#brainloops

[halceon]

People like to say "show me a communist (or socialist, used interchangably) state that hasn't failed" like some sort of gotcha. My comrade in labor, when have they ever been allowed to just do their thing?

Basically every radical left attempt has been met with staunch opposition. Sometimes local/regional (Spain, Zapatistas), sometimes wider (CIA interventions in... everything). So there's eventually a decision point – what's your relation to violence and oppression. The Soviet Union says "violence is the only way to carve out a place in the world" and becomes a totalitarian empire. A shit outcome.

But if you don't establish strong military backing, you probably go the way of Allende in Chile. (Ousted and killed/forced into suicide by the right-wing aligned army.) Also a shit outcome.

Which is to say it's not "real communism hasn't been tried", it's "real communism hasn't been allowed to be tried".

[halceon]

so there's this concept I hold that I haven't seen expressed (haven't gone looking for) that I call legitimizing your text

Which is like the broader category of practices and, more importantly, textual elements that are there to say "I'm allowed to say this", be it a claim to truth or a permission to tell fiction.

The obvious example is citations. I didn't invent this, someone said it before. You can verify at this source.

But this also includes folkloric elements, like saying that your grandparent told you this tale. Or "a long time ago in a faraway land".

I mean, I'm sure there's stuff written about the nature of some of these uses separately, but I'd love to see an exploration of legitimizing as a broader need and practice.

[halceon]

Daļa akadēmiskā teksta rakstīšanas ir bišķi making up a guy to get mad at and argue with. Nu, vismaz daļēji. Kaut kur garāmejoši redzēju teikumu "jūs tagad iedalat cilvēkus binārajos un nebinārajos, kas ir binārs dalījums".

Un zinkā, negrasos iet kaut kādos 2023. gada komentāros iet iekšā un kasīties ar pajoļiem. BET! "Priecājies, ka tikai tā un tev neviens neprasa iemācīties šķirt demidzimti no bezdzimtes no plūstdzimtes no svešdzimtes no jaundzimtes! 'Nebinārs' ir tavai ērtībai."

Un tas noveda pie šodienas spilgtās idejas valodas risinājumiem. Tātad demidzimte. Demivīrietis/demizēns, demisieviete/demimeitene. T.i., izjūt/piedzīvo norādīto dzimti tikai daļēji. Standartprakse būtu gramatisko dzimti saskaņot ar nosaukto, un tad, ja tam ir vieta, varbūt kaut kur skaidrot identitātes nianses. Un visādiem saskaņojamajiem vārdiem gan jau tā arī var palikt, bet moš vietniekvārdos demi var iekļaut? Ja jau dzimte, bet daļēji/mazāk, tad viņš/viņa vietā iņš/iņa. ņš/ņa, if you're feeling spicy.

[halceon]

If you're a government of some scale and you're gonna ban the sale of something, I think there should be several liabilities involved in each case

like, improper supplements at gas stations Gas station: confiscate product, for like double their own sell price of whatever's been confiscated and/or can be found to have been sold before. Same to the local manager who approved stocking it. Supplier: a multiple of the gas station fine for delivering things to where you're not allowed to. Gas station corporation regional branch (cause none of them are independent these days): a multiple of the other 2 combined for allowing (and probably encouraging) illegal activities to be carried out in their name. Same to regional branch manager personally.

Gas station corp HQ: a multiple of the regional fine. Same to director.

The big point is that you gotta make the potential profit be far outweighed by the costs. And you gotta make every higher level of power be more personally liable. If it can be proven that an individual were pressured into participating by higherups, some or all of their fine can travel upwards, depending on circumstance. If it can be proven that an underling acted in defiance of specific pressure not to break the law, some but not all of the higher up fines can be waived. Lessen their multiplier a bit, but still maintain a fine for having been negligent.

Now, of course this depends on being able to check and enforce.

[halceon]

Ok, arguments

Šitais ir galvenokārt anglosfēras gotcha jautājums - cik dzimšu ir? Nu, vismaz pie mums prese vēl nemēģina kaut ko panākt, uzmācoties ar šo jautājumus. Pagaidām tas figurē komentāru sadaļā formā "šitie sorosīti ar 3000 ģenderiem". Koncepts ir, bet par laimi vēl nav izlīdis no kanalizācijas.

BET tas gan jau notiks. Varbūt tad, kad Alvis un Ainārs izdomās, ka feik-padomju uzbrukums Progresīvajiem nav baigi jaudīgs, ja tu pats vadi personības kultu. (vismaz, es ceru, ka nebūs jaudīgs)

Lai nu kā, ir otrs pavediens, kas saka "agrāk šitādu lietu nebija". Senlatviešu sētā (19. gadsimtā) nebija vietas psihoterapijai, lattei un Stambulas konvencijai.

Lai nu kā, tur ir interesanta pārklāšanās. Cik dzimšu bija senlatviešu sētā? Es tagad tā skaitu un man sanāk vismaz 10, bet tur gan jau var vēl dažas atrast.

Tātad. Dzimte kā lieta, kas izpaužas izskatā, gaidās un uzvedībā. Tas, kas izskatās un uzvedas kā vīrietis ir vīrietis, tam, kas ir vīrietis, ir jāuzvedas un jāizskatās kā vīrietim. Un šādas noteiktas izskata un uzvedības kategorijas senlatviešu sētā ir:

Vīrs Sieva Zēns Meitene Vecis Vecene Mācītājs Tirgotājs Kungs Kundze

Te var domāt, vai jāiekļauj, piemēram, zaldāts utml. Krievijas impērijā tā ir totāli dzimte, bet cik ļoti tā ir ikdiena senlatviešu sētā man ir slikti zināms.

Kas drīkst vilkt vainadziņu? Zēns, vīrs nē. Sieva un vecene arī nē. Kundze un Mācītājs nu pavisam ne. Kas iet ganos? Ja vien ir pieejami, zēns vai meitene. Citiem tas nepiedienas. Kas velk kleitu? Vispārīgi kundze, izņemot, ja tā ir ļoti specifiska kleita, tad arī mācītājs.

[halceon]

Slowly growing into a belief that material value should be overwhelmingly based on the human labor going into a thing.

And the more removed from doing labor, the more regulated and/or illegal the method of wealth acquisition should be.

Gambling – semi legal. Running a casino – banned. Earning dividends from owning shares – regulated. Trading shares – criminalized.

[halceon]

When I went to London earlier this year, one of the things I felt was being condescended to by the ads. Can't quite tell why, but there was a feeling that they respected my time and intelligence less than ads back home.

And the Jet2 holiday thing blowing up is putting me right back into that feeling.

[halceon]

Sometimes you write a take and save it to drafts for fermenting

Other times you write a take and trash it, because nobody needs to hear it (but it's good to get it out of your head and onto a screen for a bit)