"I don't talk politics" is generally something that can only be said by people who are not negatively impacted by dominant politics.
And in my observation it's very often said by people who benefit from dominant politics, whether they know it and acknowledge it or not.
It's the least consistent a statement when said by people making significant political actions in one area, but ducking it in another.
@freedcreative "Being unpolitical means being political without realizing it" — I’ve had that in my signature for years now.
Being unpolitical is a very political standpoint.
@ArneBab @freedcreative "Fascism reasserts
The rights of the State as expressing the real essence
of the individual. And if liberty is to he the attribute of
living men and not of abstract dummies invented by
individualistic liberalism, then Fascism stands for
liberty, and for the only liberty worth having, the
liberty of the State and of the individual within the
State. The Fascist conception of the State is all
embracing; outside of it no human or spiritual values
can exist, much less have value. Thus understood,
Fascism, is totalitarian, and the Fascist State — a
synthesis and a unit inclusive of all values —
interprets, develops, and potentates the whole life of a
people." - Benito Mussolini, The Doctrine of Fascism
@matrix @freedcreative Looks like trying to redefine what far left means. There are some who consider themselves far left that do not grant people private life, and there are others who consider themselves far left who fight tooth-and-nail for people to have private life.
@ArneBab @freedcreative If by that you mean anarchists then no. They might naively think so, but do to human tendencies they will sooner or later have invade that private life to maintain anarchism.
@matrix @freedcreative There comes the moment when you realize that democracy with the principle of subsidiarity (only decide about things that affect you) minimizes ruling power.
Sounds boring, but if you look at it in detail, it’s actually pretty radical — in a good way, because it attacks corruption and power at their root.
Imagine real democracy in your job — and what you’d need for that to fly.
