Holy cow, homie. Everytime it’s like I’m trying to intimidate you or something. I’m just saying that you seem very oddly aggressive over a post that no one seems to have noticed. I’m not trying to do anything else. So there was a silly post. Why are you upset about it?
… Nope, I’m still not backing down.
Yeah, and?
Maybe I noticed it before anyone else did. Maybe no one else wanted to be confrontational for some odd reason. I, for one, don’t think I’m being “very oddly aggressive” or in any way aggressive here. Confrontational, absolutely - but not aggressive.
Why should I trust you here?
Because I don’t think it belongs here. Isn’t that obvious?
Well I’m bowing out of this thread now as it’s getting rather unhealthy. You won’t pay any attention to this Auto, but you might need to seek help with that paranoia if it is genuine.
Good riddance. Cry me a river.
Edit: You still haven’t answered my questions, though. Maybe I should hound you everywhere you post until you do?
“Nope, I’m still not backing down.”
…okay.
“Maybe I noticed it before anyone else did. Maybe no one else wanted to be confrontational for some odd reason. I, for one, don’t think I’m being “very oddly aggressive” or in any way aggressive here. Confrontational, absolutely - but not aggressive.”
I don’t care what you call it, you’re making a huge deal out of someone making a joke. On the internet.
“Why should I trust you here?”
You don’t have to. Rage away. I saw some other threads where people made jokes and I’ll let you deal with those ones too.
That’s right. Now what? I’m still here.
And your point is? I’m not ashamed of my behavior in the slightest, and you can’t make me think otherwise.
I don’t need your permission. You already know that. So what’s your real point here?
Now you asked me why I was upset about Consumariat’s initial post and I answered you. But it seems you’re ignoring my answer. Why is that?
“Now you asked me why I was upset about Consumariat’s initial post and I answered you. But it seems you’re ignoring my answer. Why is that?”
Oh because I just don’t care enough. Call me intellectually dishonest or say I was trying to intimidate you out of the thread or whatever. You don’t think joking belongs here, so you harass consumariat until they leave a thread they weren’t actively posting in anyway, and then threaten to harass them on other threads until they answer you. And I’m the one trying to intimidate you out of the conversation?
“That’s right. Now what? I’m still here.”
Yes. Yes you are. Enjoy.
So… How do you guys think people become anarchists?
Different paths leading to the same place. Some people are born hating authority, some people learn it, some people live it. And its rarely one thing that does the trick.
You don’t have to. Rage away. I saw some other threads where people made jokes and I’ll let you deal with those ones too.
Q: Where do you find a dog with no legs?
A: Right where you left him!
Either way, I recommend just getting out the pop corn, sitting back,and watch the fireworks
Seems that most of the people I come across who actually end up taking sociology classes in college turn out to be leftists of some sort.
I meant sociology in the broadest sense possible. I consider most “sociology” in academia to be a back door by leftists to create an echo chamber.
But in the end I meant the social sciences in general (and I consider econ to be the king of the social sciences) - but beng technical I would call this look a sociological look, not a socail science look.
Other than that - even when looking at “the way things work” - there isn’t much wrong with being a Hobbes, Bismark, Machiavelli, primitivist, Rousseau, Baunin, etc - they “got it”, I just don’t find it ultimately a tenable if peope figure out the picture en masse.
Why else would you get involved? As I see it, I was defending myself against both you and Consumariat. I took the latter to task over his non-serious post, and certainly felt justified in doing so. Call it “harrassing” all you want. I couldn’t care less. Get it?
So you finally understand that you can’t make me shut up or leave? That might be too much to ask for on my part.
Please do tell me just what in the world this is supposed to mean.
Autolykos, you’re being a weenie again.
Huh?
Am I supposed to care about what you think I’m being?
Enough bickering, Libertarians. We have the globe to save.
It’s from the Lord of the Flies. The kids were all running in terror from a “beast” hidden somewhere on the island. Simon hallucinates the pig’s head telling him that “the beast” is really inside people. Then he finds what the kids thought was the beast, and realises it’s just a dead body. Then they kill him for trying to tell them the truth, because the myth has come to support the established power structure, and is a means to control the masses.
In response to the OP: As some have mentioned, we have become accustomed to the presence of the state for many millenias. Most never really ask questions about it’s existence since we have become so accustomed to it. At this point, the state is like a “given”. To many (few of whom think deeply) life without government would seem absurd.
I consider myself open-minded. I used to lean leftward. But the more I read about free markets and libertarianism, the more that ideology made sense. I think for others, a life changing event helps transforms them. I visited parts of Kurdistan. Even before Sadaam’s genocidal campaign, the Kurds were a very independent group of people who wanted to live without government interference. I’m quite certain more than a few of them were outright skeptical of government after the horrific events.