u/Any-Sympathy7540

I’m just curious.

I’m reading the Future History short stories on pdf as my copy of a collection of them is coming in the mail. I already have a copy of Moon is a Harsh Mistress. And my collection of the Future History stories includes Methusulah‘s Children. So where should I start when I make the leap from short story to novel?

I used to believe in Benjamin Tucker’s idea of associations for defense. But I get negative reactions to that. So what should I advocate instead?

I’m an Individualist Anarchist. In the tradition of P, J. Proudhon, Benjamin Tucker, Lysander Spooner, Emma Goldman, Karl Hess, and Samuel Edward Konkin III. I believe in a stateless market economy that leads to a society of credit unions, self-employed freelancers, worker cooperatives, and mutual aid societies instead of usury, wage labor, and the bureaucratic welfare state. As usury and large-scale wage labor are products of government monopolies or government-granted privileges (central banking, intellectual property, tarriffs, etc.) thus without them more flexible, less hierarchical institutions would outcompete them because people would prefer them and research and shown them to be more productive. I also believe towns should use private militias to protect themselves instead of the police thus eliminating the state monopoly on violence entirely. Anarchism appeals to me as a queer neurodivergent man as a means to liberation. And I’m also Catholic and I see Mutualism, the economics of Proudon and Tucker, as consistent with Catholic Social Teaching due to its emphasis on economic decentralization and condemnation of usury. Especially as it was adapted into the Catholic Worker Movement. And I just wonder why I can only think of a few feminists who are anarchists. Emma Goldman is probably the most famous. Voltairine de Cleyre is another. But I wonder why most aren’t. Shouldn't the state and capitalism factor into intersectionality?

I live with my Mom on welfare since dropping out of college and I want to organize a meeting of market anarchists, ideally mutualists. But I’m willing to reach out to ancoms and even possibly ancaps because I have been better able to discuss my Mutualist politics with Ancaps online than with my Keynesian liberal Mom, its even easier than my Ancom dad in Germany. Do you think this is a good idea? I think social anarchists definitely. But I’m sure if I can convince a AnCap that workplace hierachy will disappear under a market anarchist economy, then we can build coalition.

I’m a 23M bi man and I used to be an antisemite because I wanted someone to blame for biphobia and bi erasure in media. But it made no sense as bi activists like Brenda Howard and David Lourea were Jewish. I always knew Foucault’s theory that sexuality was constructed by psychoanalysis. But I never wanted to believe that since therapy and mental hospitalization has saved my life as a bipolar autistic guy. My Mom is also a therapist who introduced me to Freudian ideas. And I always liked the idea of the Oedipus complex as it explained my complex feelings towards my parents. Then I actually listened to the Queer Collective Podcast and learned Freud’s view that bisexuality was immature and embarrassing and he started the idea that bisexuality is “just a phase.” But it did make me appreciate Kinsey more. But now I don’t know what to make of the therapy that has helped me so. I don’t have therapy until next Wednesday. So I ask you.

As a 23M bi man, I’m excited for going to Pride Fest. But online it’s a different story, biphobia runs rampant this month. Especially towards bi towards bi women. And I’m sad to see it from the Onion this month: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZa2-g-H1tC/?igsh=MThkZjV0cTFlZWdteg==

So due to my autism and bipolar I had a meltdown over it. Calling the Onion “Zionist controlled media” and anyone who liked the post of being supporters of a Zionist agenda to oppress bi women and erase bi men. Which is weird because I’m a left-wing anarchist. But I do occasionally blame Jews for the oppression of bisexuals, especially bi men, due to the Levitical law. So that is why I sound like a Groyper sometimes despite being a left-wing anarchist. I know my response wasn’t measured. Especially considering that many bisexual activists like Brenda Howard or David Lourea were Jewish. So I’m sorry. I just yearn for a time before biphobia like back in Ancient Anthens, Sparta, the Ottoman Empire, Edo Japan. Where bi men could have a femboy boyfriend and a buxom bi wife and no biphobes existed to challenge our existence. Oh what a time! I miss it!

“There is nothing that does not come from him,

Of everything he is the in most Self,

He is the truth. He is the Self Supreme.

You are that, Shvetaketu, you are that.”

-Chandogya Upanishad, 6.9.3

“Socrates: Well, but there is another thing, Simmias, Is there or is there not an absolute justice?

Simmias: Assuredly there is.

Socrates:And an absolute beauty and absolute good?

Simmias:Of course.

Socrates:But did you ever behold any of them with your eyes?

Simmias: Certainly not.

Socrates:Or did you ever reach them with any other bodily sense? (and I speak not of these alone, but of absolute greatness, and health, and strength, and of the essence or true nature of everything). Has the reality of them ever been perceived by you through the bodily organs? or rather, is not the nearest approach to the knowledge of their several natures made by him who so orders his intellectual vision as to have the most exact conception of the essence of that which he considers?

Simmias:Certainly.”

