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Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

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anoncentral:

Dear Friends,

Much publicity has been gained by using tradecraft against the largest, most visible targets. However, very little of strategic value has been accomplished. The huge beasts simply consider the attacks a minor annoyance, to be shaken off like a bad case of fleas….

zain:

THE CREATIVE VS DESTRUCTIVE MAN

 

The CREATIVE man is alive from within and is inner directed.  He does not require external stimuli to feel alive, and so his relationship to the world is healthy, deep and real.  He has the best of both worlds.  He has a strong sense of selfhood, and is autonomous and independent in the true sense.  He is a rebel.  He does not cling to things or to other people for fulfillment because he is not inherently empty.  His relationships are not based on power dynamics.  He is present within every moment, and is open to change and the future.  He sees problems as challenges and has strong boundaries.  He does not manipulate or deceive.  He envies no one and takes charge of his own destiny.  He knows that consciousness changes reality.  His happiness and suffering are sacred to him.  He does not censor himself of care what other do, say or think.  Evil is, for him, the absence of autonomy and selfhood.  He leads and does not follow.  He is in contact with the true source of life which exists and flows from within his being.  His life force is his own.  He is mutable and is ever growing.

The DESTRUCTIVE man requires external stimuli to feel alive.  He is emotionally dead and without the world of objects and other people his life is nothing.  He is deeply addicted to stimuli which fills his psychic abyss.  He cannot be still or alone.  He is a shell addicted to fashion, conforming to be accepted.  In his world image and appearance is everything.  His experiences are banal and casual.  He performs and mimics, but abuses trust, sexuality and beauty.  What he cannot own or control he fears.  He seeks a cause and master to avoid responsibility.  If his desires are thwarted, he becomes, agitated, depressed and aggressive.  He is competitive and pathologically reliant on approval.  He is expert at manipulation and is hypocritical and immoral.  Other people, especially those with inherent power and creativity, are his prey.  He feels a sense of greatness from their loss and failures.  He is the enemy of true creativity, independence and selfhood.  Nothing is sacred to him except his image, external success, possessions and his catalog of dominance.

M. Tsarion

We got letters saying, ‘You guys are going to get what you deserve. You’re going to bring drug dealers, all this crime and lowlife in here.’

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Lucas Valley Estates Homeowners Association board member Carl Fricke • Discussing the anger over a decision by director George Lucas to turn some of his California land into low-income housing, not long after the director scuttled plans to build a digital studio there. The studio created frustration among homeowners — the prospect of low-income housing has instilled outright anger and uneasiness into the residents. “It’s inciting class warfare,” claimed one resident group head. Lucas, meanwhile, claims he was trying to do something good for the area. His community outreach spokesperson at Lucasfilm, Tom Forster, put it like this: “George, being the great guy that he is, doesn’t want to build more housing for rich people since Marin is loaded with them.” Boom. (via shortformblog)

Class warfare (n) - Being reminded that poor people exist outside the context of a soft news story on local TV. 

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