Matty

Matty. 29. Anarchist communist. He/him/they/them. Recovering alcoholic.

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Anarchist. Musician. Amateur religious scholar. Sexual. Bi. Alcoholic attempting recovery.

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Controversial Star Trek opinion: Pulaski wasn't that bad

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I think I'm pretty moderate as far as anarchists go in that I fall somewhere between the rigid, centralized pro-organization types - Platformists and others - who seem to advocate what amounts to a non-electoral Leninism and the diehard individualists who seem to think any kind of organization is authoritarian and mostly spend their time rattling off Nietzschean and Novatorean litanies in their zines and other tracts.

I consider anarchism to be a form of socialism in the broadest possible meaning of that term. I'm against watering down anarchism into a vague humanitarian ideal with no specific connection to the working class. (Which is why I've also stopped calling stateless hunter-gatherers and heretical medieval mystics "anarchist".) Now, it's clearly MORE than just a form of socialism in that anarchists want to abolish not only capitalism, church, and state but all oppressive hierarchies.

I'm for organization, but the most visible pro-organization anarchists are way too rigid and centralized for me. In general, I think anarchist organizations should be temporary with discrete goals that they can dissolve after accomplishing.

Individualism isn't a dirty word to me, as I agree with Galleani that "communism is simply the economic foundation by which the individual can regulate himself and carry out his functions." I do think that being an anarchist (in fact, that LIVING) requires a certain amount of willingness to compromise with other people and treat them with good faith.

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Remember Voltaire? lol

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He shouldn't have called Tasha Yar a slut

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I understand that in a movement where the legacy of Stalinism still looms large, Trotskyism can seem more democratic or even libertarian by comparison, but it really isn't.

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Texas Alexander recorded a blues song called The Rising Sun - it is in no way related to the more famous song House of the Rising Sun. The song is about comparing his woman's big round ass to the rising sun ☀️

I realize that people who actually read liner notes and song notes from albums and releases are an endangered species, but folks, especially in the age of AI, I'm begging you to check citations and listen to records if you haven't heard them.

[rarity-femme]

chocolate covered strawberries 🍓

[worldsandemanations]

Philip Gladstone

[curseofmeatthawsmoth]

Can we just start dropping a huge block of ice into the ocean like in Futurama

[paramar]

The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964)

Silver Jews - New Orleans (1994)

wdhmbt’s tumblr post (undated)

[mesopelagos]

there are at least three houses in new orleans

[solarsyrup]

[yellowrose543]

[burins]

thinking fondly of this meme I made for a coworker years and years ago

[perestroika-hilton]

tumblr's collective inability to identify rage bait is kind of crazy.

[perestroika-hilton]

especially userbase schadenfreude. like "this person sent this ask to themselves" just doesn't occur to you guys when it's primo dunk material

[boringkate]

AU where the women in straight porn just grunt and say stuff like "take that big pussy, bitch" while the men scream and moan and convulse and arch their backs while shouting "Oh my god! You're wrecking my dick!"

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[loveridden1999]

problematic sudoku solving skills gap

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[dogpuppy]

I wish I could have heard you sing this… I bet you have a beautiful voice