Allos,(“other”) + -ism,(“ideology, principle, or condition born of”) = Ideology or Condition born of the Other. The Non-Self. That which is always true. Altruism.

That which is permanent is impermanence.

“Those who share Wi-Fi are comrades, and shall be exalted; those who hoard bandwidth for the Right shall wander in circles, buffering eternally in darkness.”

Try it in your heads with all the interrogative question words: who, what, when, where, why, which, how, how many? When you’re asking pointed questions of someone, remember this construct. It gives the person less leeway to deflect.

Topologically, a line (ie. the interval between two points), a disk, and the real projective plane all share the same Euler characteristic.

“Fear not the left-wing protest in the streets, for their banners lift the weak. Cringe at the right-wing parade, for their floats crush the poor and their horses kick the children.”

Canada’s unions tend to be a bit neutered by the political system itself, but Spain’s National Confederation of Labour, or CNT, is a good template for building a more integrated syndicate of unions. Spain, in general, has a long history of syndicalism. #canpoli #unions #socialism #syndicalism

The etymology of Artificial Intelligence, or AI: Artificial = from Latin artificium,(“artisanship, skill”), from artifax,(“artisan, crafter”) = ars,(“skill, art, craft”) + fex,(“Maker of”) = Crafted or Stylized Fact. A stylized fact is, strictly-speaking, the construction of a counter-factual.

The term “egregore” usually appears in occult and esoteric thought these days, and describes an independent group mind or spirit formed by collective intention. I’d like to examine it more as a psychological and sociological phenomenon with tangible, real-world effects.

The belief in absolute free will is the psychological equivalent of believing in the privileged reference frame that Einstein’s Relativity says doesn’t exist. Both arise from the same cognitive bias - the mind’s tendency to imagine itself outside and independent of the system that it is a part of.

A Theory of Mind (ToM) is the ability to conceptually understand and represent the thoughts, intentions, beliefs, and perspectives of others. It is built on mental models, experiential expectations, and “norms” about how conspecifics behave. Anomie is the negation of social norms and relations.

For what it’s worth, the word Buddha, a title, comes from the Sanskrit root budh,(“to wake up, to be awakened”), similar to how a plant buds. Thus, the Buddha was the man who woke up from the illusion of Maya,(“mind, magic, math”). Buddhism translates directly into English as Wokism.

Are you suggesting that a genocide hasn’t occurred until judicial authorities decide it to be the case? You do recognize that scientific arguments (ie. de facto) outrank judicial (ie. de jure arguments), right?

Related to this is the judicial argument, or argumentum de jure. If P is the factual argument (de facto), then Q is the counter-factual (de contra facto). The judicial argument lies between them (PQ), the seat of the arbiter, or the judge. The legal and the judicial, the advocate and the judge.

Re : Wokism Buddhism just so happens to cut through through the Essentialism of Western thought (ie. Attan/Anattan). The word Buddha, a title, comes from the Sanskrit root budh, meaning to wake up or be awake. When translated directly into English, Buddhism literally means Wokism.

This article is a bit dated (2021), is written by Pablo Iglesias, the founder of Podemos, a hard-left Spanish political party. There are some really interesting insights in what he has to say regarding competing ideological views of judicial authority and accountability.

Allos,(“other”) + -ism,(“ideology, principle, or condition born of”) = Ideology or Condition born of the Other. The Non-Self. That which is always true. Altruism.

These are definitionally all state capitalism. That’s what happens when you remove relativity from your equations. Definitions become arbitrary and start to collapse.

I find this page on Atenism interesting. 1. A shift from the origin of light to vehicle of light, which sounds like light-bringer or morning-star. 2. Persecution of traditional pluralism. Anomie. 3. Affirmation of synchronic meaning over diachronic, and the detachment of meaning from time.

Strictly speaking, fascism is the ideology of the fasces, which is judicial authority. The State as an institution. The fundamental structure of state capitalism requires that we differentiate between owner and non-owner. A system of economic exclusion requires an arm to enforce that exclusivity.

An interesting hypothesis, but the LPC are staunchly on the right. The political system is inherently on the right, in fact. You’re not trying to redefine the left-right spectrum in order to push a partisan Liberal agenda, are you?

Alan Watts and Exploring Your Dark Side. Under 13 minutes. Love this lecture clip.

Atman (Sanskrit) Attan (Pali) Autón (Ancient Greek) Aten (Ancient Egyptian) These concepts all refer to the individual “self” in some way. The first two are confirmed cognates. The first three are reflexive (ie. object) pronouns. The last is the oldest attested, but a different language family.

