See also
Possibilism
irl lol
― some droopy HOOS in makeup (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
now you see why I like it so much xp also lolling
― acoleuthic, Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Socialist Party of Great BritainLeader noneLJFounded 1904Headquarters Clapham, LondonIdeology Impossibilism
― ilxinho (nakhchivan), Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
even a "localized consensus" against capitalism is only really progressive if it's also a consensus around some concrete positive program or organization... seems less important to me that everyone be on the same page about who the enemy is and why shit is so fucked than that they agree on WHAT IS TO BE DONE, i.e. finding new egalitarian methods to organize a relatively open collective existence outside of the capitalist system
― rmde and dangerous (bernard snowy), Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
btw the SPGB has made a short film! and here it is (first US stream works): http://socialist-tv.com/
will watch it tomorrow and report back
nakhchivan the idea of a leader is ttly anathema to this crowd!! although maybe they just haven't met the *right* leader yet
― acoleuthic, Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
that's what i'm saying
― ilxinho (nakhchivan), Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
like I would gladly let some hippie burnout or obama voter eat some of my vegetables and make me shoes out of hemp -- I just wouldn't trust them with the keys to my tank
― rmde and dangerous (bernard snowy), Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
r u suggestin that LJ = Stalin 4 the Skins era?
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
(to nakhchivan)
WHAT IS TO BE DONE, i.e. finding new egalitarian methods to organize a relatively open collective existence outside of the capitalist system
this is pretty much 95% of what this guy discussed - each infrastructural and governing system would be run differently by a committee of field experts I think - gift economy, surplusses offered to other regions, etc etc
military to be reduced and converted to a troubleshooting natural disaster cracksquad
― acoleuthic, Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
btw <3 for your edited version but if you'd been rly slick it'd have been amended to Charlton, London
― acoleuthic, Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
srsly how about we get this googleproofed and watch lj's entryist ascendancy within the moribund clapham (pronounced clayfum) socialist scene
― ilxinho (nakhchivan), Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
careful now I might fail their prohibitive entrance exam
― acoleuthic, Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
it is unproductive and unrealistic to expect critical thinking skills from prospective recruits. propaganda and coercion are preferable. it is not the quality of recruits, but the quantity that matters.
― Brother Spartacus (banaka), Saturday, 16 October 2010 04:08 (thirteen years ago) link
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2009/251/2/6/MUSE___Resistance_by_DigiQ8.jpg
― ENRRQ (history mayne), Saturday, 16 October 2010 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i really want a "das socialist!" animated gif, but the internet seems to have not produced one yet. sad.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 October 2010 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
lol nrq
― acoleuthic, Saturday, 16 October 2010 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
how is the revolution going to manage while you're swanning about in new zealand?
― incredible zing banned (history mayne), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 08:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait your mum thinks that "they" are going to bother tapping your phone for walking into a SWP office? If that were the case they'd be doing that for half the students in Britain at one point or another.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 08:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I once gave directions to a communist and now the police keep following me every night, last time I ever try to be social minded.
― The Great Hot Chip Rip-Off of 2010 (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
NZ is actually more likely to function as a far-left-libertarian breeding-ground than here - for a start, the thriving Maori culture is already highly anti-authoritarian and communal.
That video I linked upthread is awesome btw. Guy's such a superb asshole :D
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 16 October 2010 03:52 (2 weeks ago)
― Terminal Boredoms (nakhchivan), Monday, 1 November 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wgF0A.jpg
and this is how Cambridge educated ilx poster got recruited by MI6?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
erm I forgot to post the link I was reviving the thread for.
http://www.mangalmedia.net/english//is-genocide-denial-anti-imperialist-now-how-tankies-are-taking-over-leftbook-and-the-london-student-scene
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
Later we all go to The Lexington, there’s a pub quiz where the team with the funniest name wins a bag of Doritos. When the names are handed in, the man with the microphone is astounded that 6 out of 10 are called Crimea River. It’s weird and almost as disappointing as the Doritos being fucking Cool Original.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 20:49 (four years ago) link
the least interesting part to quote
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
drag him neech
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
what did you think of the article, Mark? Have you encountered many tankies in London?I've never met one irl and have only seen some due to a certain non-ilxor FB friends wall where he argues with them (you know who I mean)
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
haven't read it yet, the FB extract didn't look very convincing
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
Maybe I picked the least interesting part too ;)
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
Also btw I had no idea LJ used to/still is? a trot
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
not sure he's into reds, but ruthless amoral pols are definitely his thing:p
― calzino, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 22:11 (four years ago) link
Has anyone told him?
― Euripedes' Trousers (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
No need. He knows.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 22:29 (four years ago) link
LJ do you still have the trots?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 22:47 (four years ago) link