Author Topic: Laissez-faire Politics Thread - Praxis? I didn't play Deus Ex, sorry. (Read 131686 times)

Tripon · « **Reply #1560 on:** February 15, 2020, 06:41:43 PM »

https://twitter.com/chrisdonato04/status/1228769913394741249

benjipwns · « **Reply #1561 on:** February 15, 2020, 06:44:20 PM »

https://www.pressherald.com/2020/02/06/u-s-senate-candidate-selects-guillotine-as-symbol-of-the-work-we-have-to-do/

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A U.S. Senate candidate in Maine has selected an unusual logo for campaign T-shirts – the guillotine – citing the need for a revolution to remove big money from politics.

The logo, unveiled this week by Democrat Bre Kidman, recalls the execution device known for its role in the 18th century French Revolution and is intended to symbolize revolt by low- and middle-income people, Kidman said.

“The guillotine is an image which calls to mind what people have done for revolution before,” said Kidman, an attorney who’s running for the seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins. “If we can find a better path to revolution than that we owe it to ourselves and our country.”

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Kidman said the campaign, which had raised about $16,000 by the end of last year, stopped actively fundraising in July. Merchandise, including t-shirts, patches and buttons, with the new logo is not for sale and instead will be given away to people who want to talk about the campaign ideas with fellow Mainers.

Kidman said the logo is not supposed to be taken literally.

“We’re not going to start a guillotine in Monument Square (in Portland) and start beheading people,” Kidman said. “It’s a symbol of the work we have to do to overcome flaws in our system – flaws that have become deeply evident in the last few weeks.”

https://twitter.com/BeeKay4ME/status/1225177542853828608

shosta · « **Reply #1562 on:** February 15, 2020, 08:20:51 PM »

How long do you guys think she lasts at the times

shosta · « **Reply #1563 on:** February 16, 2020, 03:01:26 PM »

Liking your post in part because of this insanity you just introduced me to

https://twitter.com/ClaraSorrenti/status/1229123324652986369

https://twitter.com/ClaraSorrenti/status/1229126072693903362

https://twitter.com/ClaraSorrenti/status/1229127257752588290

Is this how we finally get benji on board?

shosta · « **Reply #1564 on:** February 16, 2020, 03:03:41 PM »

https://twitter.com/ClaraSorrenti/status/1229129080790028288

edit: I just realized this goes back days and days.

shosta · « **Reply #1565 on:** February 16, 2020, 03:17:16 PM »

Who is the CPP? Communist Party of Peru? We shining path now?

shosta · « **Reply #1566 on:** February 16, 2020, 03:20:50 PM »

Duterte just ended our visiting forces agreement because he wants to go full China sphere of influence

team filler · « **Reply #1567 on:** February 16, 2020, 03:22:19 PM »

shosti, you gotta get in on that

shosta · « **Reply #1568 on:** February 16, 2020, 03:26:15 PM »

Quote from: Esch on February 16, 2020, 03:23:34 PM

cpp supporting the hongkie protests

https://twitter.com/damoj/status/1048500649027985414

team filler · « **Reply #1569 on:** February 16, 2020, 03:32:14 PM »

team filler · « **Reply #1570 on:** February 16, 2020, 03:59:21 PM »

Quote from: filler on February 16, 2020, 03:22:19 PM

shosti, you gotta get in on that

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1571 on:** February 16, 2020, 07:23:33 PM »

these black flag people offer such interesting takes

https://twitter.com/postje1917/status/1226840520841928704

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1572 on:** February 17, 2020, 02:36:28 AM »

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1573 on:** February 17, 2020, 02:40:41 AM »

I learned about the existence of Distributism in my meme tap.
I don't get it, cool logo though.

team filler · « **Reply #1574 on:** February 17, 2020, 02:47:03 AM »

Tripon · « **Reply #1575 on:** February 18, 2020, 12:11:44 AM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1576 on:** February 18, 2020, 09:03:27 AM »

Truly a modern Renaissance man.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1577 on:** February 18, 2020, 10:41:58 PM »

c'mere benjimans

https://twitter.com/hilaryagro/status/1229177598003077123

benjipwns · « **Reply #1578 on:** February 18, 2020, 10:45:21 PM »

I don't have feelings, why would other people have them?

