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    I think this is one of my favourite videos on this website. The softness of your voice, the lithe way you move as you show off your belly, it's all mesmerising. And your gut is so round now! All I can ask for is more. I look forward to seeing how far you go.
  1. As a small addendum, I would look up "tone policing" if you don't already know what that is. We're discussing sensitive matters, and so I think it's a matter of course that people might get angry - let's try not to dismiss people because we feel uncomfortable with what they're telling us!
  2. Ok, so, I hear the fear around what happens if we do nothing to prevent people who intend to do harm from carrying out that harm. Like, if you have compelling evidence to suggest that someone will hurt your community, it makes sense to want to try to stop it, rather than letting it happen. I also think there is information which might change your mind on this topic, and so I'm going to address a couple of your points and try to convey how your perspective might be missing something. I think your argument about prisons is based on a misunderstanding of Jersey Ghoul's point, and prison abolition more generally. The prison abolition movement isn't about removing all prisons while taking no measures to replace them, but instead steadily downscaling prison infrastructure while developing rehabilitation infrastructure, to effectively resolve the conditions which push people to commit crimes. You don't need to worry about receiving violence from suddenly released prisoners - and a lot of (dare I say, most) prisoners wouldn't hurt anyone anyway. The US prison system disproportionately targets Black citizens (to say nothing of the ways other marginalised identities affect a person's relationship with law enforcement and incarceration), to exploit their labour for the benefit of businesses in a way which intentionally replicates the conditions of slavery. In other words, the US prison system exists as a replacement for chattel slavery. It isn't very hard to find resources about racial disparities in US prisons - just look up "US prison racism" or something similar and you'll find articles. I also recommend reading the wikipedia pages on the prison industrial complex and prison abolition movement, because they serve as effective starting points for research into those topics. Regarding anarchism, I think you're misrepresenting what anarchism is and can be. You present hierarchical government as the logical conclusion to unrestricted, cyclical violence, as well as a solution to that violence, which makes me think that you think that anarchism is when people use violence to resolve disputes because they don't have an authority figure they can go to instead. That's not true. Maybe that happens sometimes, but that doesn't mean it's inevitable. Other options for anarchical societies include dealing with harm using radical accountability (in cases where the harmer shows remorse to the harmed) or a communally agreed-upon strategy for protecting themselves and dealing with the problem (in cases where the harmer shows no remorse and may do further harm). Things get more nuanced as you get more complicated situations, but I'm not trying to get into too much detail here; what I want to illustrate is that peaceful anarchism can work. Plus, it does work - if you've ever told someone they hurt you and they apologised, made up for it in the way you asked and haven't done it again (all without appealing to an authority figure), then you both handled that situation anarchically. That's anarchism, in a very simple form, and it's something people do often. There are lots of people thinking about how to form more anarchical societal systems online - I might start with the youtube channel "Andrewism" for that kind of thing. As an additional point, I think framing hierarchical society as the solution to violence ignores that hierarchical authority depends on violence to function. This is what people mean when they talk about state-sanctioned violence, like the violence the police inflict upon dissenters and marginalised people. This video (by Andrewism) explains authority better than I ever could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqosSdnZnsU Lastly, I take enormous issue with your statements that "As for capitalism, I think it's the best approach to economics the world has established so far" and that "the biggest problem I'd say it faces is the laissez-faire approach the government has taken with it". Capitalism, by design, exploits people and natural resources on unfathomable scales. The situation in Congo (which you should absolutely look up) serves as a stark reminder of this. Capitalist governments and corporations work hand-in-hand to ensure the system keeps running - see, the War on Drugs (which feeds the prison industrial complex), Henry Kissinger, etc. To suggest that we've never had a better system is exceedingly disrespectful to everyone who has ever suffered as part of its workings, because it suggests that you don't think about these people when you consider the pros and cons of capitalism. I'd also question what you're even comparing it to - surely not communism, which has barely had the chance to get off the ground in most instances due to sabotage by capitalist nations (notably the US)? It's a lot to think about, and also, I think we have to do this thinking if we're ever going to get anywhere. Moreover, we have to centre those dispossessed by capitalism without leaving anyone behind, or else risk reproducing the systems of oppression we seek to dismantle. I hope I've provided the first glimmer of a new perspective, and that maybe this will take you places. Fundamentally, we are all in this together, my freedom bound up in yours. Let's all learn, grow and fight the good fight!
  3. I love you for this! One of my main fears about engaging with this community is the fear that a lot of its members haven't unlearned any of the harmful narratives imperial capitalist culture teaches us, which feels especially pertinent in this space given anti-fatness is one such narrative. Seeing people talk about anticapitalist politics here gives me hope that maybe there are more radical folks here than I expect
  4. What's the the first song called?
    Really hot, the music adds to the experience!
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