Re: [P2P-F] If the ?Tea Party Join Together, We Can End the Malignant Partnership Between Big Government | ZeroHedge
Hi Michel, all, Michel Bauwens wrote:
can we work with anti-abortion distributists on distributing property, I think so,
Would you work with the Ku Klux Klan if it could help foster your goals? Where do you draw the line?
can we work with pro-gun rednecks on a social safety net, I think so,
Isn't dismantling the remainders of the social safety net one of the main goals of the Tea Party? Best regards Christian -- |------- Dr. Christian Siefkes ------- [email protected] ------- | Homepage: http://www.siefkes.net/ | Blog: http://www.keimform.de/ | Peer Production Everywhere: http://peerconomy.org/wiki/ |---------------------------------- OpenPGP Key ID: 0x346452D8 -- What is it [...] that separates human beings from the so-called lower animals? Well, as I see it, it's exactly one half-dozen significant things: Humor, Imagination, Eroticism--as opposed to the mindless, instinctive mating of glowworms or raccoons--Spirituality, Rebelliousness, and Aesthetics, an appreciation of beauty for its own sake. -- Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Christian Siefkes <[email protected]>wrote:
Hi Michel, all,
Michel Bauwens wrote:
can we work with anti-abortion distributists on distributing property, I think so,
Would you work with the Ku Klux Klan if it could help foster your goals? Where do you draw the line?
good question, I would draw the line with explicitely 'anti-p2p' forces such as racism, genderism, etc .. a question for you: if you are working on a piece of free software, and you discover your co-developer is KKK, would you stop working with her? these are by no means easy questions, FLOSS is full of libertarians, whose values I object to ...
can we work with pro-gun rednecks on a social safety net, I think so,
Isn't dismantling the remainders of the social safety net one of the main goals of the Tea Party?
yes, and that should be fought tooth and nail; I personally would not ally myself with any 'groups' that advocate this, but what about individuals, who have a partial Tea party identity, say Devin and Natalie on our list, and are 100% pro-freesoftware and pro-ows? what do you think of nader's alliance with ron paul, around the 3 priorities of ending the war, ending the war on drugs and 3 ??
Best regards Christian
-- |------- Dr. Christian Siefkes ------- [email protected] ------- | Homepage: http://www.siefkes.net/ | Blog: http://www.keimform.de/ | Peer Production Everywhere: http://peerconomy.org/wiki/ |---------------------------------- OpenPGP Key ID: 0x346452D8 -- What is it [...] that separates human beings from the so-called lower animals? Well, as I see it, it's exactly one half-dozen significant things: Humor, Imagination, Eroticism--as opposed to the mindless, instinctive mating of glowworms or raccoons--Spirituality, Rebelliousness, and Aesthetics, an appreciation of beauty for its own sake. -- Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
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