-Plato, Phaedo

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

-Galatians 3:28

“The nature of Spirit may be understood by a glance at its direct opposite—Matter. As the essence of Matter is Gravity, so, on the other hand, we may affirm that the substance, the essence of Spirit is Freedom. All will readily assent to the doctrine that Spirit, among other properties, is also endowed with Freedom; but philosophy teaches that all the qualities of Spirit exist only through Freedom; that all are but means for attaining Freedom.

-G. W. F. Hegel, Introduction to the Philosophy of History

“It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in their education; in their pursuits; their modes of living; their association; in their property; in their speculative views.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

“What? A Great Man? I always see the actor playing out his ideal.”

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

“Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth; an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations.”

-Emma Goldman, Anarchism: What it Really Stands For

“Da-sein means: being held out into the nothing.

Holding itself out into the nothing, Dasein is in each case already beyond beings as a whole. This being beyond beings we call "transcendence." If in the ground of its essence Dasein were not transcending, which now means, if it were not in advance holding itself out into the nothing, then it could never be related to beings nor even to itself.”

-Martin Heidegger, What is Metaphysics?

All these epigraphs have this in common, a view of man as divine and thus worthy of inherent dignity. The more metaphysical ones posit a view of a monistic idealism positing a Common Self that is the source of the innate nature of things  and the reason we recall them. This Common Self is called by the Hindus “the Brahman” and by the American Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson “the Oversoul.” There is only divine immanence and as the Upanishads say, “You are It.” Christ incarnated, died, rose bodily, and ascended to make you realize it and make you one with Him through the Eucharist which carries his very essence. The Oversoul became the Overman so we may become Overmen. Just as Krishna did when he gave Arjuna the Gita. Thus the Catholic Lay Hermit is the Aghori of the West through the Eucharist and Mystical Union with Christ. And the implications this has for the proletariat, the colonized, the disabled, the queer, and the BIPOC. If mankind is immanently divine, then they shall not be wage slaves to employers. Instead they should work in co-operatives or be self-employed. If man is immanently divine, then they should have their needs taken care of. If mankind is immanently divine, then no man should be persecuted by the state or by their fellow man. If we are all God; then gender roles, monosexuality, race, borders, workplace hierarchy, monopolies over the resources of the earth, are all constructs that must be destroyed.

“There is nothing that does not come from him,

Of everything he is the in most Self,

He is the truth. He is the Self Supreme.

You are that, Shvetaketu, you are that.”

-Chandogya Upanishad, 6.9.3

“Socrates: Well, but there is another thing, Simmias, Is there or is there not an absolute justice?

Simmias: Assuredly there is.

Socrates:And an absolute beauty and absolute good?

Simmias:Of course.

Socrates:But did you ever behold any of them with your eyes?

Simmias: Certainly not.

Socrates:Or did you ever reach them with any other bodily sense? (and I speak not of these alone, but of absolute greatness, and health, and strength, and of the essence or true nature of everything). Has the reality of them ever been perceived by you through the bodily organs? or rather, is not the nearest approach to the knowledge of their several natures made by him who so orders his intellectual vision as to have the most exact conception of the essence of that which he considers?

Simmias:Certainly.”

-Plato, Phaedo

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

-Galatians 3:28

“The nature of Spirit may be understood by a glance at its direct opposite—Matter. As the essence of Matter is Gravity, so, on the other hand, we may affirm that the substance, the essence of Spirit is Freedom. All will readily assent to the doctrine that Spirit, among other properties, is also endowed with Freedom; but philosophy teaches that all the qualities of Spirit exist only through Freedom; that all are but means for attaining Freedom.

-G. W. F. Hegel, Introduction to the Philosophy of History

“It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in their education; in their pursuits; their modes of living; their association; in their property; in their speculative views.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

“What? A Great Man? I always see the actor playing out his ideal.”

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

“Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth; an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations.”

-Emma Goldman, Anarchism: What it Really Stands For

All these epigraphs have this in common, a view of man as divine and thus worthy of inherent dignity. The more metaphysical ones posit a view of a monistic idealism positing a Common Self that is the source of the innate nature of things  and the reason we recall them. This Common Self is called by the Hindus “the Brahman” and by the American Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson “the Oversoul.” There is only divine immanence and as the Upanishads say, “You are It.”‘Christ incarnated, died, rose bodily, and ascended to make you realize it and make you one with Him through the Eucharist which carries his very essence. The Oversoul became the Overman so we may become Overmen. And the implications this has for the proletariat, the colonized, the disabled, the queer, and the BIPOC. If mankind is immanently divine, then they shall not be wage slaves to employers. Instead he should work in co-operatives or be self-employed. If man is immanently divine, then they should have their needs taken care of. If mankind is immanently divine, then no man should be persecuted by the state or by fellow man. If we are all God; then gender roles, monosexuality, race, borders, workplace hierarchy, monopolies over the resources of the earth, are all constructs that must be destroyed.

He opposed wage labor, supported cooperatives, and the opposed the excesses of state power.

I’m so excited to see other queer people since I (23M) never leave my house. Aside from Therapy or Church.

