Sean Äaberg

THE GOBLIN NEWSLETTER 33

Added 2024-07-27 01:01:53 +0000 UTC

When I was young I considered myself a Progressive because I believe in progress. I was done with anarchists, anarcho-communists & leftism. Then I realized that progress is defined differently by different people. Progress is an agenda, not an inevitability. More rights, more freedoms, sure, but people have a real hard time agreeing on which freedoms are okay & what they mean. This was made really clear to me by the environmentalist & Black sides of leftism, what does progress mean & for who? Because of this I feel like it is a nearly useless term. Just like being Conservative doesn’t allow for the whole range of human life, nor does it actually apply conservative values to everything. True conservatism wouldn’t be compatible with capitalism or democracy or evangelical Christianity or civilization beyond hunter gatherer society. Ultimately, political adherence seems like something wrong with your brain, an excuse to act out & dehumanize others just because it seems like a possibility. If you don’t view dehumanization as an option, most political stuff goes out the window. It stinks that I expend so much time thinking about this. But this happens every four years & I have to make myself clear. Someone needs to stand up & be the adult in the room. Our society is broken, both political sides are bonkers. It’s obvious. People are politically bonkers because they are mentally bonkers. Screwy politics are a symptom of a screwy mind. There is no easy blame or solution, just a lot of hard work. To think that this country can be repaired in any other way is laughable.