You always, at every single moment of your conscious existence, have the absolute right, if not duty, to tell a person to shut the fuck up and stop if they attempt to insert themselves into your mind or body.
(hivelink)- You can first say this gently, slowly building your firmness until whatever slug minded being you are speaking to remembers that they are not god and do not have the right to whatever they want from you ever. tid:1105 (1) (hivelink)
no youtubeSo any person speaking to you is by definition attempting to insert their narrative of truth into your mind stream.
(hivelink)no youtubeHuman beings whether alone or in groups are powerful manipulators of space and time. We only know space and time through our descriptions of it, through our stories, our narratives.
(hivelink)no youtubeIf you can quickly simply recognize what the person pressuring you to stay in the present moment wants, be it your body or your mind or something else, you can then decide whether or not to give it to them.
(hivelink)no youtubePredators, naturally and is to be fully expected, use this common tendency of people to fulfill selfish ends. You have something they want, so they dont want you to leave the present moment without giving it to them.
(hivelink)no youtubeI believe the root of much anger and hatred in the world is merely the lack of the feeling of freedom to end a moment when you want to end it. We feel we lack the right to immediate social suicide to no be a part of what is happening here right now. Pred
(hivelink)no youtubeThe solution to the egalitarian filibuster tactic is the magic of open space technology. No one is forced to stay in any one conversation, ever. You may leave any time you want. There will be a handful of alternative options available at any one moment
(hivelink)no youtubeThis leads to a fundamental weak spot in egalitarianism: The problem that lots of people want to talk a lot- while lots of people do not want to listen to everyone randomly speak. This is a challenge, but not unsolvable.
(hivelink)no youtubeThe greatest powers in the universe will always be those beings who facilitate the hive of all conscious beings while making a reasonable effort to treat all conscious beings as equal in value- in so far as the conversation participation rights go.
(hivelink)no youtubeA far better tool than violence is merely to use facilitation of perfect egalitarianism. If you trust giving all people a right to speak will lead to a good outcome, then egalitarianism is a rock solid tactic.
(hivelink)no youtubeMost violence is just not that great a tool for the fine craftsmanship our world needs to become what we want- although sometimes, like a dash of paprika, it is what a moment calls for.
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