a drawing of a person wearing a balaclava and holding a gun with the text ā€œall my homies hate tankiesā€ :3

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    5 days ago

    Hear you on this. Most people just want to be on the top of the hierarchy which is at least partly why none of the so called ā€œcommunistā€ countries ever actually achieved it.

    Most people canā€™t fathom a lack of hierarchy. Even in interpersonal relationships.

    The parent above the child. The boss above the worker. The principal above the teacher. The husband above the wife. Etc etc. thatā€™s why queer people are so attacked, besides the ā€œweā€™re not normalā€ part, we upend hierarchical beliefs. Iā€™m a lesbian, and when Iā€™m dating someone, thereā€™s always a hetero (who is queer friendly, just stupid!) asking whoā€™s the ā€œmanā€ in the relationship. None! Thatā€™s the point!

    We have to get over a lifetime of conditioning. Iā€™ve always been anarchist since I was young - when I was 4, I became vegetarian. My reasoning, at four: why is a dog more valuable than a cow? If I wouldnā€™t eat my dog why would I eat a cow? And you know what, 32 years later I still abide by that logic.