03 september 2021
Today's feels are about politics.
So, I saw an opportunity on twitter to join a Discord around Solarpunk. I like the ideals of Solarpunk, and I think that a more hopeful vision of integrating technology and living more closely with the natural world. I also think it's a more plausible transformation for the future than a lot of other frameworks for living.
This discord had a survey. Three questions, the last question being different every time. Mine were:
- Are you over 18?
- What are your politics?
- What do you think about trans liberation?
My answers to questions 1 and 3 seemed sufficient to the moderators. My initial answer to 2 was poked at twice and then I was given provisional membership.
I then left. If I had said "anarcho-communism" or some variant of it, I would have been let right in. But instead I explained that my politics are complicated.
Politics are extremely personal for me. I think there's a huge amount of theory bandied about in modern politics, and I get really tired of it. What I think politically is more about what I do in my daily life and not about the different theories about why I do things. Stringent adherence to a dogmatic ideology seems very dangerous to me.
The whole exchange bothers me a bit. I keep wondering if my refusal to reduce what I think and believe and do into a easily digestable form. Also, the things that I do on a daily basis to align with what I believe politically are nobody else's fucking business.