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team filler · « **Reply #1579 on:** February 19, 2020, 12:50:19 PM »

https://twitter.com/peakyeyes/status/1229988750031114241

team filler · « **Reply #1580 on:** February 20, 2020, 04:18:26 AM »

https://twitter.com/jennineak/status/1230418805194514433

team filler · « **Reply #1581 on:** February 20, 2020, 02:33:23 PM »

team filler · « **Reply #1582 on:** February 20, 2020, 03:37:33 PM »

https://twitter.com/anyaparampil/status/1230590704151388160

BisMarckie · « **Reply #1583 on:** February 20, 2020, 08:48:35 PM »

BisMarckie's Hegel 2020 Project status update: I have bought Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences and held the books in my hands once by unpacking them. Felt pretty smart doing that tbh.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #1584 on:** February 20, 2020, 09:40:34 PM »

guys, going through kant and hegel is cool and fine, but you don’t have to read everyone in the canon^TM. best piece of advice someone can give you is don’t let reading get in the way of things you actually want to read. you’ll better understand marx, or whoever, just by reading marx.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #1585 on:** February 20, 2020, 09:47:31 PM »

My favorite professor was a huge Hegel stan, he unironically had the position that all philosophy ended with Hegel.

I thought to myself: Well if he is that good, I'll have to read his magnum opus one day.

But here I am shitposting on a neogaf splinter forum.

El Babua · « **Reply #1586 on:** February 20, 2020, 09:56:00 PM »

Honestly a better use of your time

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #1587 on:** February 20, 2020, 10:12:46 PM »

Quote from: Esch on February 20, 2020, 09:56:33 PM

dialectics

part of what you find out is that this is just a giant red herring getting in the way of actually understanding anything. not in the sense that ‘it’ is bullshit, but in the sense that ‘it’ depends entirely on who’s talking and how theyre using it.

benjipwns · « **Reply #1588 on:** February 20, 2020, 10:25:18 PM »

Stolen from NeoGAF.com during the 504 Gateway Error Period: https://www.idrlabs.com/communism/test.php

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The IDRlabs Communist Beliefs Test (IDR-CBT©) was developed by IDRlabs International. The IDR-CBT is based on principles developed by notable communists such as Marx and Engels. The IDR-CBT is not associated with any specific researchers in the fields of political psychology or sociology, or any affiliated research institutions.

The IDRlabs Communist Beliefs Test was informed by classic works of literature and the historical foundations of Marxist communism to create this free online test. As a political ideology, proponents of communism believe that society’s resources should be communally shared, while social classes should be eliminated. IDRlabs International and the present IDRlabs Communist Beliefs Test are independent from any researchers who have produced work in the area of communism or any such related topics.

The current test was created by professionals certified in the delivery and scoring of numerous psychological measures, who have worked professionally in various fields of psychology including social psychology, political psychology, and personality testing.

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I got like third highest score on the new NeoGAF.com.

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BisMarckie · « **Reply #1589 on:** February 20, 2020, 10:35:43 PM »

33 %

higher than benji, which means he should be the first in the gulag after the revolution, not me.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #1590 on:** February 20, 2020, 10:39:43 PM »

Quote from: Esch on February 20, 2020, 10:20:18 PM

I just want to read hegel for hegel.

this is a good look. one of the biggest things i’m alluding to above is that virtually everyone points to hegel when they need to explain ‘dialectics’ and it turns out that that’s just an awful way of understanding what’s going on in the phenomenology or the rest of his system. there’s a kernel of truth to it, but the term brings too much osmotic baggage with it, to the point where it’s better to just scrap it and start with a clean sheet

benjipwns · « **Reply #1591 on:** February 20, 2020, 10:40:13 PM »

A 24%er is someone who can help implement land and copyright reform while not being a threat to leadership, a 33%er sounds more like someone who will make doctrinal disputes and try to challenge centralism.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1592 on:** February 20, 2020, 10:44:56 PM »

35%

what's the labour camp cutoff?