I saw this post in my feed without seeing what it was responding to, and the first thing I thought of was D&D Drow that worship Lloth, and how they designed their cities in underground caverns in such a way.

Judicial supremacy describes judicial authority. The state is the subset of the population with the monopoly over judicial violence, while the fasces was the Roman symbol of judicial authority. Thus, fascism is the ideology of judicial supremacy.

Roughly 3375 years ago was another event that you might also want to direct your attention to.

Was looking through some old files. Found this list that highlights 77 things that the UK lost from #Brexit. I think I saw it on social media a few years ago. Hopefully some will comment on any of these that are actually non-applicable. Either way an older list, but still a good list.

Tautology is the Logic of Thoth (Djehutj in Ancient Egyptian). Altruism is an ideology, principle, or condition born of the Other. It is the Non-Self which is always true. The total or complete set. Allistic in modality. Thus, an ideology built on time, wisdom, and truth. Djehutism.

Not surprised a lawyer would start with slander. Advocatus Diaboli, indeed. Contrarianism.

That’s what contrarianism is. Starting from dissent, which is the opposite of consensus. Inherently dualistic and adversarial.

Reification of the Self leads to Deification of the Self. A pathology of the mind where cognition is severed from the Other, rewiring the brain to be oriented around the Self. Part of this requires reflexively detaching oneself from time and relativity. No arc. Thinking about future hypotheticals.

An interesting hypothesis. What is the origin to this claim on the land?

Interesting to note that Democrats are more classic conservative on this issue by wanting to preserve a core heritage building, while the Republicans are more classic liberal in the sense of cutting ties with the past and building around the future: a placeholder for objectives.

These lectures can be long (most of his talks are about an hour), but I find them useful when driving or when drifting off to sleep. @lorifreshwater.bsky.social, I suspect that you may appreciate this Alan Watts talk.

Agreed, though we would need to give up the notion of absolute free will because it’s the psychological equivalent of the privileged perspective Relativity says doesn’t exist. A projected perspective that “exists” above, outside, and independent of the causal arc of spacetime (ie. supernaturalism).

The belief in absolute free will is the psychological equivalent of believing in the privileged reference frame that Einstein’s Relativity says doesn’t exist. Both arise from the same cognitive bias - the mind’s tendency to imagine itself outside and independent of the system that it is a part of.

With all this talk of mind-viruses, let’s explore this concept. A virus is a “non-living”, self-replicating biological entity that hijacks the machinery of a host organism to reproduce, often at the host’s expense. Extending this to the mind, I want to use Dawkins’ coined concept of the Meme…

[1/2] One of my favourite essays, written by Graham Priest, a logician who helped develop a form of multivalent logic, only to find out that the Buddhists (and Hindus) had long ago adopted a fourfold form of logic known as the Catuskoti (aka. Tetralemma). aeon.co/essays/the-l...

Nature is that from which artificiality is necessarily derived.

Allistic means other-oriented, which is what one would expect from obligate social primates. Removing chronological context and diachronic meaning seems to be a common indicator of those with a self-centered worldview.

The left pole is organizationally egalitarian, and lacks a political and economic class structure. Bigger issue is that what is centrist in practice often gets treated as left-wing, usually because those centrists refer to themselves as such.

Same thing, fwiw. In D&D terms, good and evil describe whether one is aligned towards altruistic or selfish goals, while lawful and chaotic describe one’s fidelity to formal systems. Note how chaotic evil holds a “free market” worldview, where greed and selfishness reign in a free-for-all.

This is all well and good, but I want to add that constructing a worker- and community-oriented infrastructure will be necessary going forward if the goal is to create a viable alternative to capitalism and fascism.

Have you read any of my posts on Atenism, by any chance? It is related to this topic.

He doesn’t want to acknowledge that there’s nothing in international law that bestows the right to exist for any nation-state. That’s why he punted the question with a vague response.

Try it in your heads with all the interrogative question words: who, what, when, where, why, which, how, how many? When you’re asking pointed questions of someone, remember this construct. It gives the person less leeway to deflect.

If you self-identify with an in-group, then you have necessarily and unilaterally defined others as an out-group.

Time for a little #primatology 🧵. All humans belong to the same sexually dimorphic species of obligate social primate, Homo sapiens. One way of looking at this is acknowledging that there is no alternative version of reality where humans are something other than a member of this primate lineage.

The camera turning back to reveal the charging stampede was my favourite part.