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Deserved Obscurity, Landlords & Fuck You!

6/9/2012

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Here we go. Another rollercoaster ride into the obscurity of blogdom.

What's on your mind today Rice?

I was involved in a rescue attempt earlier, a dog had jumped in the river and I woke up people who could do something about it. I was chuffed. Crucial role. But no glory.

So politics eh?

That's what I'm meant to be writing about. Well it's all a bit shit right now isn't it. People are uncertain that they can even stay in their own homes. That's a bit shit, right? Are you with me on this one. Then I noticed that in this timestream, that is considered normal. Unless you pay someone enough money to buy the entire house. How is that meant to be a good idea.

Let's clarify here. (Not in a ghee way).

Landlordism is a shit idea. Not only is it shit, but it is poorly executed. (And I know some of my more angry comrades would say: 'LYNCH THE LANDLORD' but if you did another asshole would come and fill the gap. The problem is landlordism, not individual landlords. Though some individual landlords can be particularly mean to their 'FUTURE EXECUTIONERS')

So who came up with it? Well they're probably dead by now. But still it is seen as a good idea. Why not just abolish it altogether. OK. Let's do that.

It's a basic freedom to be able to call a little patch of land or a van or a boat or bin or a tree 'home'. And to know that in that place, you can be left alone to get some solitude, raise your family, not raise a family but become an artist, whatever you like.

Landlordism is a way that rich, privileged people can charge people for the simple fact that these rich, privileged people have more money. (Money is bullshit too.)

Landlordism has victims. They're called tenants. Some people are such victims of landlordism that they believe it so much they don't even feel they can squat unused buildings.

In a few cases some people prefer to call the earth their bed and the skies their blanket. I am one of those. But I accept that other people suffer due to this stupid idea.

Enough for now, I need to piss. Any comments?




That's a relief.




Landlords... are taking a piss on every single tenant. Metaphorically. Some people pay to get pissed on, literally. I'd like to meet them because damn am I broke and I piss loads.

Landlords are not all bad, some are pretty good about the situation and feel gulity charging rent. But landlordism is a bad idea. Some landlords need to rely on landlordism to secure their own homes against an even worse idea... CAPITALISM. This is an idea I hope to piss on metaphorically in my next (ish) post.

Thanks for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Fuck you!





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Immortal Technique, We Salute You

6/8/2012

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Disclaimers are awesome. Here's one: Sorry guys, I'm a bit more surreal than some of you thought I was. Here's some thoughts on being patronised. Read the left hand column. Ignore the other one. Think for yourself. Learn from others. Yadda yadda blah blah blah. Here's a hero of mine:

George Orwell

Do you wanna see me angry?
Then patronise me.


What is being patronised?
See the other column. If you read in the way I do, you may well have already read it. I like definitions.


HEY ASSHOLE! Aren't you patronising ME right now?
No. It's very hard to patronise someone by accident. I know that I'm in no position to pretend I am superior to any other person. So any intent for patronization would be in vain. If you think I'm patronizing, you might be confused. You can always walk away right?


That's  A Bold Claim!TM
If you believe in freedom and equality, you know it's important to respect all the people on a fairly fundamental level. Sure if someone is coming at you with a machete, use Daoist Skills on them, disarm them. But if someone is doing harm, you have a license to kick their ass. That's A FACT*TM.


So why is being patronising as sinful as a skipful of Cardinals? A feeling of superiority is the justification for more crimes than Busta Rhymes. (Oh Noetry, Bad Poetry*) It's also a profoundly wrongheaded way to convince anyone of anything.


I'm going to go out on a limb here. Most people that read this are interested in changing the world, right? Well... Here's a BOLD CLAIMTM. Activists are some of the most messed up people I've ever known, and I'm considered to be pretty messed up by some people*. They lack core life skills. I'll leave it at that for now. I can say this without being patronizing anyone because I have lacked core skills. I never learnt how to wank until I was 22.

How is this relevant?

Ha ha. I've been patronized so many times in my life that I'm nearly used to it. If you look down on someone, they've (in my unhumble opinion) got the right to hit you back with an uppercut (metaphorical if you like). This is so relevant to anarchist philosophy that I'm surprised it is so widespread in our movement.*


What is this all about then?

It's a blog, it's meant to be shit.


This side is a bit like dictionary corner, for asides, footnote type bits and other things of interest. Feel free to ignore it, but it should help somehow or maybe I'm just doing it to piss you off with the tivy text.


patronising
present participle of pa·tron·ize (Verb)Verb:
  1. Treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.
  2. Frequent (a store, theater, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer. (Thanks Google)



THAT'S A BOLD CLAIM is hereby the exclusive property of Rice Serbic and all other fellow travellers. I'm the only person allowed to say that now. If it works for the corporations it can work for me right?

*THAT'S A FACT is mine. You can't have it. Sometimes it will be abbreviated to simply FACT. Still mine sucka! Ain't trademarking grand?

* I stole that, sorry.








* I actually think I've been getting considerably saner as time goes on. Why? Because I'm getting better at appearing sane to people that like to patronise me.







* It's a bit rich calling it a movement in this country, it appears to be more like a position, with mime artists as guardians of our liberties.


I love tangents. Apparently they mean something I didn't. I still love them in both senses.



* I actually think I've been getting considerably saner as time goes on. Why? Because I'm getting better at appearing sane to people that like to patronise me.

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