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Suburban Living
Read the rest of this entry »If I could live in my ideal world I think it would be in a place where everyone has enough room to spread out and not bother each other. Close enough to have relationships with your neighbors and be a part of the village, but far enough that you can get the space you need when you need it.
Suburban living is unfortunately a grotesque caricature of that kind of … -
Housing is not and never will be a human right
Read the rest of this entry »Ask a group of anarchists about rights and you'll get responses that range from eye rolling to invitations to fight. Rights are hard because the American national mythology refers to rights as things that are equal and protected, but I find that something being a right seems to mean whatever people want it to mean on any given day. The definition is particularly malleable if a politician is using it. …
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Say No to getting a temple recommend?
Read the rest of this entry »I recently met with my Bishop to declare my tithing status. We talked about my lack of a temple recommend and he wanted to dig in and understand what is holding me back from getting one. During our visit I failed to find the words to express why I didn't want to work on getting one again right now.
I really didn't want to say that it's because I don't …
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Greetings
Read the rest of this entry »I look around at a world that is full of violence and pain. I think I can see some of the sources of the suffering, but I can only work out what appear to be single interactions in a system that is inscrutable as a whole. I'd like to share these thoughts with others, but I feel like I can only safely do so in secret.
There are a number …