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  • Kropotkin's rebuttal in Conquest of Bread is in chapter 12: objections. He expands on it quite a bit in section 12.3, but his conclusion is:

    Take, for example, an association stipulating that each of its members should carry out the following contract: “We undertake to give you the use of our houses, stores, streets, means of transport, schools, museums, etc., on condition that, from twenty to forty-five or fifty years of age, you consecrate four or five hours a day to some work recognized as necessary to existence. Choose yourself the producing groups which you wish to join, or organize a new group, provided that it will undertake to produce necessaries. And as for the remainder of your time, combine together with whomsoever you like, for recreation, art, or science, according to the bent of your taste.

    “Twelve or fifteen hundred hours of work a year, in one of the groups producing food, clothes, or houses, or employed in public sanitation, transport, and so on, is all we ask of you. For this amount of work we guarantee to you the free use of all that these groups produce, or will produce. But if not one, of the thousands of groups of our federation, will receive you, whatever be their motive; if you are absolutely incapable of producing anything useful, or if you refuse to do it, then live like an isolated man or like an invalid. If we are rich enough to give you the necessaries of life we shall be delighted to give them to you. You are a man, and you have the right to live. But as you wish to live under special conditions, and leave the ranks, it is more than probable that you will suffer for it in your daily relations with other citizens. You will be looked upon as a ghost of bourgeois society, unless some friends of yours, discovering you to be a talent, kindly free you from all moral obligation towards society by doing all the necessary work for you.

    “And finally, if it does not please you, go and look for other conditions elsewhere in the wide world, or else seek adherents and organize with them on novel principles. We prefer our own.”

    This is what could be done in a communal society in order to turn away sluggards if they became too numerous.

  • Do you think another civil war can happen in the US?
  • How do you define the destinction? I assume you're only counting 'in' as officially recognized by the republican party, the political entity?

  • As Trump and Harris Vie for Fossil Fuel Supporters, the Climate Is Losing
  • How we act now will determine how hard the landing is.

  • What are the best games on F-Droid?
  • Frozen Bubble is s solid Puzzle Bobble clone

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  • I go there to steal content for Lemmy, but rarely post unless its to bring attention to an important cause.

  • Do you think another civil war can happen in the US?
  • While I agree civil war is unlikely, there are paramilitary groups in the republican party, which Frontline investigated.

    I could see a more minor version of The Troubles taking place.

  • Prof Jason Hickel
  • In Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed, there are two planets in the same solar system. The one with bountiful natural resources is hyper capitalist, where as the other planet, which is mostly arid and can sometimes experience famine, is an Anarchist society out of necessity.

    I think it makes a compelling case that we could become socialist without the post scarcity luxury part.

    It's a good book. I'd recommend it as one of the most realistic take on an anarchist society I've seen depicted.

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    Why solar will soon dominate & what that means for the world

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    Scientists warn of 'societal collapse' on Earth with worsening climate situation
  • That sounds pretty extreme. I'd be Interested in reading that article, if you can find it.

  • Keep Killing Games
  • As a massive Ross Scott fan and Stop Killing Games advocate, this was absolutely hilarious, top tier 10/10, have been fully converted and now see the light, please don't trap me in my house.

  • How are you doing with your communities?
  • [email protected] has seen some recent activity, though considering how many monthly visitors it has, I'm a bit surprised it's not more active (partially my fault, I haven't posted there in quite some time).

    [email protected] has been doing quite well thanks to @[email protected], @[email protected], and @[email protected] for consistently posting excellent videos! You guys rock! 😄

  • Discussing tankie hypocrisy (again)
  • I would suspect they wouldn't say the same about Soviet Futurism Art.

    That old Soviet art was designed to inspire, to get people excited for what their world and society could be, to become a scientist or an engineer so you could be a part of making that reality! It was, critically, a goal, something to strive toward. Unfortunately, their ideology and government would keep them from ever realizing what their artists dreamt up.

    Solarpunk is, in some ways, acting in a similar vein: giving us a goal to orient toward. But our tools, anarchism, eco-socialism, appropriate technology; they can actually enable and empower us, to make good on their promise.

    That's just my two cents, anyway :)

  • Is American politics really as seemingly satirical of itself as it is portrayed?
  • If you're advocating for the ability of individuals (or if you can get them to agree, an entire town) to opt-in to donating extra money to the state-wide school fund, I say more power to you! Totally agree that should be an option. :D

  • It's annoying being an anarchist on lemmy
  • I don't know if Varyk's claim of your style of engagement is true, I haven't looked at your comment history, so I'll respond to what you've faced regardless of if you've attracted more disagreement than strictly needed.

    Being an anarchist, and being super direct and upfront about your views, is going you get you some ire no matter where you go.

    The reason is, generally speaking, you're looking through history and systems of power with a lens that makes the problems with those other systems quite glaring.

    The people who have adopted those other systems and ideologies will have already accepted the cognitive dissonance that comes with them, and they're not going to take kindly to your nuanced opinion that makes them have to reevaluate their cognitive dissonance again. It's much easier to dismiss or attack you instead.

    Now there are ways of softening your critiques and opinions to make them less liable to attract anger, such as adopting the Mr.Rogers style, but sometimes that can be too soft, depending on the context. You'll have to decide when that's appropriate for yourself.

