I think it's unfair to have troops deployed in Washington DC. They took a gamble by joining and I can empathize with that. But them complying is furthering the fascist agenda.
That's exactly why I posted that.
"Just following orders"
Damn blackberry bushes, buck thorn, and picking rocks from the fields....
Glad you got out.
I'm in. I attempted this on my own a year or two ago and did not make it all the way through. It will be nice to have folks to discuss with.
Very welcome!
I agree with you that we should not let them just have these spaces. Also, as you said, we can change the perspective of these spaces as something to empower people.
That's one thing that Crossfit did / does really well. It builds a community around health and fitness. Obviously there is other baggage with Crossfit that I do not like, but it provides a model for how we can come together to support each other in that aspect of health.
It is a two panel comic, the top panel has a person asking: 'Why are so many gymbro and self-improvement spaces right wing?'
The bottom panel has a second person responding: 'The seemingly "apolitical" values that are often reinforced in these spaces (individual success, hustle mindset, being the strongest etc.) align with common neoliberal and conservative talking points and thereby make it easy for people within these spaces to become more susceptible to classist, patriarchal, ableist, racist and other oppressive narratives.'
By Lloyd Alexander? If so, those were great! I remember reading those to keep me busy at my older sister's girl scout meetings.
Redwall by Brian Jacques was probably the earliest one I remember loving.
You mean the guys that write books? I guess they do say the pen is mightier than the sword.
This looks great. Also, the Dev is in the comments of that article and answered questions.
I'm going to jump into the play test.
Anarchy is explicitly against "profits".