In case anyone is interested, I made some videos to help explain both Kropotkin and Bookchin:

1. Our Riches – The Conquest of Bread: Chapter I [rap version]
2. Murray Bookchin’s philosophy summarized as a rap with citations

Tipping after paying is normal. Tipping in foreign currency is not. If it’s that large of a tip, and you explain the conversion rate, I imagine most people would be thrilled. But if an unknown or average amount in OMR is the only tip you give at a restaurant, their first reaction may be anger, as they will be expecting an approximately 20% tip in US dollars.

No, the capitalists can’t consume the surplus product. This has been considered and it has been proved not to work (eg by Luxemburg). The reason is, that capitalists are in competition with each other and are thus forced to invest in constant capital (machines etc) expanding circulation and making the problem worse. Capitalists who only consume the surplus are outcompeted and cease to be capitalists.

One of them just needs to find a product that is so good it makes their fellow capitalists forget about their desire for capital.

In all seriousness, I appreciate the thoughtful response. You might be on to something about the use of war to eliminate overproduction.

Easy solution: just make products for owners of other such companies

the only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians that think they’re gonna live.

Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of War

The term was original essentially a synonym for anarchist, being coined by Joseph Déjacque. Modern American libertarianism broke from its roots and promotes very un-anarchist perspectives. However, in my observation they do use anarchist framing and terminology. I view it as a right wing ideology for people who are attracted to the left. I believe, for this reason, libertarians are some of the easiest leftist converts.

I have a suspicion that heavy-lift derigibles are being undermined by the oil industry.

There’s an app called “Notebooks” available in Moss

It’s free, open-source and online, but must run as an app and is still in Beta.

I find that if I just eat less, I start to feel sickly and unhealthy. I learned recently that when you lose weight, like 25% of it ends up being from muscle loss. Started lifting weights and eating extra protein while I diet, and it feels great, much easier. I feel energetic and healthy and the lack of food doesn’t bother me so much.

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