{"id":29347,"date":"2018-01-03T10:17:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T15:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29347"},"modified":"2018-01-03T10:19:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T15:19:28","slug":"i-may-be-a-radical-but-im-definitely-not-a-utopian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29347","title":{"rendered":"I May Be a Radical, But I’m Definitely Not a Utopian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I May Be a Radical, But I’m Definitely Not a Utopian<\/a><\/h3>\n
I don’t have a grand, sweeping plan. I just want peace.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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I become a very fun party guest when the topic turns to politics.<\/p>\n

My Mundane Radicalism RE: Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

I come at questions about policy from a different angle than most. I don\u2019t believe in\u00a0policy or politics\u00a0at all. Specifically, I don\u2019t believe that some\u00a0humans (\u201crulers\u201d) should\u00a0get moral sanction to use\u00a0violence against other people (\u201cthe ruled\u201d) to get what they want.<\/p>\n

If that doesn\u2019t sound controversial to you, you either 1) agree with me or 2) aren\u2019t paying close enough attention to how politics works.<\/p>\n

If I have one ethical ideal for how human beings should relate to each other, it\u2019s that \u2013 non-violence. <\/span><\/p>\n

Force is the essence of all governments from top to bottom.\u00a0Whether we\u2019re talking about Louis XIV funding the palace of Versailles, George III raising an army to crush a revolt, Vladimir Lenin redistributing confiscated land, or your local police officer enforcing a drug law\/tax law\/business law (or else\u2026), you\u2019re talking about people who rely on violence or the threat of violence to get compliance for their plans. They\u00a0ultimately do not ask or require your consent.\u00a0Their authority ultimately rests on the implied threat that\u00a0they will beat you up if you don\u2019t do what\u00a0they say.It\u2019s a long story, but somehow we came to believe that this was a normal state of affairs.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe in violence.\u00a0If I have one ethical ideal for how human beings should relate to each other (\u201cpolitics\u201d), it\u2019s that \u2013 non-violence. There\u2019s a lot more to say about ethical societies and ethical human behavior, but when it comes to politics, I\u2019m really\u00a0not much more complicated than that. My views are actually pretty mundane.<\/p>\n

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