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My opinions on things
- Religion: I'm an agnostic atheist. I'm inclined to think there's no god and I'll live my life accordingly, but I don't think it's possible for us humans to truly confirm that until we're dead. I don't think religion is an excuse to deny basic science, though.
- Environment: Anthropogenic climate change is real and is probably the biggest threat to humanity's survival and our way of living. Also, please stop burning down the Amazon Rainforest.
- Democracy: While democracy has major flaws, no superior alternative to it exists. It's the only system which reliably puts corruption and abuse of power in check. This includes the economic sphere: there's no real democracy without economic democracy. Additionally, I don't believe a representative system properly represents the population, and a more hybrid system with elements of direct democracy would be more ideal.
- Capitalism and socialism: Modern capitalism is a destructive, undemocratic and exploitative system which primarily favors the proprietor minority. I hope humanity can overcome it eventually, if possible. I'm not fully convinced on socialism's feasibility, but I still think the various proposals presented by socialist theorists are promising, speculative as they might be.
- Social democracy: If I wasn't a socialist, I'd be a social democrat. Ultimately, I don't think it solves some key issues with capitalism, despite being by far its most ideal form.
- Libertarianism: Right-libertarianism is a misnomer. "Minimal government intervention" is not "liberty" when this intervention serves to create better opportunities for the people. Libertarian socialism is neat, though.
- Communism: I sympathize with communism (defined here as a classless society based on the principle "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs"), but I'm not entirely convinced it could ever be reached.
- Stalinism: Not real socialism. The entire idea of socialism bases itself around the emancipation of the working-class and freedom from a special class of unaccountable property-owners. We don't call North Korea a democracy just because it calls itself democratic. I don't see why we should call the Stalinist states socialist either.
I sometimes refer to it as socialist for the sake of simplicity, though.
- Social justice: Racism is unfounded hate and racialism is pseudoscience. The patriarchy exists and we should continue fighting it. While men do suffer from unique and valid problems, most "men's rights movements" are anti-feminism in disguise and actively defend the source of many of these problems. Being straight isn't superior to being of another romantic or sexual orientation. Transgender people are real and should have a right to transition, even those without gender dysphoria. Minors should also be allowed to transition, although with a lot of supervision if medical interventions are made. Neither gender nor sex are binary. The only minority which deserves the hate it gets is the 1%.
- Conspiracy theories: I don't see the need to create these narratives about a "secret shadowy government" when you can just complain about the regular government. There's no cabal. It's just capitalism.
Stuff I've done here
Pages I've created
Pages I've significantly contributed to (I think)
Things I plan on doing
Priority
On hold
- Expand socialism:
- Add primitive socialism.
- Redo "Christian socialism" and add other forms of religious socialism.
- Research "Socialism and patriotism" more.
- Maybe recreate the section about "Socialism and revolution".
- Create "Socialism and social justice".
- Add a few more organizations and figures.
- Expand political spectrum.
- Detail more of the bullshit in the Party for Socialism and Liberation article.
- Expand command economy:
- Maybe change the title to "planned economy"?
- Actually detail its drawbacks and inefficiencies properly.
- Add some of the theoretical work done by modern proponents of it (computerized planning, parecon, etc).
- Expand/reform anarchism:
- Add a proper "criticism and responses" section (and transfer some of the criticism there).
- Correct some inaccuracies about the anarchist movement and its schools of thought.
- Create Olavo de Carvalho.