Renan

having relations with some crazy bitch with no eyebrows.

also regret school.

Suicide as i perceived it yonks ago is literally the spiritual equivalence of bankruptcy. You cash in all your chips to avoid making what at the time is a long series of miserable occurrences prolonged, to avoid being let down by the "positive" influences. Monumental and insurmountable problems turn your life upside down, all options seem bleak and you can't find an appropriate perspective to combat the gloom. So anyone in that thick miasma of woe can't be a coward as they still face the greater uncertainty of death. By the same token, bravery is not really part of it [unless it is a sacrifice for another] as it is not a question of facing something down, it is really feeling all the options are shit and all paths are blocked.

I'm over at "occupy Kevin's couch". A lot of inspiring shit going down.

Brian Peppers isn't as old as the internet, or anything.

Seriously though Nick, go eat some glass.

Here are my thoughts on OccupyWhatever, free from the debate form that generally devolves into retardeness - on both sides.

The politics... are terrible. I think this much can be agreed upon (hopefully). This talk of the "99%" is absolute nonsense. Yes, obviously the majority of the wealth and power is concentrated in the hands of one percent of the population, but this is an inaccurate and useless analysis if one is going to attack capitalism (which is only best understood as a logic that dictates social relationships - and not the typical superficial understanding of rich v poor), which is the only thing I am interested in. Perceiving the problem is being that of a conflict between tax brackets only shows one thing: these people are mad with the way capitalism is being managed - something i have already said before. How many of this 99% are business owners that are exploiting and fucking over there workers? Anyone who has ever worked for a small business knows exactly how terrible they have to be to their workers because they are not pulling in the same amount of money as bigger businesses. I find it weird that workers and their exploiters see themselves, in this case, as on the same side.

And the implications of this position is that the rich pay for the crisis. Talking about giving the 99% their "fair share" would quite effectively reverse this crisis and put capitalism right back on track. I find this more detestable than the Right wing alternative. What the Left, with its talk of more jobs, and taxing the rich, and better social welfare programs and its moralism and obsession with democracy, never realizes is that it is just as important, maybe more-so, to the functioning of capital as the capitalists themselves. The Right wing, and the capitalists, due to the contradictions within the logic of capital itself, lead capitalism to crisis; meanwhile the Left and its organized labor and workers movements, lead capital right back out of it. I am absolutely against capitalism in all its forms, from the hyper-corpratized one we have right now, to the hypothetical democratically self-managed one of the Left.

One of the big things that I don't get is the simultaneous call for more democracy and non-violence. PRG has already acknowledged that this world is undemocratic. My question then is why do these people think they can make an undemocratic world more democratic democratically? This coupled with non-violence can only amount to symbolic gestures and appeals to a certain morality - the kind that the ruling class has already shown to not give two shits about. A radical shift in social relations can only come about through force, be it a military take over, or the blockage of the flows of commodities. Neither of these are democratic because there will always be a segment of the population which will oppose it, and there will a time when there will either be confrontation or the movement will implode in upon its own inability to move beyond dogmatism. It's cliche, but the rich will never allow anyone to simply vote away their power and wealth. Revolutions themselves are rarely bloody or violent, it is always the counter-revolution that sheds blood.  


On the issue of control that I brought up earlier. PRG replied saying that what I said, in his mind, actually justifies more policing rather than less, which I was advocating. I think this shows quite clearly the dividing line between us. My goal, my main desire that motivates my politics and all the intellectual schizophrenia that comes with diving into many, contradictory theories, has always been freedom, in the most absolute sense of the word. I want to be free from social constraints and norms and free from work and the alienation and loss of connection to my life that comes from it. If a post-capitalist world is one that is more policed, and life and all the beautiful chaos that it entails is more controlled, then count me out. I would rather live in a world that is chaotic, but totally free, than one that is totally equal but thoroughly controlled. I do not care about people as such. Therefore, I do not care about uniting them. I do not care about unity or harmony if those things require control and policing. All I care about is my friends, and how together we can escape from work as much as possible, as soon as possible. In this sense, both Leftist anti-capitalism and capitalism itself offer the same dead end drudgery and control.

And yes, I was wrong about the number of people there. But I was right when I said that its useless to sit there and camp out in a park like a bunch of hobos if there is no actual economic blockage happening. Although, hopefully, if this Brooklyn Bridge thing is any indication, this could change. I would love to be proven wrong with the issues that I have raised. My pride isn't that important, although I think the last thing I said about control will always be a relevant criticism.

Punk Rock Geek, on 30 September 2011 - 11:14 AM, said:

You're a dick-knob, and meat is delicious.

And I'm better than you.

Renan, on 26 September 2011 - 06:27 PM, said:

Me too, man. Me too.

Breaking shit is what anarchists were about. Now its all bout some lame ass community organizing within a community that doesnt actually exist.

Floyd, what the fuck are you talking about? Tim Armstrong doesn't sound English, he just sounds fucking retarded.
This is what a fake English accent sounds like:

I quit all habitual drug use. Weed, cigarettes, etc. I got drunk twice this year though but regretted it.

I still talk to God though. But you can't do that more than once a week and even that is too much to handle.

the only good that can come from this is if enough skulls get cracked, and a shit ton of people go home realizing the actual role of the police. i am not hopeful for a more democratic capitalism or one with less 'greed' or 'corruption,' nor do i want either of these.

  

Preachy anarchists being preachy.

Ridiculous straight edge hc


Legit motherfucking anarchist (with an actual class analysis) hardcore


This song isn't political, but it's awesome