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Furthest Right: raging realism plus transcendental reverence. I write at https://www.amerika.org/ and https://www.deathmetal.org/ about topics such as nihilism, ecofascism, paganism, eugenics, capitalism, perennialism, conservatism, natural selection, and of course death metal.

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israelwarcrimes , to israel group
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Never for get when this minister said that nuking Gaza in an option.

@palestine @israel

amerika ,
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18 years of Gaza terrorism = not a war crime

Bomb a few human shields to get the terrorists behind them = a war crime suddenly

somekindahate3 , to palestine group
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@h4890 @amerika @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento Uh yeah, they are anarchist, anticapitalist bands. They are not moved by the 'profit motive' that ruins art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh3t49NsWBA

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@somekindahate3 @h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento

Motorhead would not have wanted to be lumped in with your crusade for equal dehumanization.

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/mot%C3%B6rhead-drummer-mikkey-dee-says-lemmy-kilmister-would-hate-todays-political-correctness

Sherifazuhur , to palestine group
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- Hospital overwhelmed as refugee camp bombed and more updates @israel @palestine

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-dozens-of-civilians-killed-in-barbaric-attacks

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @somekindahate3

I do not wholly disagree. I am not concerned with climate change at all. It's the heat island effect.

My solution is Half Earth, which protects natural ecosystems and lessens pollution problems.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @somekindahate3

Back to economic theory, environmental problems will never be solved until there is a culture which extends goodwill to responsible companies and ostracizes irresponsible ones.

However, it cannot be as one-note as "climate change," which as Michael Crichton pointed out, is just the heat island effect in a 60% urbanized world.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @somekindahate3

We will finally be free of unions as well.

I think there will always be jobs of some sort that need humans.

Our problem is too many useless people.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @somekindahate3

Here is the original source:

https://eowilsonfoundation.org/what-is-the-half-earth-project/

I also cover it here (thanks for asking!):

https://www.amerika.org/tag/half-earth/

It's a very simple idea: set aside half of the land, air, and sea on Earth for nature only. Then just let it do its thing.

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@h4890 @somekindahate3 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222574.In_Defense_of_Global_Capitalism

This guy? Hmm, senior fellow at Cato which can be a mixed bag but the synopsis looks good.

To my mind, capitalism is just economics and is inescapable... everything else is politics pretending to be economics and fails accordingly.

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@argumento @somekindahate3 @h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn

Communism does not work because everyone ends up starving and there are mass executions.

  • Cambodia
  • Soviet Union
  • China
  • Cuba
  • Eastern Europe
  • Latin America

All the same pattern. Castles made of sand.

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@somekindahate3 @h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn

I have failed at religion.

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@somekindahate3 @h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn

No, he knows what he is talking about BUT is fifteen layers deeper into the reading, thinking etc than you are so it is going to be hard to communicate what he knows.

The Bible is mostly borrowed from Greek sources.

Capitalism is Austrian economics. It describes how things work, and if left alone, drives prices down and quality up. Like natural selection.

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@argumento @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @h4890 @somekindahate3

I think most of those were clearing out Communists in order to prevent murders.

At least, that is what Saint Pinochet did when he threw them from helicopters.
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@argumento @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @h4890 @somekindahate3

I am far, far worse than a fascist.

But everyone can enjoy killing Communists because they are parasitic defectives.

is a religion around here.

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@goat @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @argumento @h4890 @somekindahate3

If I were edgy, I'd try something retarded like National Socialism, Communism, Fascism, or theocracy.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

Some things are emotionally satisfying, so we pursue them despite them being demonstrably self-destructive:

  • Overeating
  • Promiscuity
  • Alcoholism/drugism
  • Gambling
  • Narcissism
  • Greed
  • Criminality
  • Bullying

All of these are rediscovered by each new generation despite lots of historical data that shows how they end badly. Socialism is no different.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

Franco strikes me as sort of a reluctant fascist the way Tito was a reluctant communist and the founding fathers in Murka were reluctant democrats.

That is, he saw it is as his only option, but also wanted to limit it before it became a runaway.

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@h4890 @argumento @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @somekindahate3

It's ironic that people are calling Israelis "Nazis" now, while conservatives are calling Democrats "Nazis," and Democrats call Trump a "Nazi," despite almost no one looking at what the Nazis were.

They were basically nationalist Democrats who liked supply-side economics.

So it makes no sense to call Democrats Nazis, since the relationship was most likely the other way around (although the parties were flipped then, I think).

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

The NSDAP adopted the worst aspects of the Napoleonic government as well, including a huge regulatory state.

Their environmental policy was good but too limited.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

I tend to agree here. He most just did not want Spain getting destroyed by socialism.

amerika ,
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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

It depends. For many it would, but those who are still maturing will always be weak to these ideas owing to youth and inexperience.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

Or do voting by household. Married people with stable work tend to vote more sanely.

However, in the end, as long as wealth transfer is allowed, government will destroy its host civilization.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

Wealth transfer means taking from the wealthy and giving to the poor by government action.

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@Dicey @h4890 @argumento @gfkdsgn @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

Wealth transfer mostly hits the middle classes.

