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I fully believe in the right to die, with no further qualifications necessary other than our own right to choose. The state should never own our lives and bodies and doing so is one of the largest oversteps on personal freedom and human rights possible. In my state assisted suicide is legal in...

I have left anarchist sympathies, but being honest I've given up on wide scale change. During my life I have a relatively small footprint. I won't reproduce, and when I die it will end the bulk of any negative impact I've left on this planet. I still keep anarchist principles in mind...

That seems like a good idea. I acquired my disabilities quite young and am now middle aged. Expectations for having found success and security within capitalism increase dramatically with age. There's more leeway for young people to still be finding themselves or still be putting their lives...

I was curious how traveling effects how you feel living in a capitalist society? I've been on disability for many years, for both mental illness and a very painful neurological condition. I became quite isolated and was too ill to travel for some time, but my symptoms improved enough I was able...

That's a good point, the friend calling thing was definitely not a good move and was over the line. I can see how that could be a point where someone felt the need to escalate. I still don't think ghosting is generally a sign of good intentions. It is widely understood that it plays havoc on...

Sounds like you were infatuated with her, and while she may have had some interest at one point she ultimately didn't reciprocate. I personally think it is a really shitty thing to do to ghost people and prefer honesty if someone does not want further contact. When you ghost someone they don't...

It's a bit of a dilemma as the larger vehicle would likely make a much better long term home for me. Some of these mid sized vans that you cannot stand up in, I could see myself being able to do that for a few years, but would ultimately I'd be tempted to return to a house. That's not good, as...

Matt, those training video games actually look promising to internalize some of the rules. The video games I have played all teach bad habits, even the ones that are on the more realistic side have generally been racing sims. There's rarely a major consequence for crashing and usually a reward...

I've been looking into the Bus and Van conversions. They look like a great way to stop paying landlords, and with the ability to travel freely with your home, it seems like a good idea all around. Problem is, I don't drive and don't have a license. Driving schools look very expensive, and I...

Those are both awesome replies, thank you! We sought legal advice and the lawyer basically said that the notice to vacate was legitimate and was filed through a legitimate court properly. He said that if there is an eviction attempt (beyond the notice itself), it is possible that even if the...

My family has been told to vacate after living in the same place for 20 years. We've never missed rent, but a new landlord bought my place and is kicking us out so he can double the rent. I'm not sure the covid eviction moratorium fully protected people in our circumstance where renovation...

Being perpetually single is a much broader issue than traveling too often. Being able to travel actually implies a physical fitness, which is generally considered desirable. A lot of people just can't travel. There was a movie made recently (The Sessions) where a lot of the hardship was...

I think how people feel about it likely depends on how much they feel their choice is involved in being single. People are very sensitive to being socially excluded, where brain scans even show activity when a person consciously knows a computer is excluding them from trivial games...

Well, it can't quite directly kill you. So that's pretty cool that we aren't wired to die from a lack of love/sex. I find as I get older, it actually gets easier, or at least feels more numb. The way I see it, some people die at birth and never experience love and sex. Others live long lives...

I haven't personally been to Slab City due to its location and personal illness. But I've been researching and very interested in the possibility of creating similar anarchist spaces. I've read it is currently state owned property. Is that why it is relatively free of zoning regulations? I've...

I am becoming interested in an anarchist collectivist settlement in light of recent developments. Having socially and fiscally conservative evangelicals in all branches of government, and a proto fascist at the helm, I believe a lot of vulnerable people's survival could be in jeopardy. I have...

At the birth of the nation only property owners were allowed to vote. Voting was a system setup by wealthy capitalists to defend their private property. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_States So until 1856, I wouldn't have been able to vote either. It was 14 years...

Creating trans-racial identities for people who don't fit into racial stereotyping and racial roles would be similarly counterproductive. Say an Asian doesn't behave as a model minority or a black person doesn't behave as an athletic talented rapping thug and encounters social resistance to...

That's not going to happen. Just like respecting all classes equally will never happen in a class based based society, respecting all genders equally will never happen in a gender based society. The construct is enforced upon people from birth to create rank and hierarchy according to how well...

I'm genderless. I believe gender is a social construct and tool of social control, used to dominate and oppress so I don't identify with it. As an anti authoritarian, I'd be in favor of the abolition of gender, except people are so emotionally invested in their labels it creates a quandary...

That's really interesting. I have a non hierarchical belief system that I apply universally. I won't dominate or submit to anyone whenever possible. It makes me very vanilla by BDSM standards as I won't do that even a little bit. But I've gotten more interest to be a sex slave from the BDSM...

I was arrested for suicidal intent. A family member had tipped them off. I was sitting in my chair and they busted the door open. I stood up and declared I am a right to die supporter. 4 officers cuffed me. When I read the police report one of the officers said I was trying to run from the...

Not everyone has the health to be a public representative. And not everyone successfully survives by skirting the system. Children are born and forced into to it prior to consciousness. People are really diverse physiologically, neurologically, psychologically, behaviorally, and ideologically...

I don't tend to find situations where I and a potential partner mutually view each other as equals. Some have some degree of interest in my appearance, but this often diminishes when they get to know me. I might find someone physiologically attractive but might not like their psychology. I...

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I'm voting Jill Stein. If she gets 5 percent green party qualifies for federal funding. 15 percent qualifies for debates. I don't have expectations of her to win, but she has progressive policies, opposes the war on drugs, doesn't support intervention wars, opposes the TPP, supports the working...

I identify as agender if forced to pick. More accurately I'm closer to a gender abolitionist, although I have empathy for people who feel a need for a label. Gender is a social construct designed to dominate and control the appearance, behavior and attitudes of the population. It is antithesis...

Wow, quite the thread. I think it's a case of all else being equal being white is an advantage where I live (USA). However, all else is rarely equal. Say someone is: Born into a family of wealth and owns property (capitalism) Is free from disease and illness Has access to socially valued...

I've lived in Washington my whole life and never seen this. I've got to check this out.

I have similar concerns regarding traveling with illness. I have glossopharyngeal neuralgia and was mute, in relentless pain, and on an all liquid diet for years prior to finding medications that manage it. I still go mute from time to time, but I'm completely tied to my medications. If I lose...

Thanks for the useful responses. I've only ever hitch hiked when a teen after nearly collapsing from hypothermia. I was suicidal at the time and wandered many miles from shelter in freezing weather. By the time I hitch hiked, I was delirious, and falling down. I have a question though. Does...

Hello. I've been lurking here and I really admire the ability of so many here to travel, meet so unfamiliar people, finding alternative means of surviving outside capitalism, being able to couch surf, squat, hitch a train, etc. A lot of the free spirited ideologies appeal to me here. The...