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   AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 23:54:55 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

   I picked Baldwin *because* he's not an anarchist. When I share knowledge with liberals from "far left" thinkers, in a desperate attempt to wake them up, I am routinely dismissed because those thinkers are not ideologically approved by liberal "authorities" wholly married to capitalism - gee, I wonder why

   But the fact is, most of YOUR OWN favored scholars who aren't just liars for capital, will tell you what I'm saying is true - even if they don't agree with my means of addressing those problems

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     AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 23:54:59 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

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     Your problem here is that I've read more of these folks than you have, and far more deeply. I've read Baldwin, I've listened carefully to MLK's words, I've studied Thomas Payne, I've pored over de Tocqueville, Arendt, Angela Davis, even Adam Smith. In a more modern sense, I've read Piketty, Grandin, Pearlstein, Mayer, Klein, and so forth. I AGREE with Fanon, Rocker, DuBois about the solutions - but even your cherished scholars who aren't revolutionaries agree about the history and problems.

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     Oggie (oggie@woof.group)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 23:55:03 JST Oggie

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     @AnarchoNinaWrites
     One of the more telling things about people who just quote various things that Baldwin said, is I've actually had pushback when I mentioned (in passing!) that he was queer, accusing me of inventing a narrative.

     It's almost like being an outsider in an outsider group of an outsider group informed some of his opinions.