You sure use an awful lot of self-citations for someone who is only writing for themselves.
> I don't find most people in the USA to be worth taking seriously, either. Liiiike if someone thinks the primary purpose of police is something like "protecting and serving" vs. being deputized slave patrollers. How could I take that person seriously?
You realize you both can be wrong, correct? Because you absolutely are in most of the US, for starters.
> If I don't think political authority is real, and 90% of the us population does think it is real, and votes, I'm already out of sync with all of those people.
So you don't think political authority is real, yet you work with government authorities to enact the changes you want to see in your area?
I mean it makes sense to me to advocate for your preferred solutions to problems, but I think political authority is real (because it is, just look around you).
> And I've got at least one or two additional hot takes that could alienate another few percentage points.
Yes, it's very clear that pretty much everything you say is poorly thought out and researched and designed almost entirely to incite a strong reaction and attract attention. I agree with some of your claims and disagree with others, but there's no point in discussing any of them in depth with you.
It sounds like you think I use more self-citation than you would expect, for someone writing only for themselves.
Are you saying I'm wrong about police originating as deputized slave patrollers?
I suppose I'd refine my statement from "political authority is not real" to "political authority _is not legitimate_."
That someone holding the fantasy of political authority is willing to murder someone else because of that fantasy doesn't make political authority legitimate, though it's obviously 'real' from the POV of the oppressor/victim.
My first claim was that 'jaywalking' is a propagandist term that actively harms every subsequent part of the conversation. It's a slur ('jay'), and supports a narrative supporting, basically, vehicular homicide.
You sure use an awful lot of self-citations for someone who is only writing for themselves.
> I don't find most people in the USA to be worth taking seriously, either. Liiiike if someone thinks the primary purpose of police is something like "protecting and serving" vs. being deputized slave patrollers. How could I take that person seriously?
You realize you both can be wrong, correct? Because you absolutely are in most of the US, for starters.
> If I don't think political authority is real, and 90% of the us population does think it is real, and votes, I'm already out of sync with all of those people.
So you don't think political authority is real, yet you work with government authorities to enact the changes you want to see in your area?
I mean it makes sense to me to advocate for your preferred solutions to problems, but I think political authority is real (because it is, just look around you).
> And I've got at least one or two additional hot takes that could alienate another few percentage points.
Yes, it's very clear that pretty much everything you say is poorly thought out and researched and designed almost entirely to incite a strong reaction and attract attention. I agree with some of your claims and disagree with others, but there's no point in discussing any of them in depth with you.
What was your first claim again?