Trucks used for transportation of goods are cool

That’s one mental image that I didn’t need and is now forever burned in my mind

Sorry for the delayed answer.

I think we’re disagreeing on the definition of a “person”. I’m using the word to refer to a mind and its subjective experiences inside its own head. You’re using the word to refer to a body and other people’s relationships with a mind. It’s internal vs external.

Yes. You’re right. However, I would argue that there isn’t such thing as a “mind and it’s subjective experiences inside it’s own head” without a social reality supporting it. You’re coming from a Descartian point of view, and I’m going through a Hegelian one.

This is not dehumanizing high support needs disabled people who can’t communicate effectively, but pointing out that they are still part of our world, and we’re part of theirs. Even if neither us and them recognize that.

As you say, consensus reality is a social construct. If someone is not socially impressionable enough to be taught this construct, then they are not a member of reality.

That’s where I hard disagree beyond philosophy. Because it doesn’t matter if You don’t understand or recognize a social construct, it will still affect you and produce reactions, ingraining itself in you. As long as someone can experience anything at all in this world, they will experience the consequences of social decisions, and by consequence, a mirror of decisions made by this society. And as long a someone can produce any behavior at all (save reflex), they can and will communicate.

This consciousness is always imperfect even with NTs, but it’s always there.

I think you’re confusing politics, which is related to collective decision-making, with culture.

I’d also argue that there really aren’t apolitical people, even level 3 ASD people who can’t speak or traditionally communicate at all. Our existence is always political and collective, even if we don’t perceive it that way. There is no individual without society, to pretend otherwise is neoliberal ideology.

A meltdown in public due to bright lights is political, even if it isn’t a conscious, intentional protest. Reality itself is socially constructed and political, and we ASD people aren’t above or beyond it.

Of course, we miss some social rules or can’t adapt well to them, but that doesn’t mean they don’t affect and shape us. I don’t feel jealousy, I don’t understand monogamy at all and I think it’s kind if stupid to be honest. This does not stop me from putting in some of my partners very monogamous expectations based on time spent with me or other secondary things that only make sense in monogamy, because “that’s how relationships work”. Except that no, that’s how monogamous relationships work, but the only kind of deep relationship we’re presented are monogamous and there’s a lack of other frames of reference.

Politics isn’t something you can miss, because it is shoved down your throat from the moment you are born, even if you don’t understand it. Actually scratch that, since even abortions are at stake.

They saw a guy with a gun.

And two people dead (including the shooter) after the firefight.

Just vote harder bro. It will work this time trust me bro. We are gonna stop fascism seriously trust me bro

Fair enough

I mean, people are looking out for their own self interest in general. I think that’s horrible and it needs addressing.

But it’s the hypocrisy that really gets me when it comes to liberals.

You know what? I’d be okay with that. At least they should be honest about it.

I totally get voting for Biden due to self interest. It sucks. But I get it. Self-preservation and all that.

But don’t pretend he’s the lesser evil. He’s just the evil that benefits you and not someone else.

Kinky

I don’t disagree with your point in general, but this doesn’t make much sense:

If people suffer from the collapse of harmful machinery, it is the fault of the machinery.
No one would have collapsed it if it was not harmful.

A lot of people depend on machines to stay alive, machines that do produce harmful impacts around the world (that may or may not be possible to reduce), like advanced medical equipment that is dependent on semiconductors.

As a disabled person myself, I prefer if no one has to die.

I have not read the entire PDF, but it seems to be at best a new version of the Zeitgeist Movement with more anarchist flavor, and at worse a pyramid scheme disguising itself as the former.

There simply isn’t a good reason to use crypto for this kind of project, except if you want to make ir look technically advanced. I tend to be very skeptical if this.

Although, I hope I’m proven wrong.

Since we’re talking game theory, a basic rule in any competitive game (from chess to League of Legends) is that focusing on loss prevention is a losing tactic.

We’ve been doing peaceful protest since the beginning of the environmental movement. It’s not getting the goods and the earth is dying. What we need it’s a diversity of tactics.

Well, for starters, MPL wasn’t anarchist-inspired, it’s a coalition movement. Saying it’s anarchistic would be like saying Pride is anarchistic due to the lack of a single formal leadership.

I’ve been in anarchist circles for years, and never, ever saw anyone mention the book “Change the World Without Taking Power”. Most anarchists here are more inspired by older, classical works. I myself tend to critique them for not reading anything after 1950s.

And he must be referring to anarchists here when he talks about horizontalists, because the other political organizations in MPL are MLs, trotskyists, and maoists. What’s insane is that the vast majority of the Brazilian radical left is marxist leninist and pretty much allergic to horizontalism. The reason they build coalitions is because they are in most cases weak and small, not a lack of authority.

As a Brazilian, I can tell this guy is full of shit and doesn’t understand what happened here in 2013.

I recommend trying to reach put to large organizations that align with your interests in this case.

Especifismo: black rose anarchist federation

Radical unionism: Industrial Workers of the World

Both of those orgs will be able to help a lot more than we can, if you want to build something aligned to them. Building different organizations take different approaches, and they can share their experiences and strategies that are more likely to succeed.

I’m not from the US, so I don’t know many more organizations. But the principle stays the same: you want to build a mutual aid network, try talking with people already working on those, even if they aren’t from the same place.

Now, as to what exactly amongst each of those you should do, I think only you can answer. My approach is that the best thing is something that touches you (be either in your heart, your body or your wallet). So basically, what do you feel like doing?

I wish you the best of luck, comrade :)

That’s my exact gut reaction. I read four or five paragraphs and was like “that’s enough brain poison for me”, and generally I’m into it.

The first is what thinking on what kind of organization do you want to be a part of. Do you want to fight for labor rights in a union? Do you want an affinity group? Or maybe do you want to join a broad coalition of environmental defense. Or maybe a large anarchist platform.

Those are all different and will have different advantage and issues. There isn’t one right way of doing anarchism.

The other thing is, you mentioned there’s only a local DSA in there. Are you sure? Where is the chapter currently working? And more importantly, which movements are they working with? Knowing that might shed some light into other organizations or at least social movements.

Choosing Saudi Arabia for this is like choosing the US for an international conference on anti-imperialism.

Oh, I see. I didn’t notice it.

Thanks for clarifying!