Hi all!

I've recently been going back and forth on something and as such I was curious to see the majority opinion. In my specific ideal version of libertarian socialism, power is directly in the hands of the people. Only delegation exists rather than representation in the modern sense (essentially the people can immediately expel anyone via vote who would have any semblance of power over another group - including peace officers, state educators, militia officers, etc.).

I think we can all agree here that wage labor is fundamentally fucked up, that is, paying a worker only a fraction of the fruits of their labor. Until recently, it was always my opinion that the practice of wage labor should be made illegal by the minimalist democratic state, with the penalty being anything from a fine (said funds would then go to the workers) to directly giving the workers involved the means of production they used to generate profit for an individual or group without being given an economic say.

Would you agree with this? If not what would your other solutions be?

Also, what are your opinions on mandatory education? For a while I thought the same, that education should be mandatory in some sense, but now I'm trying to consider more voluntary solutions, like perhaps paying children to finish education (among massive overhauls of the current system).

I find most of my other opinions are very libertarian, such as pro gun, pro free speech, pro privacy, direct democracy in all forms, etc. But I was kinda curious as to your thoughts on these.

Thanks for your time.

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I'm american.

Right now, if you are an american, you've probably noticed our country is kinda fucked.
On the international level it honestly looks like we're headed to Cold War 2.0, except with the PRC this time instead of the USSR. That's not to over-emphasize the unity amongst the anti-western bloc (the PRC, NoKo, Iran, Russia, etc all have various internal squabbles and don't get a long (putin doesn't like being second fiddle to xi, and there's a reason xi isn't giving him weapons for ukraine)).

Anyways, to try and get a handle on things, I've been doing a lot (probably too much) reading on the first Cold War, the one between us and the ussr.

In particular, i've been reading up a lot on what the american government got up to at home and abroad. And uhhhh, it's not great (to say the least).

I had long been aware of vague details/outlines but when you get into the nitty gritty, i mean jfc. You should read some of the shit Nixon and Kissinger said about the Bangladesh genocide.

Or you can look into COINTELPRO and the panthers and anti-ware movement via operation chaos.

That's not even to get into the real wacky shit these agencies got up to (just google Sidney Gottleib).

On top of all that, I've also been reading up on the history of the rise of the modern right (starting with the reactionary anti-new deal right wing billionaires, through goldwater, to nixon & kissinger, reagan (which again jfc), and bush 1 & 2). And like..... you would be genuinely shocked at how just like, a handful of rich assholes shaped modern politics.

Anyways, the problem I've noticed is I'm worried I'm becomingly more conspiratorial by and large rather than like... rational. But at the same time, if you actually read the shit we got up to, it's kinda hard not to be conspiratorial?

I probably need to take a break from that stuff cause reading this stuff ain't doing wonders for my mental health lol.

But I thought it was worth asking: How do you avoid falling for conspiracy theories when reading up on the actual conspiracy shit the US got up to during the cold war? My general take is that conspiracy theories assume far more competence than the US government actually had (like, if you actually read the MK Ultra shit, there's like.... barely any science at all. It's mainly fucking around, chemically torturing people, various major felonies, a straight up murder, one manslaughter (or murder, not sure which to call it, cause it wasn't intentional but it was a result about lying about medicine and a resultant OD on mescaline), hiring nazis to run black sites, and running a drug brothel. At no point do you think "wow these guys know what they're doing"). Conspiracy theories assume competence or success where there often isn't any. Like the sheer level of incompetence that we see in the government is 100% replicated and worse in the sorta shady shit they get up to (another example: 2020's Operation Gideon, lmao what a ride that was).

Are there any other rules of thumb to keep in mind? Tips to avoid falling for conspiracy shit?