Byron Pendason / is on Nostr

A Fyrnsidere (practioner of Fyrnsidu / Anglo-Saxon Heathen) living in the Midwestern USA. I worship the gods of the Anglo-Saxons, my ancestors, and my local land wights. I oppose racism in all forms, including folkist Heathenry.

I am a tech enthusiast. I came to Mastadon because I missed what Twitter used to be, and am hoping to find some of that here.

My Website: https://MineWyrtruman.com
Introduction to Fyrnsidu: https://www.minewyrtruman.com/fyrnsidu_intro/
Fyrnsidu.faith: https://fyrnsidu.faith/

Last Notes

2024-06-19 20:21:24

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#Stonehenge is literally a site held sacred by many pagans, and this attack was done the day before thousands of pagans from across the world are supposed to gather to celebrate the summer solstice.
So yes, I'm a bit upset about an attack that is sacred to my religion just before a holiday that is sacred to my religion, in what under any other circumstances would be classified as a hate crime. All so that some infantile extremist radicals can get some free publicity for their cause. A cause, I will just point out, that under any other circumstances I'm fully behind.

2024-06-03 01:48:53

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An argument could also be made that the same could be true with Social Democracy (which promotes a heavily regulated capitalism that ensures a livable wage and the safety of workers, and requires unions). But in your Utopia, that debate would apparently be illegal.
So what happens to people like me in your Utopia? People who disagree with communism and socialism on a fundamental level. Do we get to vote? If so, what would stop us from voting for an independent candidate that promotes a heavily regulated capitalism? If not, how's that different from far right regimes that disenfranchise people who don't agree with the regime?

2024-06-03 01:37:14

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Communism also hurts people. Look at every Communist regime that's ever been implemented in the real world. Soviet Union, China, Cuba, North Korea, etc. So why are they allowed in your Utopia but people who promote a heavily regulated capitalism such as Social Democracy (such as in the Scandinavian countries) wouldn't be?
A lot more people were killed in the Soviet Union than in Norway, for example.

2024-06-03 01:22:00

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It's another example of how far left and far right movements resemble each other. Far right authoritarians want to prohibit dissenting parties, which communist countries have also done historically (Soviet Union, China, etc).

2024-06-03 01:06:57

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Reminds me of horseshoe theory.