Headies said:

You don’t really hold any positions,though. You’ve reduced politics to metaphysics, where your personally held, completely subjective beliefs (thoughts) are enough for you to derive a sense of self and identity. Politics are concrete, actionable movements affected upon the objective world. You aren’t  a murderer when you kill someone in your imagination, and neither are you are a lefty when you confine your support for left wing policy to beliefs that are not acted upon in some form and only exist within your mind.

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Bigbadwooof said:

Ice9 said:

This wasn't an attack at all.  I am certainly in the same boat, I doubt the majority of people in earth have similar risk tolerance and self destructive tendencies as myself. The difference is, I recognize how this affects my thoughts patterns, and do not let it bleed into a nihilistic political view.  That's all I meant by this.

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For the record... you're totally right. Aaand you can still go fuck yourself. I don't know why, but it feels good to say that to you. Every time.

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Bigbadwooof said:

mushboy said:

Leftist never have to convince me they are leftist either. They just are.

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You're not a leftist. You're a centrist.. You're milquetoast.. TheEcstatic is the only leftist on this forum.. and maybe ballsauce.
And me!

It's ok though. I still love you Mushboy. I would vote for you, even... but only because the other options are so terrible!

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The Ecstatic said:

That said, I do think the divide between leftist and liberal is a distinction worth making, and that the difference between leftist and liberal is far greater than that of liberal and conservative. Speaking for myself obviously, but the red vs blue pundit shit is not interesting, and tends to not be the bulk of discussion here. I’m much more interested in the decay of the prevailing world order, the emergence of a global multipolarity, and the resurrection of anticapitalism as a legitimate political force.

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100,000%

You nailed it bro! All of the things!

The Ecstatic said:

Curious how talking shit on a drug forum can make you a right wing agitator, but to qualify as a leftist you must do direct action in real life. Or how your baseline for political action is voting.

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Quote:

To consort with the crowd is harmful; there is no person who does not make some vice attractive to us, or stamp it upon us, or taint us unconsciously therewith. Certainly, the greater the mob with which we mingle, the greater the danger.

Seneca

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Quote:

Nimium diu non legitur.

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Headies said:

The Ecstatic said:

Curious how talking shit on a drug forum can make you a right wing agitator, but to qualify as a leftist you must do direct action in real life. Or how your baseline for political action is voting.

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Wrong. I’ve always maintained the person I was addressing holds no beliefs coherent or actionable enough to characterize him as either left or right . The fact he doesn’t vote or do anything aside from promote Trump to a small group of people doesn’t amount to him being left or right. He’s apolitical.

As for the rest of your comment,  Tl;dr, respectfully

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In the words of the venerable Seneca: I shall not.

Quote:

durian_2008 said:]
Reading and media would be useful, assuming that we borrow from successful examples.

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Headies said:

The Ecstatic said:

Curious how talking shit on a drug forum can make you a right wing agitator, but to qualify as a leftist you must do direct action in real life. Or how your baseline for political action is voting.

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Wrong. I’ve always maintained the person I was addressing holds no beliefs coherent or actionable enough to characterize him as either left or right . The fact he doesn’t vote or do anything aside from promote Trump to a small group of people doesn’t amount to him being left or right. He’s apolitical.

As for the rest of your comment,  Tl;dr, respectfully

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Stick around, you'll fit right in.

ballsalsa said:

Headies said:

The Ecstatic said:

Curious how talking shit on a drug forum can make you a right wing agitator, but to qualify as a leftist you must do direct action in real life. Or how your baseline for political action is voting.

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Wrong. I’ve always maintained the person I was addressing holds no beliefs coherent or actionable enough to characterize him as either left or right . The fact he doesn’t vote or do anything aside from promote Trump to a small group of people doesn’t amount to him being left or right. He’s apolitical.

As for the rest of your comment,  Tl;dr, respectfully

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Stick around, you'll fit right in.

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Headies said:

Why would I go on reading ecstatic’s post after he mischaracterized what I said in his first paragraph? I’ll leave you boys to your edifying discussions. Don’t want to detract from the edifying discussions going on amongst you delicate geniuses.

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Taking your ball and going home?
That's the opposite of sticking around!

ballsalsa said:

Headies said:

Why would I go on reading ecstatic’s post after he mischaracterized what I said in his first paragraph? I’ll leave you boys to your edifying discussions. Don’t want to detract from the edifying discussions going on amongst you delicate geniuses.

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Taking your ball and going home?
That's the opposite of sticking around!

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Headies said:

The Ecstatic said:

Curious how talking shit on a drug forum can make you a right wing agitator, but to qualify as a leftist you must do direct action in real life. Or how your baseline for political action is voting.

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Wrong. I’ve always maintained the person I was addressing holds no beliefs coherent or actionable enough to characterize him as either left or right . The fact he doesn’t vote or do anything aside from promote Trump to a small group of people doesn’t amount to him being left or right. He’s apolitical.

As for the rest of your comment,  Tl;dr, respectfully

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Headies said:

You get your info from random yokels on twitter

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