Now I'm thinking about a mental or ideal relativity. That parts of the mind are shaped and determined by and dependent on the minds or mental systems they are a part of. #philosophy #metaphysics #ontology #holism #idealism #relativism #relativity

But yeah, I want to expand community to include the rest of nature or our ecosystems. We socially interact not just with humans but non-humans. We form a larger community with non-humans mattering as community members too and having rights. And we need to remember that we are part of the ecosystem and not separate from it and that to ensure our own survival we must ensure the survival of the ecosystems we're a part of. #communism #socialism #anarchism #universalism #absolutism #relativism #philosophy #metaphysics #ontology #anthropology #ethnocentrism #culturalrelativism #culture #multiculturalism #imperialism #antiimperialism #colonialism #anticolonialism #indigenous #animism #personhood #environmentalism #ecology

That being said I'm going to promote the idea that all humans (modern Western biological definition) are people. Possibly minus our enemies such as capitalists and fascists. The reason why is because I believe in and promote the sociability criterion of personhood. A person is someone sociable, whether human or non-human. A person is a member of the community who cares about and for other members. My thinking is if you want to be viewed and treated as a person act like a person. Capitalists and fascists sufficiently don't act like people so they aren't people. Also to be clear I'm not unmovable on this position and my mind can be changed. I'm just at this point now because of all the shit fascists and capitalists have done, continue to do, and want to do to us. #communism #socialism #anarchism #universalism #absolutism #relativism #philosophy #metaphysics #ontology #anthropology #ethnocentrism #culturalrelativism #culture #multiculturalism #imperialism #antiimperialism #colonialism #anticolonialism #indigenous

Also I said certain forms of cannibalism because for the sake of international solidarity we should oppose accepting certain forms of cannibalism on the global scale. Human predation is the form of cannibalism I'm thinking of. How can we be united if we're hunting each other for food? We can't. It undermines international solidarity and that's why I oppose it. However, mortuary cannibalism is okay on the global scale if the practice ever spread. That being said I'm inclined to accept human predation on the same scale where certain peoples still hunt what I consider to be other humans for food. Especially if they choose to not join the communal confederation and retain their lifestyle. It's because who is and isn't human is arbitrary. Think about the humans that hunted and ate neanderthals (and vice versa). Are the latter human? Where do you draw the line? Do you see how arbitrary it is now? #communism #socialism #anarchism #universalism #absolutism #relativism #philosophy #metaphysics #ontology #anthropology #ethnocentrism #culturalrelativism #culture #multiculturalism #imperialism #antiimperialism #colonialism #anticolonialism #indigenous

I'm going to start ramping up the defense of other cultures. Whether it's lack of recursion, lack of time, lack of numbers, different conceptions of time, different logics, different religions, eating dogs, whaling, animal sacrifice, certain forms of cannibalism such as mortuary cannibalism, and possibly female genital modification. I say possibly at the end because I still oppose aspects of cultures that are supremacist, hierarchical, and bigoted. So if female genital modification is about enforcing a gender binary and sexism then I oppose it. However, I also see the ethnocentrism in people against it. Where are the people opposing female genital modification when surgeons are "fixing" intersex people to be one sex or the other? It's the same general idea yet one is opposed while the other is supported. #communism #socialism #anarchism #universalism #absolutism #relativism #philosophy #metaphysics #ontology #anthropology #ethnocentrism #culturalrelativism #culture #multiculturalism #imperialism #antiimperialism #colonialism #anticolonialism #indigenous

But yeah, if it's not obvious by now I promote normative or prescriptive cultural relativism. That and we need to stop assimilation and cultural imperialism by any means necessary. #universalism #absolutism #relativism #philosophy #metaphysics #ontology #anthropology #ethnocentrism #culturalrelativism #culture #multiculturalism #imperialism #antiimperialism #colonialism #anticolonialism #indigenous #communism #socialism #anarchism

Universalism is partially the product of wanting your culture to be universal, of your ethnocentrism. #universalism #absolutism #relativism #philosophy #metaphysics #ontology #anthropology #ethnocentrism #culturalrelativism #culture #multiculturalism #imperialism #antiimperialism #colonialism #anticolonialism

Also forcing all other cultures to be like your culture via assimilation and cultural imperialism won't change the fact that your culture wasn't universal. You just made it universal through force due to your ethnocentrism. #universalism #absolutism #relativism #philosophy #metaphysics #ontology #anthropology #ethnocentrism #culturalrelativism #culture #multiculturalism #imperialism #antiimperialism #colonialism #anticolonialism