Joss Whedon on Humanism

If you're a true western humanist, donate everything you own to RAWA or something and then kill yourself.

Humanism is basically the first world saying, like, hey y'all.

We've gotten really rich by exploiting, raping and killing you for quite some time now... And haha, we've kind of sucked most valuable shit out of your homes anyway.

So, now we're all equal! Even the blacks! Isn't that great? By the way, you wanna work in my sneaker factory? Great pay and working conditions, totally fit for a human being - promise!

Yeah...except it's got nothing to do with that.

Yeah... Actually, it does. That dude on the podium is basically Hitlerstalin reincarnated. Vampire scum.

Modernism, such an antiquated tradition.

Another smug simplistic non-answer. I never said communism and anarchy are identical, I was comparing their childish idealism. As both are based on the idea that people are not selfish and will not abuse their neighbors for personal gain.

Dude just because you haven't _seen_ a cop all day doesn't mean you're living in anarchy. You can't seriously be making that comparison.

Try looking at _actual_ anarchic states across the globe and your smug pseudo intellectualism is revealed for what is it.

> Another smug simplistic non-answer.

As fits your smug, simplistic objections.

> You can't seriously be making that comparison.

Anarchy is self rule. That's all. And yes, I am making that comparison.

I am not saying that life in Germany, with tight regulation, isn't quantitatively better than life in a mud hut. What I will say is that given any society, a lack of a coercive monopoly will be an improvement.

If that's too deep for you, try actually learning about the subject.

Dude how is cops temporarily not being nearby "self rule"? You're an idiot and I'm done.

As I said, you would do well to read up on the subject of "anarchy", also known as "voluntaryism" and "autarchy".

It has nothing to do with Marxism, or Utopia. It is merely recognizing that coercion is wrong, for everyone, and for exactly the same reasons. Might does not make right, having a badge is not a positive defense.

Might I suggest Roderick Long's talk, "Answers to 10 objections to anarchy"? One of my favorites.

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