MercurySunrise

Fascist's are always gonna be trying to drown out the message. They're terrified to even try being on an equal playing field because then it becomes clear just how weak they really are as people. They refuse to change, they refuse to evolve, and it will be their downfall. Sadly, it may be everyone else's as well if nothing is done about them. I really respect Kohei for being so valiant in sharing this perspective that is unfairly disrespected by the global hustle culture. We have to move into sustainable models of existence or the planet really is going to die. It cannot take the blind accumulation anymore. Humanity's grown too big and that is a fact. We have to actually mature and start taking care of our environment. Degrowth communism is a sociological necessity.

That's it, haha. He's awful. Canada's black sheep, imo.

It really makes me so sad though too, these people are still going to be hit so hard by climate change. They rely so much on the ocean and stable climate just by the nature of being on islands. These good people deserve so much better than what's ahead. It's so unfair.

I'm unemployed right now but all my previous jobs have been within a couple miles and I would walk or every once in a while get rides with coworkers. Usually I listen to music on my phone outside of conversation. I'm looking for work currently that's either online or that can still function that way. I really hate to contribute to the petrochemical industry and I try to reduce it however I can. Anything beyond like 5 miles, I'd basically have to contribute. We don't have much of any public transport in the center of America and the little we do have seems to all run on gas anyway. In my specific area there's not even chargers for electric vehicles, not as far as I've seen. It's pretty whack, imo.

I think it's so awesome they've done this. When you start bringing energy into the hands of local communities, it really shifts the economy towards more sustainability. The people can take care of themselves, while with green energy, doing the least harm possible to their environment. Admirable.

I got removed over on !climate for saying Tyson sucks. Thanks for sharing this news, yo. Here's my reiteration: FUCK YOU TYSON. YOU'RE FUCKING GROSS AND TERRIBLE AND YOU SHOULD BE REGULATED OUT OF EXISTENCE.

Actually, it has to do with hierarchy, and as a communist you should be able to see that. Capitalism itself is a hierarchy, and you're putting the professional over the individual. You're denying people the right to learn how to take care of themselves. You're also making it more difficult to cross-profession. You're perpetuating the system. You need to check yourself before you wreck yourself. I'm not talking about learning everything. I'm talking about learning to be self-sufficient, which I already said. If you are actually a communist, being such a clearly not anarchist one, you need to consider putting your focus on arguing with the right-wing instead of your comrades.

I totally agree that "outside" protestors shouldn't be considered any kind of reasoning for dismissing a movement. It does imply the movement is bigger than local or territorial lines and therefore should be taken more seriously than not. In regards to anti-national revolutionists, that's actually a very specific point of pride, and it should be. We are all people regardless of the territorial lines we are forced into. If we can reach outside the scope of the nation, we have in a sense, beaten it. This is why I see internationalism, or as some say, globalism, to be a very important goal for all movements focused on human rights. We are more than just where we are on the Earth. Humanity is a connected species, and in my opinion, that does go beyond just tech and state structures. I feel that reactionary solidarity should not be dismissed, though. Class warfare, for example, has a certain level of necessity for movements against oppression. I do not disagree with oppressing the oppressor. I think it's a tactic we've actually seen too little on the left and perhaps could explain some of the incrementalism we've seen so far. I am, however, an accelerationist. Personally, I feel the more I am fought, the more I can fight back - and I do think that's really important to allow others on the left to utilize too. We must find ways to equal the playing field, and I think literally all forms of solidarity have their roles in that. I think to say we cannot alienate those that alienate us leaves us as the only ones alienated. Those that disregard the use of reactionary solidarity disregard the use of tactics used against us. This is actually a larger philosophical argument of pacifism. I like to call it the batman argument. You're putting yourself on a moral high-ground that only hampers your effectiveness. The "bad guys" keep going and keep coming because they are not actually stopped. They are not, as some of the more intensive left likes to say, "stomped". The right-wing stomps, and they also steal from us constantly. We should stomp and steal back, while also using transformative tactics. Never disregard the importance of diversity, not in anything, but especially not in warfare. Honestly, I see this argument against it as dividing the left up more. There are aggressive leftists. They have their right to be, because of self-defense. The right-wing fucking murders us, to say we should not be angry and that such anger somehow makes us weaker... I just simply disagree.

I feel I can say with certainty that it helps me heavily with focus and energy. I've most primarily had issues quitting because of that. I have rather severe depression that I've not been willing to go to SSRI's to treat due to my interest in the arts. I possibly have ADD. I definitely have oral fixation (teehee). There's alot of neurochemical/psychological factors that can increase dependence on this drug just as any drug. It really is easier for some to quit than it is for others. If I had quit, I wouldn't have watched this video. I wouldn't be able to. You're tough! I hope you stay off it, yo. Nicotine's... pretty awful, as a drug. I don't personally see it as the worst, but it's definitely not great.

Yay, Anark. He does great work. I as of so far feel my rage is eternal, however, I believe the "fuel" that drives the stalwart revolutionary is love. Love for our fellow peoples that are being mistreated and abused, love for the people that will be, and love for the people who have tried to make positive impacts in our life or others lives. In my experience, hope is easy to kill in the face of absolute lack of reaction from the world. I personally have no hope. Maybe that's just the voidpunk in me. I think humanity is definitely going to die horribly before we'll ever actually crush capitalism. I really believe the capitalists would so much rather us all suffer and die as quickly as possible than for their profits to even just dip in their lifetimes, primarily because of the climate crisis being as it is. It along with AI kinda made me decide we're just statistically fucked. I fight still for those that I love, because they deserve that fight, even if it has literally no effect (though that's rather unusual). I believe that is called "an inexorable force" and may be the best way to attain permanent revolution. I think the feeling that there is no hope does actually keep a lot of people from action. Maybe we shouldn't rely on just it. Further, maybe it is why our anger tends to hurt us more than help us. If our anger is predicated just on our actually making change, it can't be strong. That's like... gambling. It depends on an idealized outcome of random variables. If our anger is predicated on already established feelings of love for people that have already been hurt, it seems very unlikely to go anywhere as long as people are still being hurt.

I absolutely love Kropotkin, forever. Sometimes it's so hard to believe it's been over a century and so very little has changed. I didn't even hear about his existence until I hit my 20's. He goes completely unmentioned in the American educational system, even when reviewing the Russian revolutionary history (along with Trotsky, I might add). He was a truly advanced thinker, but still so... understandable. He's definitely obfuscated from our contemporary culture and that's terribly shameful. He's a very good example of capitalist oppressors denying the people their right to mentally evolve. Thanks for the quote.

Ooooh, this is a beautiful resource. It's a bit sad it seems abandoned for a while now, but the intentions of the project are still admirable and valid today. Thanks for sharing.