Radical_EgoCom

Radical_EgoCom, 27 days ago

@janisf @RustyBertrand
What do you think "participate" means? Participating in a movement doesn't just mean going to protest or marching. A person can help in various ways if they're disabled without even leaving their home. They can spread the word about the movement online, financially support the movement, or convince their friends and family to support the movement. Every person, disabled or otherwise, is capable of participating, and no one has to (or in my opinion should ever) be neutral.

Radical_EgoCom, 27 days ago

@janisf @RustyBertrand
What point am I missing exactly?

Radical_EgoCom, 29 days ago

@tqwhite @coffeepine
Are you suggesting that anti-zionism (opposition to the political ideology of Zionism, which advocates for the establishment and support of a Jewish state in the land of Israel) is the same as antisemitism (prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against Jewish people based on their ethnicity or religion), and if so, how did you come to that conclusion?

Radical_EgoCom, 28 days ago

@tqwhite @Bron1954 @coffeepine
The schism started when Zionists tried to establish a government in a land where there was already an established government. It seems like the hostility came from Palestinians not wanting a government to be imposed on them, which is understandable.

Radical_EgoCom, 28 days ago

@tqwhite @Bron1954 @coffeepine
There were established governments and communities in the region before the establishment of the modern state of Israel by Zionist leaders in 1948. The area known as Palestine was under Ottoman rule for centuries until the end of World War I, when it came under British control as a League of Nations mandate. During this time, various communities, including Palestinian Arabs, Jews, and others, inhabited the region. The establishment of the state of Israel in...

Radical_EgoCom, 28 days ago

@tqwhite @Bron1954 @coffeepine
...1948 led to significant changes in governance, demographics, and territorial control in the region, sparking conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that continues to this day.

Radical_EgoCom, 28 days ago

@tqwhite @Bron1954 @coffeepine
Well of course they didn't like a bunch of people coming onto their land and establishing a government without their consent. People generally don't like imperialism when they're the victims of it. And it being legal doesn't equate with it being right. Something can be legal and wrong.

Radical_EgoCom, 28 days ago

@tqwhite @Bron1954 @coffeepine
There were other places that Zionist Jews could have considered as potential destinations besides the Middle East. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Zionist movement explored various options for establishing a Jewish homeland, including locations in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Some of the proposed alternatives to Palestine included regions in East Africa, such as Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. The British government even offered the...

Radical_EgoCom, 28 days ago

@tqwhite @Bron1954 @coffeepine
...Uganda Scheme in 1903 as a temporary solution to the Jewish refugee crisis, although it was ultimately rejected by most Zionist leaders.

Additionally, there were efforts to establish Jewish agricultural colonies in places like Argentina, Brazil, and North America. However, the idea of returning to the historical land of Israel held deep religious and cultural significance for many Zionist Jews, leading to the eventual focus on Palestine as the...

Radical_EgoCom, 28 days ago

@tqwhite @Bron1954 @coffeepine
...primary destination for Jewish resettlement.

Radical_EgoCom, 28 days ago

@tqwhite @Bron1954 @coffeepine
Deciding to establish a government in a location where there are existing communities against the wishes of those communities all because a religious holy book says so isn't valid in my opinion, no more valid as when the Americans did a similar thing during Manifest Destiny.

Radical_EgoCom, 26 days ago

@tqwhite @Bron1954 @coffeepine
That is what happened regarding the Israeli occupation.

Radical_EgoCom, 29 days ago

@asbestos
Instead of a government with a hierarchy and coercive institutions, there would be one or more likely several non-hierarchical, decentralized organizations dedicated to collectivizing the means of production and resources into the hands of the workers. And yes, I do see this as a long-term development.

Radical_EgoCom, 25 days ago

@JamesTown_
Yes, but it's not an alternative that I agree with.

Radical_EgoCom, 24 days ago

@JamesTown_
I would prefer a Libertarian Communist system where power is decentralized, resources are collectively owned, and individuals have the freedom to pursue their passions without exploitation or oppression.

Radical_EgoCom, 24 days ago

@JamesTown_
Libertarian Communism is possible now, even without labor being replaced with automation because a fundamental restructuring of society's economic and political systems can empower people to collectively manage resources and distribute wealth fairly.

Radical_EgoCom, 24 days ago

@JamesTown_
Wealth is not distributed fairly now. The top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom ≈40% of people, and you're severely downplaying the situation of there only being a few ultra-rich people. That's precisely the problem, that there are a few people in the world that own all of the means of production and the workers own none of it.

Radical_EgoCom, 24 days ago

@JamesTown_
If you've bought into the lie that poor people can become rich if they just work hard enough for capitalists then you've fallen for one of the biggest scams in history. Poor people very rarely become rich through their labor, and most of them die in the same poverty they were born in.

Radical_EgoCom, 24 days ago

@JamesTown_
Be careful not to commit an anecdotal fallacy by concluding the question of whether poor people actually can become rich through their hard work from your limited personal experiences instead of considering the broader, statistically significant data on the topic.

Radical_EgoCom, 24 days ago

@JamesTown_
The logical issue here is that you're conflating individual wealth with overall economic inequality. In some cases, individuals with moderate wealth may technically be part of the wealthiest percentile, but that doesn't negate the significant disparities in wealth and power between them and the rest of society. Comparing their lifestyle to that of well-paid workers overlooks the broader structural inequalities present in the distribution of wealth and resources.

Radical_EgoCom, 24 days ago

@JamesTown_
Well, regardless of the outcome of your specific circumstance, the mere wealth disparity makes the situation not fair, and more importantly when looking at this situation on a broader societal scale, seeing how most poor kids aren't able to go to the same schools as rich kids and how the wealthy, due to their wealth, have far more connections to attain better jobs than the poor, you start to see the real problem with the way things are currently.

Radical_EgoCom, 24 days ago

@JamesTown_
I didn't say anything about killing anyone for starting a business, nor did I suggest that people be stopped in any way from starting businesses. Regarding businesses, I think that they should be managed and controlled by the workers instead of by one person or a small group of people. Paying taxes isn't enough. The means of production needs to be put into the hands of the workers, the people who do all of the work.