    Also, bear in mind that while sometimes your viewpoints and arguments will gather hatred no matter what you do, and it can seem hopeless to express your views, as though it does no good; there are many more neutral lurkers than there are people who engage with you directly, and you'll be having an outsized impact on that group just by having that counter arguement or viewpoint available for them to compare, which may unknowingly be changing minds for the better.

  • I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow. What food should I buy that has the lowest chance to be recalled for listeria contamination?
  • Before I edited the comment, it said vegan meat alternatives, without stipulating impossible beef, so I thought maybe the vegan part triggered people? Though I still got downvotes even after. Ah well 🤷‍♂️

  • What are some popular criticisms you see about any show/movie/videogame that you strongly disagree or you just don’t think it’s really a bad thing?
  • That might've happened in the sequel? I don't think you ever see the main character's parents in the first game, but I do recall visiting them when you come back from WWII in the second game.

    I wasn't a big fan of the sequel, since I found the main characters to be unsympathetic assholes.

  • What are some popular criticisms you see about any show/movie/videogame that you strongly disagree or you just don’t think it’s really a bad thing?
  • I think Mafia received that criticism because of its surface level similarity to GTA, which is known for packing a ton of random side content in its open world.

    In Mafia there is genuinely nothing to do out in the world when driving around outside of the main story missions, except for occasionally a mechanic at a garage will offer you some small mission to steal a newer and faster car. Because of that, people complained that the open-world part was pointless and a waste.

  • What are some popular criticisms you see about any show/movie/videogame that you strongly disagree or you just don’t think it’s really a bad thing?
  • In the case of rdr2, it has a linear story, but a plethora of side content the player can engage with outside of the main missions. In Mafia, there was a single person that would sometimes offer you little missions to steal faster and better cars, but otherwise had no side activities whatsoever in between driving to and from the story missions. The lack of side content was the main complaint.

  • What are some popular criticisms you see about any show/movie/videogame that you strongly disagree or you just don’t think it’s really a bad thing?
  • The Original Mafia game is generally criticized for being a linear game in an open-world, but I think its linear nature is one of its strengths, because it gives the narrative a tight, driving focus that open world games tend to lack.

  • Is American politics really as seemingly satirical of itself as it is portrayed?
  • If you and your neighbors have the means, then you could opt for private tutoring if you feel your public school is not adequate.

  • Aftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945

    Another angle:

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    Waterfalls of Tivoli, by mich-spich

    The real location the image is based on.

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    I made a free improved Pomodoro Timer Software Instead of Working... | Jim Makes Games

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    The mighty medieval multishot handgonne

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    Constructing A Byzantine Sundial-Calendar - Part 5 (Making The Supporting Bridges)

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    How Star Trek's Future Works: Housing and Leisure | Rowan J Coleman

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    Why I'm Documenting My Game Code Now | Jim Makes Games

    Note: I'm not the creator of this video.

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    Under fire: The dangers of war reporting | DW Documentary

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    Full movies on YouTube @lemm.ee ProdigalFrog @slrpnk.net

    Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986, 1080p) A pulpy adventure film that combines sweet 80's rock and WWI Dogfights!

    I'd never heard of Biggles, but it's apparently an extremely popular series of books in the UK based on an ace WWI (and eventually WWII) pilot and his team. The first book was released in 1936, putting it smack-dab in the pulp magazine era.

    The idea of a movie had been bounced around for many decades, but finally they got the ball rolling in the 80's. The script was complete, and it was about to begin filming when the first Back to The Future was released, and the executives decided they wanted to cash in on the time-travel shtick. They re-wrote the script to accommodate a time-travel aspect, instead of it being purely in the WWI.

    Seems like that would result in a disaster of a film, but by god they pulled it off. The casting choices were excellent, the story is well executed, but the real star of the show are the stunts, practical effects, and the sets!

    The movie had less than half the budget of Back to the Future, but it really doesn't feel like it, except in one specific special effect. The sets at times make it feel like a higher budget movie than it is, with the WWI trench scenes in particular looking excellent.

    There's some crazily well shot action scenes in this, and you can tell the director was having an absolute blast with them, and the cast seemed to as well.

    There aren't really any other movies I can think of that combine WWI dogfights with 80's synth-y rock (from Jon Anderson of Yes, no less!).

    It's campy, it's pulpy, it's funny, it's great. If you like back to the future or pulp stories, give this one a shot!

    Also, slightly sad fact, the music video for one of the songs used in the film by The Immortials features one of Peter Cushing's last appearances on film before his death.

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    Finnish soldier looking at a burning town in Karelia, 1944

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    A Real Bomb Tech Talks About The Dangers of Magnet Fishing

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    How Britain broke its electrical grid (and how to fix it) | Simon Clark

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    Vintage Corning VISION® Pyroceramic Frying Pan - Atomic Shrimp

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    Hollywood's Greatest Stunts - a look at the work of stuntman Simon Crane during his mid air transfer in 'Cliffhanger'

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    The Wii Balance Board horror game

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    How does this old "phone" work without a line? | Cathode Ray Dude

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    The Spectacular Subterranean Canal Underneath Paris | The Tim Traveller

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