I'm on the like, on the one hand I don't like states and shit, don't trust government etc, but on the other hand someone's gonna wind up organising things and I dunno how to stop these people from forming a government without hampering their useful organisation functions. I mean I guess someone could fire/imprison/kill them if they get too government-y but that would mean that the firing/killing/imprisoning people would become the government instead, which is probably worse.
I haven't read enough about what the Alternatives To Government would look like to have any kind of real criticism but also yeah
I think things like... local government are pretty distinct in my mind from The State but also like again I am not informed enough about political theory to really say anything aside from all of this makes me leery and the way things are is terrible and it should not be like this
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yeah izzy going to the crown for help doesn’t actually equal “izzy loves the british navy izzy is a monarchist” etc etc but like. this show establishes SO HARD that the british are unambiguously The Bad Guys (and i love this abt ofmd, morality is complicated and messy except when it comes to portraying the military force that is actively colonizing the world during the events of this show). and like i’ve talked abt how in ofmd i don’t think piracy in general is Perfect Queer Utopia BUT the pirates in ofmd ARE enemies of the british navy. the show violently punishes people for aiding or being colonizers so idk why we'd expect izzy to be an exception to that.
if there was like some other rival pirate captain that was the enemy of the protagonists in ofmd, going to the british to lay a trap for the protagonists is how the story would show that this rival pirate is Really Bad. for the pirates in ofmd, not making deals with the british is most likely an unspoken code, the one point of honor among sea thieves (and that’s not even mentioning the modern comparison of izzy essentially calling the cops on a ship full of people of color).
like sure we can psychoanalyze izzy as if he were a real person and try to figure out his thoughts and motivations for why he went to the british but like it doesn't matter if this was izzy's personal "act of grace" desperation moment it doesn't matter if izzy didn't mean for ed to still be on the boat none of that matters!! what matters in ofmd is Did You Help Colonizers In Any Way and the answer to that question is yes!!! yeah ed and stede sign the act of grace but 1. they only had to bc izzy brought the british to their doorstep and 2. the only thing they did was get their new clothes and immediately leave. like if anything they hurt the british by taking their free stuff and running and also by making them all look stupid by being like "we got BLACKBEARD to renounce piracy!!" and then he literally escaped in less than 12 hours
izzy aligned with the british to serve his own goals (getting ed to stop hanging out with stede). and this is NOT IRREDEEMABLE. this is something that if he wanted to make amends for, the show would let him! BUT that doesn't mean that he wasn't wrong for doing so.
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Been listening to the behind the bastards eps on Henry Kissinger because I always hear about this man being a trash bag on fire but uh. I mean this guy is a HUGE trash bag on fire wtf I'm not even halfway through the series and Kissinger has committed treason AND extended the Vietnam war, resulting in MILLIONS more dying. Like what the fuck. What the fuck. America y'all are being held hostage by literally the worst people ever y'all need to like. Call the French and see if their revolution stuff can help you out. Like the french arent working in an American context which is why they can do what they do but also damn at least ask em to bring a guillotine or somethin ☠️☠️☠️ Reverse American revolution. Or american revolution two electric boogalo, the sequel wherein America fights America instead of Britain which feels VERY American lmao. Time honored tradition of not trusting America with America 😂😂
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Awh....;;;; Every time I get surprised about the amount of support I am receiving; I am very flattered you guys; I am just mostly avoiding the internet for undefined time because I legit got health issues from nervous breakdown 👍 The simplest I can explain it is, ‘being nervous is different from being anxious’. So I am just chilling in the bed and only check Twitter 2-3 times per day (it is easier as it has short posts, opposed to Tumblr having much more to read and see). But I will be fine!
Either way, thank you guys (especially you who called me Rom, because it is extremely validating and I identify with the character a lot ;-; Literally the only solid difference between us is that she reacts to being hurt with crying and I react with being vicious dsfjhfhds Rom the VICIOUS spider! xD).
The “anon assholes” are also not interested in talking to me because they KNOW I will know what to say. I mean, the brain behind the operation (though calling it a “brain” is too flattering) legitimately refused giving me any chance to defend myself, as well as fabricated a lie to latch onto as an excuse for not wanting to talk to me, so that should let you know where their true motivations lay. Yeah right, everyone in the internet has a right to say something and then refuse to listen to anything but blind agreement...... but not when it is an attack on someone. THAT one is the situation where you SHOULD be open to “criticism”, to say the least. Again, the goal is not to negotiate, but to manipulate other people into fearing me or something. It is like one thing if people see I am not the most emotionally stable person and want to avoid, completely justified! The truth about neurodivergent people is that our questlines have ‘recommended level’ bar, and not everyone is this level of handling... well, drawbacks. However, harassing people to ditch me over and over and over and over until they probably decide one mutual is just not worth the stress is... bad. I agree. You can’t harass everyone, stalk, like, manipulate, twist words, switch goalposts etc and then say “but I only did all this because I was scared that Katyahina would harass ME!!!”. You can’t “I am just a little guy” your way out of this one, lil shit.
(Also anon who sent a link - I do not open links from people I don’t know, even if they look like completely normal internal site links, I hope you understand.)
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