Tag: Communism

You Know I Think What Joy James Terms “Neo-Radicalism”

Is one of the most dangerous reactionary currents ever developed.

Its use of radical jargon and aesthetics while playing to establishment politics is a wonderful way to say “turn back, this is as far left as it goes”, and a wonderful way to alienate working class people from leftist aesthetics and ideals.

Also the use of unpaid, underpaid, mistreated, low waged, usually female workers by NGOs says a whole helluva lot.  The “youth organizing” NGOs when analyzed from a labor standpoint essentially exploit child labor.

Anti-consumerist ideology alienates working class people denied stuff they want and need for too damned long.

Purity politics alienate people who don’t come from the academy after they get pounced on for using incorrect terminology.

It is the most perfect anti-communism wrapped up in radical rhetoric.  A circle jerk of pseudo-revolutionary liberalism.

What Is A Boss?

When the body was first created, there was contention 
among the component parts as to who was going to be the boss. 

The brain said, "Since I am the nerve center that controls 
everything and does all the thinking, I should be the boss." 

The feet said, "Since I carry all the friggin' weight, I 
should be the boss." 

The hands said, "Since I must do all the manual labor and 
earn all the money to keep the rest of you going, I should be the 
boss. " 

The eyes said, "Since I must look out for all of you and let 
you know when danger lurks, I should be the boss." 

And so it went with the ear, the lungs, and various other 
component parts of the body, till there was no one left but the 
anus. All the others laughed when it made its bid for bosshood, 
for who ever heard of an anus being boss of anything? This 
rebuff upset the anus so much that in a pique of anger it closed 
itself off completely and refused to function any further. 

Soon the brain was feverish, the eyes crossed and ached, 
the feet were too weak to carry the load, the hands hung limply 
at the sides, and the heart, lungs, and the rest of the component 
parts struggled to keep going. They all capitulated to the anus, 
and it finally became the boss. 

While the others did all the work, the anus just basked and 
let out a lot of hot air along with the other material it is the 
anus's function to let out. 

The moral of this little episode is that it takes no special 
talent to be a boss - so why have one if everyone knows how to 
work together in harmony? Think about it.

Whenever I say something that sounds scary if implemented from above, I’m talking about implementation from below.

Like there’s stuff I need to do that’s really hard for me to get done (E.G. scanning my tax documents, calling my doctor, cleaning my house) so if there was an app or something that rewarded me for doing these things it would be easier.  So if there’s stuff we as a society needed to get done, we could make an app or game that makes it easier to motivate ourselves to do it.  

That’s all I’m saying.  Like if we need to get litter picked up, we create a thing that helps us get the “reward feeling” for picking up litter.  I know I could use that for cleaning my living room literally right now.  If a thing made a little fanfare noise when I put things away, it would be easier to do.

I’m talking about my own personal experience having a hard time doing certain tasks, and how we could in a post-capitalist society make it easier for people to do shit they need or want to do.

We could have another app for say… people that wanted to write a novel that rewarded you when you hit a word count you specified.

I’m talking about giving people tools to self motivate if they want them in a society where nothing is motivated by potential deprivation.