Tripon · « **Reply #1593 on:** February 21, 2020, 01:11:55 AM »

https://twitter.com/ohplease_DEAR/status/1230721396038201344

team filler · « **Reply #1594 on:** February 21, 2020, 02:57:06 PM »

Quote from: jakefromstatefarm on February 20, 2020, 09:40:34 PM

(Image removed from quote.) guys, going through kant and hegel is cool and fine, but you don’t have to read everyone in the canon^TM. best piece of advice someone can give you is don’t let reading get in the way of things you actually want to read. you’ll better understand marx, or whoever, just by reading marx.

https://twitter.com/LassPeaches/status/1230942720975233024

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1595 on:** February 21, 2020, 02:59:18 PM »

prolific incel Jake will disregard that due to feminine pronouns

team filler · « **Reply #1596 on:** February 21, 2020, 05:09:15 PM »

https://twitter.com/josiahsilas/status/1230872204335775745

curly · « **Reply #1597 on:** February 21, 2020, 05:57:24 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on February 20, 2020, 10:25:18 PM

Stolen from NeoGAF.com during the 504 Gateway Error Period: https://www.idrlabs.com/communism/test.php
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The IDRlabs Communist Beliefs Test (IDR-CBT©) was developed by IDRlabs International. The IDR-CBT is based on principles developed by notable communists such as Marx and Engels. The IDR-CBT is not associated with any specific researchers in the fields of political psychology or sociology, or any affiliated research institutions.

The IDRlabs Communist Beliefs Test was informed by classic works of literature and the historical foundations of Marxist communism to create this free online test. As a political ideology, proponents of communism believe that society’s resources should be communally shared, while social classes should be eliminated. IDRlabs International and the present IDRlabs Communist Beliefs Test are independent from any researchers who have produced work in the area of communism or any such related topics.

The current test was created by professionals certified in the delivery and scoring of numerous psychological measures, who have worked professionally in various fields of psychology including social psychology, political psychology, and personality testing.

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This quiz might be even worse than the political compass one

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64%

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I'm a dirty democratic socialist

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OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1598 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:08:06 AM »

browsing elsewhere on idrlabs
https://www.idrlabs.com/villain/test.php

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The 20 murderous villains are: Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Karl Doenitz, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, Che Guevara, Ulrike Meinhof, Osama bin Laden, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein, Benito Mussolini, Idi Amin, and Muammar Gaddafi.

benjipwns · « **Reply #1599 on:** February 22, 2020, 11:47:06 AM »

Quote from: OnlyRegret on February 22, 2020, 12:08:06 AM

browsing elsewhere on idrlabs
https://www.idrlabs.com/villain/test.php

They have two separate pyschopath tests.

Also:
https://www.idrlabs.com/libertarian/test.php

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You are 89% Libertarian, which makes you a Hardcore Libertarian.
Watch out, we've got a badass over here.

Stro · « **Reply #1600 on:** February 22, 2020, 11:51:39 AM »

Wow benji is a pedo?

benjipwns · « **Reply #1601 on:** February 22, 2020, 11:57:57 AM »

Of course not. How do you know that's not the 11% I missed!!!!!!! Seriously, I didn't get 100%! Not at all! 11 as a percentage or age is much too small!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1602 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:00:01 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on February 22, 2020, 11:47:06 AM

Quote from: OnlyRegret on February 22, 2020, 12:08:06 AM
browsing elsewhere on idrlabs
https://www.idrlabs.com/villain/test.php
They have two separate pyschopath tests.

Also:
https://www.idrlabs.com/libertarian/test.php
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You are 89% Libertarian, which makes you a Hardcore Libertarian.
Watch out, we've got a badass over here.

