people spewing their thoughts without any structure. It's not a constructive form of communication.

2020-01-28 21:02:38 UTC  

you can start with indigo

2020-01-28 21:02:40 UTC  

i need to take a shower

2020-01-28 21:02:54 UTC  

Okay, then indigo, can you respond to my lead in?

2020-01-28 21:03:05 UTC  

if you're interested in discussing hierarchy and "naturalness"

2020-01-28 21:04:25 UTC  

you can make a company with whatever system you like, whether it be anarcho syndicalist or communist in a capitalism.

The opposite is not true in those leftist utopias.

2020-01-28 21:04:35 UTC  

that's not engaging with anything I've said.

2020-01-28 21:04:47 UTC  

It's ideological ranting that has little to do with the topic at hand, and I can't really respond to.

2020-01-28 21:04:48 UTC  

hence liberty and leftism are oxymorons

2020-01-28 21:07:09 UTC  

"liberty" as a concept has been destroyed in the real discourse of capitalism. All emancipatory dimensions of the concept have been repressed and the meaning has been reduced to a reflection of behavioralism and operational definitions/instances.

2020-01-28 21:07:55 UTC  

The inherent contradictions of, for instance, American liberty and a *true* liberty may be masked, but can be critically determined.

2020-01-28 21:08:43 UTC  

Liberty would imply freedom, individual emancipation, and the furthering of a historical project of humanism. At the very least: satisfaction of material needs and the development of real needs beyond those.

2020-01-28 21:09:20 UTC  

This is impossible in the operational logic of capitalism, in which repression must be furthered (even when it is named liberty) to satisfy particular interests and the creation of surplus value.

2020-01-28 21:09:21 UTC  

so do you agree that there is no libertarianism or freedom or whatever in leftism.

2020-01-28 21:10:01 UTC  

You cannot take a discussion of liberty down to black and white. This sort of abridgment stunts any contemplation.

2020-01-28 21:10:40 UTC  

There is no *true* liberty in capitalist society. True liberty can only be achieved in a society that has transcended, at the first, the capitalist mode of production.

2020-01-28 21:11:19 UTC  

Only if there isn't ANY liberty in leftism

2020-01-28 21:12:01 UTC  

Actually existing socialisms (which I assume you refer to? Such as the USSR?) have also failed to transcend the capitalist mode of production and failed to result in human liberty and emancipation.

2020-01-28 21:13:08 UTC  

How does a supposedly 'human' ideology like communism result in less freedoms than capitalism?

2020-01-28 21:13:16 UTC  

I wonder why

2020-01-28 21:13:52 UTC  

Capitalism has produced a wealthy and successful society. People are lifted out of poverty, disease, and work less. Some degree of work is necessary to produce resources for survival, and capitalism results in much more liberty than individual emancipation than other systems. Structure and hierarchy keeps people stable and able to develop social systems and technology to improve liberty.

2020-01-28 21:13:56 UTC  

I feel somehow like my messages are not being read.

2020-01-28 21:13:59 UTC  

Or maybe understood.

2020-01-28 21:14:14 UTC  

The communists are ridiculous. They do believe in their own bullshit

2020-01-28 21:14:17 UTC  

Because we're communicating on two completely different conversations right now.

2020-01-28 21:14:47 UTC  

I've already criticized actually-existing-socialisms. Your question is redundant...and still no real engagement with anything I've said.

2020-01-28 21:15:24 UTC  

so you do agree that socialism results is far lower freedom than capitalism

2020-01-28 21:16:09 UTC  

Do I agree that actually existing socialisms of the past have been repressive?
yes.
Do I believe that capitalism is also repressive?
yes.
Did/does liberty exist in either?
no.

2020-01-28 21:16:32 UTC  

Does freedom exist in capitalism?
no.

2020-01-28 21:16:35 UTC  

You didn't answer

2020-01-28 21:16:52 UTC  

Because it's a nonsensical question with at least two undefined terms

2020-01-28 21:17:45 UTC  

Because you're extremely positivst and ideological, I can only assume that by "socialism" you mean your interpretation of actually existing socialisms? And freedom is completely undefined. I would give it the same treatment I just gave liberty, but that was completely ignored.

2020-01-28 21:17:55 UTC  

*farts for 40 seconds on lolo's head* this is how you sound

2020-01-28 21:18:19 UTC  

I already proved to you that any kind of liberty whatsoever in lefism is an oxymoron.

That includes anarcho syndicalists, left libertarians and communists

2020-01-28 21:18:29 UTC  

If this is the level of discourse that is fostered here, I can find more interesting people to talk to.

2020-01-28 21:18:57 UTC  

You haven't proved anything.

2020-01-28 21:19:01 UTC  

These people are kids that think they are smart.