Honest? Sure - to the extent that most people’s limited self-awareness allows.
Open? When you said:
tbh swaying comfortable imperial core people was never really at the forefront of my motivations, so i think you’re safe.
That came across as preemptively dismissive, as if you assumed I was pro-capitalist and thus not worth bothering with.
The fact is capitalism is all I’ve known, but that doesn’t mean I’m enamored of it. My life path has been… unusual, in some significant ways that both give me broader view of things than most, while also having limited my education about them. I’ve had to figure out a lot of things on my own, which inevitably means there are significant gaps in my knowledge. But it also means I’ve come to some conclusions about things that most people never think about, or are (self-)aware enough to realize.
When I engage I try to speak what I know, and remain open to mulling over the responses if they contain something I don’t, or hasn’t considered. All I ask is that the same mindset be utilized in return so that an open exchange of information and perspectives may flow from it. This is how people come to understand one another, and that’s all I really want to do. If I learn something that helps me improve my understanding and perspectives on things, then all the better.
i’m at the point now where a significant portion of my weeks are spent organizing locally with other people to create spaces where anyone can get hot food, produce and supplies without needing money.
to me it’s not so theoretical that these things would be not only desired, but fought and sacrificed for. i have had close relatives with first hand experience fighting both for communism as well as against the nazis and that definitely colors my experience.
you seem like you’re being earnest about wanting to understand my perspective at least.
Lazy condescending bullshit. We are forced to make decisions every day which rely upon conclusions made up to that point. There’s nothing preventing those conclusions from being reevaluated again for later decision making. That is the whole point of this discussion, for example.
Reevaluate what, specifically? I’m always thinking and reevaluating things. The goal of participating in conversations like these is to gather more info for said reevaluations.
One might say you initiated the “nastiness” that with that “quote,” which seemed to imply I’m thoughtless - something readily disproven by simply reading this entire series of threads.
I hold myself to that quote. You’ve been offered information in various threads and haven’t seemed interested in perusing and suspending disbelief, let alone reevaluation. It’s exhausting to always be demanded information that is dismissed before you will even read, ask questions, and reconsider.
Honest? Sure - to the extent that most people’s limited self-awareness allows.
Open? When you said:
That came across as preemptively dismissive, as if you assumed I was pro-capitalist and thus not worth bothering with.
The fact is capitalism is all I’ve known, but that doesn’t mean I’m enamored of it. My life path has been… unusual, in some significant ways that both give me broader view of things than most, while also having limited my education about them. I’ve had to figure out a lot of things on my own, which inevitably means there are significant gaps in my knowledge. But it also means I’ve come to some conclusions about things that most people never think about, or are (self-)aware enough to realize.
When I engage I try to speak what I know, and remain open to mulling over the responses if they contain something I don’t, or hasn’t considered. All I ask is that the same mindset be utilized in return so that an open exchange of information and perspectives may flow from it. This is how people come to understand one another, and that’s all I really want to do. If I learn something that helps me improve my understanding and perspectives on things, then all the better.
same, you really can’t escape its influence.
i’m at the point now where a significant portion of my weeks are spent organizing locally with other people to create spaces where anyone can get hot food, produce and supplies without needing money.
to me it’s not so theoretical that these things would be not only desired, but fought and sacrificed for. i have had close relatives with first hand experience fighting both for communism as well as against the nazis and that definitely colors my experience.
you seem like you’re being earnest about wanting to understand my perspective at least.
“A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.”
Lazy condescending bullshit. We are forced to make decisions every day which rely upon conclusions made up to that point. There’s nothing preventing those conclusions from being reevaluated again for later decision making. That is the whole point of this discussion, for example.
And I’m suggesting reading more an Bd reevaluation of your own. Also, you’re the one getting nasty.
Reevaluate what, specifically? I’m always thinking and reevaluating things. The goal of participating in conversations like these is to gather more info for said reevaluations.
One might say you initiated the “nastiness” that with that “quote,” which seemed to imply I’m thoughtless - something readily disproven by simply reading this entire series of threads.
I hold myself to that quote. You’ve been offered information in various threads and haven’t seemed interested in perusing and suspending disbelief, let alone reevaluation. It’s exhausting to always be demanded information that is dismissed before you will even read, ask questions, and reconsider.
WTF are you even talking about? Please point out some examples of this supposed behavior.
It’s late and I’m not digging through your comment history. Diva has stated she thinks you are sincere, so start with that conversation, ITT.