When a personality test is secretly a direct attack against you.

benjipwns · « **Reply #1603 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:05:53 PM »

https://www.idrlabs.com/political-left-right/test.php

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Left / Right Test
Based on the scientific work of John R. Hibbing, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Alford, this test aims to guess your political orientation based on your lifestyle.

I got 75% left-wing, this is why I can hide in plain sight despite being a badass.

Stro · « **Reply #1604 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:08:52 PM »

BisMarckie · « **Reply #1605 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:11:07 PM »

Hang on, what do purple carrots or reading about sports tell me about my political leaning?
Am I already on an anticommunist watch list?

BisMarckie · « **Reply #1606 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:14:48 PM »

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Philosophical discussions are mostly:

Boring
Fun
Pointless

Where is the ‚all of the above‘ option?

benjipwns · « **Reply #1607 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:15:17 PM »

Stro out here trying to smear me when he was a CENTRIST the whole time.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #1608 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:17:40 PM »

It was the arugula, wasn‘t it?

Tripon · « **Reply #1609 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:24:21 PM »

Fuck, this proves that I'm Joe Rogan.

nachobro · « **Reply #1610 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:25:56 PM »

guess i have to vote for trump daddy over berndawg now $:-\$

i said that i like arugala AND i'd try the purple carrots and i still end up with this

benjipwns · « **Reply #1611 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:27:42 PM »

centrists to the left of me, centrists to the right of me

Mandark · « **Reply #1612 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:28:29 PM »

The #1 question for discerning political stances from ostensibly non-political questions would be "Agree or disagree: college basketball is more entertaining to watch than the NBA because of the teamwork and fundamentals."

benjipwns · « **Reply #1613 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:29:55 PM »

it's because you guys are all thinking of this and picking country music:

BisMarckie · « **Reply #1614 on:** February 22, 2020, 12:31:39 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on February 22, 2020, 12:28:29 PM

The #1 question for discerning political stances from ostensibly non-political questions would be "Agree or disagree: college basketball is more entertaining to watch than the NBA because of the teamwork and fundamentals."

What if I enjoy college hoops more because the crowds are more into it?

Third way wins again

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1615 on:** February 22, 2020, 03:07:00 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on February 22, 2020, 12:05:53 PM

https://www.idrlabs.com/political-left-right/test.php
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Left / Right Test
Based on the scientific work of John R. Hibbing, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Alford, this test aims to guess your political orientation based on your lifestyle.
I got 75% left-wing, this is why I can hide in plain sight despite being a badass.

Solidly right wing
Guess we're deporting purple carrots and invading arugula

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You are 0% Libertarian, which makes you Not Libertarian.

In your case it is safe to say that you are *not* a libertarian. Whether because you prefer a greater degree of social discipline or economic regulation (or possibly both), you probably tend to find large swatches of the libertarian program to be far-fetched, extremist, and possibly even downright repulsive. If you are not the argumentative type, you had best stay clear of libertarians - they have a reputation for being insufferable in an argument.

Sounds good to me, man.

toku · « **Reply #1616 on:** February 22, 2020, 06:12:51 PM »

https://twitter.com/hellakyra/status/1230999706785980419

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1617 on:** February 22, 2020, 08:26:17 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1618 on:** February 22, 2020, 08:32:32 PM »

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You are 0% Libertarian, which makes you Not Libertarian.

In your case it is safe to say that you are *not* a libertarian. Whether because you prefer a greater degree of social discipline or economic regulation (or possibly both), you probably tend to find large swatches of the libertarian program to be far-fetched, extremist, and possibly even downright repulsive. If you are not the argumentative type, you had best stay clear of libertarians - they have a reputation for being insufferable in an argument.

shosta · « **Reply #1619 on:** February 23, 2020, 01:37:28 AM »

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Author Topic: Laissez-faire Politics Thread - Praxis? I didn't play Deus Ex, sorry. (Read 131686 times)