speaking of which I met an anarchist up here in Alaska recently who picked up on me being vaguely leftist and asked me if I knew who Chomsky was and if I knew that he was an anarchist. Get talking a little bit, get asked if I know any other theoreticians like chomsky and i drop Proudhon, Bakunin, and kropotkin. the nice person goes all amazing that its their first time meeting someone who actually knew socialist shit in Alaska and the first thing I get asked after all that is
they’re genuinely enjoyable to be around and a real breath of fresh air to the usually boomers I’m surrounded with, imagine like a few hundred variations of your dad, but it hurted when I was asked if I watched that fucking nerd.
guess what the follow-up question was, “Or… do you watch destiny?”
i’ve been born, raised, and radicalized here my entire life, so I don’t feel like what you’re describing on the giving end, but moreso on the receiving end.
I felt like fucking tacoma after that. thank god that the vaguely anarcho-punks that i also know up here don’t watch shit political youtubers so I can just talk music, general socialist ideas, or just random shit with them randomly.
Not all anarchists are internet-poisoned but my fucking god it hurts when I encounter one in the wild.
speaking of which I met an anarchist up here in Alaska recently who picked up on me being vaguely leftist and asked me if I knew who Chomsky was and if I knew that he was an anarchist. Get talking a little bit, get asked if I know any other theoreticians like chomsky and i drop Proudhon, Bakunin, and kropotkin. the nice person goes all amazing that its their first time meeting someone who actually knew socialist shit in Alaska and the first thing I get asked after all that is
“Hey do you watch Va*sh”
they’re genuinely enjoyable to be around and a real breath of fresh air to the usually boomers I’m surrounded with, imagine like a few hundred variations of your dad, but it hurted when I was asked if I watched that fucking nerd.
guess what the follow-up question was, “Or… do you watch destiny?”
Now you know what Christian missionaries felt when they stepped foot in Japan in the 19th century, except you’re actually right
i’ve been born, raised, and radicalized here my entire life, so I don’t feel like what you’re describing on the giving end, but moreso on the receiving end.
How to win friends and influence people. Step 1
I felt like fucking tacoma after that. thank god that the vaguely anarcho-punks that i also know up here don’t watch shit political youtubers so I can just talk music, general socialist ideas, or just random shit with them randomly.
Not all anarchists are internet-poisoned but my fucking god it hurts when I encounter one in the wild.