The billionaires mostly own controlling interests in corporations.

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@Dicey @argumento @gfkdsgn @h4890 @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

Libertarianism has failed to do all of these things.

Resentment of the rich is not just a moral failing, but a mental disease.

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@Dicey @argumento @gfkdsgn @h4890 @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

People of your mindset go after "billionaires," and yet it is normal people filling out the IRS forms.

Resentment of the wealthy is a mental disorder.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

Ditching voluntarism is the first step.

Libertarianism is not complete as a philosophy.

It is an economic theory, and while it is the best one, it does not carry over to other areas like politics, social policy, culture, and law.

There needs to be something else to take care of those.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

You might call this the same voluntarism problem we see with FOSS and indeed any volunteer effort.

Since it is not paid, people contribute where they want to, and ignore the rest.

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@Dicey @argumento @gfkdsgn @h4890 @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

You will die in a war for democracy instead.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

I think we do not need a nest of rules, but a profit model and salaries.

Volunteerism means that people do what they want, and then leave, and no one takes over what needs to be done.

This is why most volunteer orgs fail and why all surviving ones use paid staff.

It's more efficient and effective (!!!) to raise money to pay people than to use volunteers, UNLESS it's something very discrete like show up on the weekend to build houses.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

For me, it all comes down to culture. It is the absence of rules based on a common aesthetic understanding of how things should be for harmonious, orderly, and quality level of existence.

Culture is organic, thus out of our control, but we can wreck it with government or adulterate it with miscegenation.

Nihilism is in my view as a lifetime nihilist a gateway to understanding and not paired to any particular philosophy except realism. That is, it would be hard to be a dualistic or egalitarian nihilist.

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@burner @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @h4890 @somekindahate3

Only for pay.

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@Dicey @burner @argumento @gfkdsgn @h4890 @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

I think billionaires can afford hemorrhoid surgery.

A neighbor had it. Was flat on his stomach for six weeks.

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@Dicey @burner @argumento @gfkdsgn @h4890 @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

I think in this case the ancient solution from Hippocrates is probably better despite sounding worse.

He suggested burning the 'roids flat with a hot iron.

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@Dicey @argumento @burner @gfkdsgn @h4890 @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

We are giving them our money because they provide useful products.

People did not buy Windows because it sucked.

Now it sucks, but that is mostly because the company became a monopoly run by diversity.

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@Dicey @argumento @burner @gfkdsgn @h4890 @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

I remember a few years back people were talking about "the year of the Indian CEO."

That died flatter than an ironed hemorrhoid.

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@Dicey @argumento @burner @gfkdsgn @h4890 @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

But we could look at Apple. They had multiple ups and downs, but ultimately made their money selling high-end (perceived) laptops and phones.

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@Dicey @argumento @burner @gfkdsgn @h4890 @israel @palestine @somekindahate3

And I can see why people buy Apple products: they make things simple and cute instead of scary and technical.

amerika ,
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@somekindahate3 @h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento

Rejecting individualism is the primal quest.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3 @burner

At the time, it seemed like suddenly every big firm had an Indian CEO: Google, Microsoft, and a billion VC startups.

But then the failures began. Silicon Valley was hoping for a cheapie solution.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

I think the big point is that culture does not change except to become a better version of itself. This is why it is organic: it emerges from past experience.

And, for all of us, a lot of what is our own mental map comes from culture or more specifically aesthetics based in culture and therefore, genetics.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

Yes, although I think a lot of vital things will never pay.

They must be done anyway.

This is why it is useful to have wealthy people for patronage purposes.

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@somekindahate3 @h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento

Newspapers need to be written on a fifth-grade level and IMHO if you want to be a big shot on social media you need to write at that level too.

There's a lot of dramatic types who throw in a couple big words now and again but they always use them as big words and not descriptively.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

The Amerinds got pretty whomped in Mexico, mostly by disease but also thoroughly by civilization decay before the Spanish arrived. Much of that may have come about through famine.

Does Mexico have culture? It may have cultures, but otherwise it is just Amerind culture mixed with Catholic theology and Spanish food influences.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

I would sponsor things out of sheer bloody-mindedness: this should exist and it does not, so if I can pay someone to do it, I will.

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

Those who perform for others become swallowed up by the audience... this is what happened to Metallica (very sad, old story).

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

They are very rare. More than performers, it is a question of composers.

I think Kraftwerk did very well. Motorhead was a mixed bag but did mostly well. Judas Priest probably did the best of all the NWOBHM, but Iron Maiden did not do shabbily either.

Some of the greatest musicians maintain quality output their whole lives, but rarely in heavily image-oriented genres like popular music!

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@h4890 @israel @palestine @Dicey @gfkdsgn @argumento @somekindahate3

I think they are just more serious about art and creating joy for people than others.

Iron Maiden for example was basically Steve Harris' vision since the beginning and he ran through personnel until he could make it happen.

Motorhead was a one-man band with collaborators as well.

Kraftwerk was two guys with a vision who overcame a lot of technical barriers to do it.

The intent was always clear, then the methods came later.

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