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   Anti. 🐘 (antiaall3s@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 21:58:28 JST Anti. 🐘

   In the latest episode (patron only) of the #DeathPanel podcast, Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Abby Cartus speak with Ellie Murray about 'The Sociology of Mask Mandates'. Their conclusion, mask mandates do work.

   And as an anarchist this pisses me off so much. It has to be seen as a clear victory for the authoritarian left. As anti-authoritarians we had a chance to convince people to mask voluntarily as an act of solidarity and a stance against ableism. And we have failed.

   https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/teaser-the-sociology-of-mask-mandates-w-ellie-murray-103023

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Oct-2023 21:58:25 JST Jay Baker

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     @antiaall3s I agree so strongly with every word you said here, it's a viewpoint I really want to emphasise in my next article (we'll see if it gets published!).

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 01:18:28 JST Jay Baker

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     @antiaall3s I absolutely agree - we have to try and act in accordance, and that is what so many leftists and even anarchists failed to do when the pandemic began; I knew Wobblies literally waiting for Boris government guidelines so they could decide how to meet and/or socialise, which sort of proves the point you were making in your original post above. Anarchists would do well to remember David Graeber's point that there really is no such thing as an "anarchist" - as anarchism isn't something we are, but something we do.

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     Anti. 🐘 (antiaall3s@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 01:18:30 JST Anti. 🐘

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     • Jay Baker

     @MediaActivist It is often said that the left is never going anywhere, because they are always bickering. I am convinced this is the key debate that we need to hold, authoritarian versus anti-authoritarian or egalitarian. It's simply not compatible. One side is fighting for another top down structure, just with "better" people on top, a committee or a vanguard, to eventually arrive at communism. The other side is fighting for a structure that will prefigure communism in the here and now.