There is no RationalWiki without you. We are a small non-profit with no staff—we are hundreds of volunteers who document pseudoscience and crankery around the world every day. We will never allow ads because we must remain independent. We cannot rely on big donors with corresponding big agendas. We are not the largest website around, but we believe we play an important role in defending truth and objectivity. |
Fighting pseudoscience isn't free. We are 100% user-supported! Help and donate $5, $10, $20 or whatever you can today with ![]() ![]() |
User:LunaAHHHHH
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
|
/"*._ _ .-*'` `*-.._.-'/ < * )) , ( `*-._`._(__.--*"`.\ Look! One fish! :D
Some of my beliefs
- Religion and science: I'm an agnostic atheist, meaning I don't believe there is a god but I also don't believe a deity's existence or inexistence can truly be known. I don't think belief in God is enough to deny basic science, though.
- Environment: Climate change is real and is caused by humans. The fact so many deny might spell the end of humanity. Policies which prevent climate change should almost always be prioritized over the economy, although I also don't think these two things are necessarily mutually exclusive. Also I would like if people stopped burning the Amazon Rainforest down, thank you.
- Democracy: While democracy has major flaws, such as irrational decision-making and the risk of majoritarianism, I don't believe any superior alternative 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. I also 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: I believe capitalism is inherently destructive, undemocratic and perhaps even exploitative. The only right path is to overcome it eventually. I'm not fully convinced on the feasibility of socialism, but I still think it warrants more attempts. While Marxism-Leninism has been largely a failure, many contemporary models, speculative as they are, seem promising as an alternative to capitalism.
- Social democracy: While admirable, I don't believe class collaboration is truly possible in the long term. I also don't think it necessarily gets rid of some of the core issues with capitalism. I would be a social democrat if I was ever convinced no form of socialism could work, though.
- Libertarianism: I believe that "libertarianism", when used to refer to laissez-faire capitalism, is wholly incoherent. There's no "liberty" when you're still a slave and your only options are to choose your master. There's no "voluntary decision" when the gun of starvation and homelessness is being pointed directly to your head. Libertarian socialism is cool, though.
- Communism: On principle, I sympathize with communism. My doubts regarding its feasibility are even more extreme in comparison to socialism, however.
- Stalinism: Not only a mockery to socialist and communist ideals, but actively harmful to the international socialist movement. I'm tired of hearing how socialism has been a failure because of Stalin or Mao. There's nothing "socialist" about authoritarianism, even if I refer to these experiments as socialist for the sake of simplicity.
- Minority rights:
- Racism and antisemitism are unfounded hate and shouldn't be tolerated.
- Despite the improvement over the last decades, women are still oppressed and we should continue fighting for equal gender rights. While men still suffer from unique systemic problems, most "men's rights movements" are simply antifeminism in disguise.
- There's no meaningful difference between heterosexuality and other sexual orientations.
- 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%.
Stuff I've done here
Pages I've created
Pages I've significantly contributed to (I think)
Things I plan on doing
Priority
- On the socialism article:
- Add primitive socialism.
- Expand "Blanquism" a bit.
- Redo "Christian socialism" and add other forms of religious socialism.
- Research "Socialism and patriotism" more.
- Maybe recreate the section about "Socialism and revolution".
- Create a section about socialism's relations with both progressive and conservative ideas.
- Add a few more organizations and figures.
- Expand political spectrum.
On hold
- Detail more of the bullshit in the Party for Socialism and Liberation article.
- Create Olavo de Carvalho.