RE: authoritarianism. For me, authoritarianism is about flexing power to force a populace to do things while constraining their individual freedom. Who use unfair means to dole out justice to spread their authority. So Kamala’s history with imprisoning people, her views her on taking property by force, her threats of jail time, and being hard on crime are authoritarian to me. Maybe I’ve used the word too much, but it’s definitely a big concern. I guess it’s a mis-characterization for my part. In my experience, Democrats and Republicans are more authoritarian than leftists.
Yeah, I consider us friends as well. And I don't think youre uninterested. But you didn't even ask us to explain or have a discussion of the purpose of state arrangement or power. You just basically asked us to account for all the historical excesses of class warfare and then continued to pathologize leftists which... Most people aren't going to be receptive of?
The historical injustices aren't my main point although I could see why they were thought of such because it's a common argument against leftist philosophy. My point was that from what I have seen and witnessed a lot of people on the left (the real left, not the American "left") fall into a mindset where different values, opinions, and viewpoints aren't considered. They're often combative towards views they disagree with and don't value freedom of speech. That isn't to say freedom of speech is a perfect thing, or should be treated as a religious doctrine, but the ability to express oneself is a major boon to freeing people from bourgeoisie rule.
Yet it's not valued. In real life examples, I have been kicked out of leftist organizations like BLM for going against the group's common thought. I found that many of them have a tendency to go into mob mentality and given the historical injustices it's hard to not think about them. But they're not the main point. The main point is that inability in many leftist circles to express yourself if it goes against the "common sense" of the group. Given that many socialists and communists believe that the current paradigm should be replaced this forces you to ask questions. If this is how they act now, how would they act with power? So even if I agree with socialists on many issues, it's hard for me to trust them. I wrote a post about it and went about it the wrong way, but I still think the concern is there.
How do you think the state should function? What are your opinions of the state and how should power be distributed?
So I guess it comes down to individual vs the collective in regards to our philosophies coming at a head. For me, I think both are needed but that the individual needs freedom to be their own person. My own personal philosophy is that personal liberty is one of the dearest things in the world, but the problem is that how can this interact with other people's liberty? It's important for someone to be able to think, and feel, and do what they think is right so long as it doesn't disable someone else's ability to do so. What do you personally think of that? What is your opinion of liberty?
And what do you mean "We simply have different views on liberation and what's important in the world"? What do you find important in the world and what are your thoughts on liberation? What do you perceive my thoughts on liberation are?