I read “Civil Disodedience” in High School and its opening lines seemed pretty anti statist to me so I did research and that’s how I first learned of anarchism. And I recently read Emerson’s essays “Self-Reliance,” “History,” and “The Oversoul” and he seems pretty aligned with individualist anarchism as he seems to criticize statism and wage labor.

As a white cis bisexual anarchist guy who deeply admires 19th century Transcendentalism and black separatism. I too want to create an ideology of cooperative self-sufficiency for bisexual people and allow asexuals and trans people to do so as well.

As a white cis bisexual anarchist guy who deeply admires 19th century Transcendentalism and black separatism. I too want to create an ideology of cooperative self-sufficiency for bisexual people and allow asexuals and trans people to do so as well.

I’m sorry for the posts I’ve been making. It’s just ever since I’ve dropped out of college in 2022. I’ve had little contact with the outside world until joining the Catholic Church. I’m involved with NEA Pride but all the people involved are monosexual gays and bi women. No bi men. I want some solidarity in my experience so I read authors like William Burroughs trying to find that solidarity. Are there any other bi male writers who wrote queer theory for bi men.

So this post of mine was controversial: https://www.reddit.com/r/QueerTheory/comments/1ti04g2/comment/omqwf1s/?context=3

I thought it was well written. But I get why questioning the sexual binary can be seen as invalidating to monosexual gays. But part of being politically queer is seeing the sexual binary as a construct. A tool of power. So I ultimately do not regret it. I see it as a bold act of transgression against monosexual oppression. But I’m also a Neoplatonic Catholic (was confirmed on Easter which U always wanted to do as my Mom was raised Catholic but she didn’t raise me that way) and I‘m also a green anarchist influenced by 19th century Transcendentalism like Ralph Waldo Emerson, and I wonder if my belief in metaphysical idealism, metaphysical essentialism (as in belief in transcendent essences from a common source not like bioessentialism nor gender essentialism), teleology, and natural law ethics. I just wonder if that’s compatible with the constructionist view of sexuality.

Monosexuality (heterosexual or homosexual) isn’t real. It’s an oppressive construct impeding on God’s Nature. Just like the Nation-State and Industrial Capitalism. Bisexuality is built into human nature as it is into the nature of all creatures. We are just another ape that will fuck anything that moves. That is what makes Nature beautiful is its bisexuality. Great men have tried revolting against these constructs. Saint Paul in his Letters to the Romans wasn‘t condemning queerness but rather Hellenistic bisexuality of the heroes and philosophers degenerating into monosexual pederasty and sexual slavery. The construct of monosexuality has erased the glory of us bi men. We used to be the majority of the male population on earth. We used to be great men like William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, William Burroughs, and David Bowie. Now the elites have covered up our existence. So we must abolish all these oppressive constructs like monosexuality, the state, and capitalism, and return to Nature and the essence and source of Nature.

EDIT: Had to delete and repost to edit an “and” in the title for grammar purposes.

Monosexuality (heterosexual or homosexual) isn’t real. It’s an oppressive construct impeding on God’s Nature. Just like the Nation-State and Industrial Capitalism. Bisexuality is built into human nature as it is into the nature of all creatures. We are just another ape that will fuck anything that moves. That is what makes Nature beautiful is its bisexuality. Great men have tried revolting against these constructs. Saint Paul in his Letters to the Romans wasn‘t condemning queerness but rather Hellenistic bisexuality of the heroes and philosophers degenerating into monosexual pederasty and sexual slavery. The construct of monosexuality has erased the glory of us bi men. We used to be the majority of the male population on earth. We used to be great men like William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, William Burroughs, and David Bowie. Now the elites have covered up our existence. So we must abolish all these oppressive constructs like monosexuality, the state, and capitalism, and return to Nature and the essence and source of Nature.

With Pride Month around the corner it’s worth remembering that the Pride movement wasn’t made for us bi men. It was made to exclude bisexuals, especially bi men. At most include only bi women as a bi woman organized the first Pride events. As the individualist anarchist Lysander Spooner says in “No Treason” to argue the Constitution is invalid, a contract is only valid when all people it applies to agree to it. Most bi activists today (Robyn Ochs for example) are women. How can they possibly represent us and our glorious history? We were philosophers, poets, musicians, actors, kings. We led history. But some seek to erase that. We led empires, Greece, Rome, Japan, China, the Ottoman Empire. Now bi men are rejected by women and forced only to date men and are perceived of as gay. 63% of women say they would never date a bi man. Bisexuality is built into primate behavior. But society and elites construct monosexuality as a form of social control. So we must return to the ways of old by forming anarchist communes built on cooperative economics and mutual aid to return to Nature’s Over-soul and become bisexual Over-men with our bisexual Over-women by our side.

I’ve just read “Tower of the Elephant” and “Queen of the Black Coast.” And I enjoyed both of them. They both were great intros to the character. I enjoyed the exotic setting. I enjoyed the Cosmic Horror style monsters and enjoyed the side characters (and felt pain at their passing). Great times.