Notices by RD (rd4anarchy@kolektiva.social)

@sidereal @hakan_geijer @stevewfolds @HeavenlyPossum @TomSwirly

Fortunately I think some of the first references to him that I came across pointed out some of his problematic aspects. I never learned much more about him, and when his name comes up once in a great while I usually have to look it up to remember who he was and then it's like oh yeah, *that* guy, movin' along now...

@hakan_geijer @stevewfolds @HeavenlyPossum @TomSwirly

"Look at Africa, at Mexico, at Asia."

Holy fuck. I don't know much about this guy but how in the hell does he get tagged as "anarchist" with such deep ignorance of what colonialism did?

"Long COVID is the faulty, load-bearing beam in the rickety pandemic denial superstructure. Were the public to grasp how common and how severe it is, the entire post-pandemic facade would come crumbling down."

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/disabled-peoples-exclusion-from-indoor

#covid

@MisuseCase

I haven't read that book yet but perhaps the point was that we need to be ever vigilant to prevent the seeds of hierarchy from sprouting 🤷♂️

@MisuseCase

I know who wrote it, I've seen it referenced by many people of anarchist inclination and it's been on my list to read for a long time.

So what? I don't have to have read it to know that I can't take it as some sort of evidence or authority about the supposed inevitable hierarchical nature of human beings.

@MisuseCase

>>We don’t really have any concept in our popular awareness of hierarchical structures of government which were either situational or where recall was really easy and power was only concentrated as long as everyone else wanted it to be...<<

That's because our popular awareness has been overwhelmingly influenced by the hierarchical power structures that wrote history.

>>...which is why a lot of people think it’s a binary between “hierarchy” or “no hierarchy” as opposed to a continuum or something with a lot of different options.<<

By "a lot of people" I think you mean most anarchists, not people in general (who mostly have no clue). As a student of anarchism I do think there is a pretty clear line between “hierarchy” or “no hierarchy”, it is not a spectrum.

@MisuseCase

Your experience can be valid, but at the same time not an argument for accepting hierarchy, right?

@MisuseCase

Hierarchy (if we're talking about actual power structures, not just forms of organizing that might assign roles or something like that) inherently *is* power imbalance, isn't it?

I don't think hierarchical power structures can be redeemed by slapping accountability on them, at least that's been my experience. Besides, to implement accountability you either negate the "quick decision" argument for needing hierarchy in the first place, or you actually show that quick decisions can be made without hierarchy anyway.

@MisuseCase

Arrr, but I'm not sure what pirate ships are a model of other than pirate ships. I'm not aspiring to be aboard a pirate ship myself, nor do I personally see a reason that we should be modelling anything on pirate ships, notwithstanding whatever valid lessons they might nevertheless have to offer.

@violetmadder @bontchev @HeavenlyPossum @aral

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-disturbing-remote-island-plastic.html

@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral

"Air pollution from reentering megaconstellation satellites could cause ozone hole 2.0"

https://www.space.com/starlink-satellite-reentry-ozone-depletion-atmosphere

@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral

"Environmentalists have raised many concerns about Starlink including light-pollution of the night sky, a potentially hazardous traffic jam in low-Earth orbit, and even ozone depletion. Copycat megaconstellations by other companies and countries will only multiply these concerns.

Now there's a new reason to worry. According to a new study by Sierra Solter, megaconstellations could alter and weaken Earth's magnetic field."

https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=03&month=02&year=2024

@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral

And let's not forget those fucking Starlink satellites. Our pollution has expanded into space now.

@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral

Mercury in fish, heavy metals in chocolate.

@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral

PFAS are accumulating in the environment, they're not going anywhere.

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/22/1106863211/the-dangers-of-forever-chemicals

@HeavenlyPossum @violetmadder @bontchev @aral

Minerals continue to be dug up to meet greater and greater demands of technology (including "green" transition), a process that destroys the environment and spreads pollution. These mineral deposits are getting harder and harder to find and larger and larger amounts of earth have to be dug up to produce ores, so each unit of ore results in larger and larger amounts of waste on top of the increasing number of units needed to meet demand.

It's a huge toxic spiral spreading pollution and destruction everywhere.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/07/Rising-Chorus-Renewable-Energy-Skeptics/

@shadowsonawall @Radical_EgoCom @graphite @passenger

State has never been about dealing with "evil people". State has always been a tool of exploitation and control by a ruling elite. Your question makes no sense.

https://www.thecommoner.org.uk/the-state-our-ancient-enemy/

@shadowsonawall @Radical_EgoCom @graphite @passenger

Why does there have to be *a system* that scales past neighbors?

"Evil people" was your characterization, I don't usually think in those terms. But for sure there will be some assholes. I believe there would be far fewer assholes if we were liberated from capitalism, but there would still be some, sure.

Anyway, I could point you to various techniques societies have used for millennia but I don't have the patience to listen to bad faith bullshit about me wanting us to go back to hunter-gatherer days.

@thetechtutor @aral

Meanwhile you're doing a very good job of establishing your reputation as a Zionist troll and genocide apologist.

@thetechtutor @aral

You clearly do support the murder of innocents and children when you defend the state of Israel's genocidal actions. Your objection that these actions are not intentionally genocidal is absurd as so many of Israel's ruling elite have spoken plainly about those intentions, and the tactics being used by Israel are obviously genocidal both in intent and results.

You have to hide behind spurious accusations rather than face the truth of what Israel is doing. You leave yourself in the ridiculous position of having to believe that anyone who thinks genocide is occurring in Gaza is anti-Semitic and a supporter of jihad. You probably don't even buy this lie yourself but you still feel compelled to use it because you really have nothing else to support your genocide denial.