Drareg
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I am not sure why you quoted Drareg, as you just did exactly what he was making fun of:)
At the risk of also reading my own politics into his, I'll play along.
I agree with you that Ray is a class warrior but I don't think he qualifies as an Anarchist or a "true Libertarian". In fact I think those terms are mutually exclusive.
From my reading it seems he wants a different type of government that supports all classes and is not calling for Anarchy. He also calls limited Government a trick of the corporations.
He then specifically refutes the "true Libertarian" doctrine:
I would argue that Ray's politics supersede any of today's ideologies. I think he realizes that they are all meaningless constructs, much like gender politics. Just because he mentions some influential authors doesn't mean he subscribes to everything they had to say.
Both Kropotkin and Tolstoy were part of the nobility, the original "Right" from the French Revolution. Whose real interests do you think they were promoting? I would go out on a limb and say that they were about as sincere in their politics as Chomsky is in his.
As I said, I agree with you in saying that he is a class warrior. Class struggle has always been the real dividing line in politics.
so to me he looks like a small d democrat but who really knows but him.
It doesn't stop even in this thread ,the projections onto Peat go from politics to mania fuelled Vegans desperate to sow Peat into their projections.
Danny Roddys last interview on authoritarianism is another example,Roddy went away from that interview with his own believes he started with.
I think when Peat speaks he can generate a lot of clear coherent information in a short time ,people can find this difficult to stay focused on,Peats manner and tone reflect this,we even had people on here asking why he sounds the way he does,some were passive aggressive in this thread,if you were ever in a situation where you knew everyword you say counted ,you will sound like this,for most of us this would be highly tense situations,I think high intelligence will cause you to be this considered in every word you use.
People only take out pieces of what he is saying because the information is new and complex,it requires energy and reflection,when they don't have this they grab what they understand and take it to mean verification because he mentioned a philosophy for an example, as you covered.
This interview is a gem when compared to Roddys and the reaction to Roddys on a thread in this forum.