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.

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.

Probably? I’m no expert but I always answer with just lower case without issue

Capchas aren’t generally case sensitive though.

Really cool and interesting video!

I also thought the Fermi Paradox was kind of weirdly colonial.

Hell I don’t even think we should be fucking with the Moon.

Very sad day indeed.

I was already using reddit less. I guess this is the final goodbye.

It still works if you’re a mod in a community. I don’t know why.

Russian repression is so fucked up

So what?

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.

Am anarchist and never voted. I see voting as a very ineffective action at best.

With that being said, I don’t vote because I have better shit to do. Not out of some principle or belief that I’m doing something effective by not voting.

I’m against taking part in a community based around refusal to vote, because the point of not voting should be passive. It should be “I’m already doing a lot of other more important shit to fight the State so why bother?” And not “I don’t vote therefore I am having an impact”.

Just like voting is damn near useless, organizing and campaigning around not voting is also pretty meh.

Edit: OP isn’t doing a false flag. That’s a pretty common view among anarchists. Especially offline.

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

This doesn’t mean shit.

I was raised catholic. It’s basically church doctrine that anyone is a child of God, and pretty much almost anyone can be baptized.

It doesn’t mean you’re not a sinner who’s going to burn forever in hell. It’s just the famous anti-lgbt talking point “hate the sin, not the sinner”.

This will lead LGBT people to a false sense of security before they go straight up to conversion therapy.

Oh, I see. I didn’t notice it.

Thanks for clarifying!