I know I've said I'll never comment on your reviews but I'm making an exception since I'm curious if you really think a global government would really be a good idea. I know your comment is for the most part a reply to mine since that's your shtick and you can't help yourself but the global government thing doesn't really work with your anarchist tendencies. That's if you really have any ideological logic and you're not just making it up as you go.

Look, I've only just read V for Vendetta, but I'll do my best to answer you. Anarchism is, at its core, about the rejection of involuntary and coercive hierarchy. This is why anarchists call for stateless societies, as the state is inevitably a coercive form of hierarchy. Now, in my opinion, globalization is inevitable. Our society is global now. There is a ton of neo-imperialism through capitalism that is associated with that globalization that I dislike, especially in the global south.

However, I think the best way to achieve any sort of revolution that's not just a reinvention of capitalism, and therefore authoritarianism, is through a global effort. Therefore, I think it's important that we do away with things such as nationalism, jingoism, patriotism, etc. I think the sooner that the workers of the world have less boundaries between them, the sooner we all recognize the true rot of modern society is the system we're in, and not one another.

First of all, I can't believe that V for Vendetta is how you bought the anarchism shit. I'm genuinely laughing. I would've thought you're going to say something about Makhnovia but V for Vendetta? Wow! Ok so ignoring all the populist marxist rambling you spout here, it's as I've intuited about you. You don't truly believe in anything you claim to believe, you just shill for the team you feel is playing for "your side".

You feel like globalists are the ones that are going to further your cause so you're playing that side in the hopes it will achieve your "revolution". Honestly I think anarchism as an ideology is truly batshit insane but if you would've stood for that, as you claim that's something you believe in, I would've at least respected that, the fact that you stood for something. Instead, you do an 180 and go for the total opposite, globalism.

But there is something you said here that I liked. I value nationalism and the idea of nation but at least you didn't go the progressive route "pAtRiOtIsM iS dIfFeReNt ThAn NaTiOnAlIsM". At least you were honest about this, you put them in the same basket as they really are, you didn't try to differentiate them in the sly way progressives usually do. That I can appreciate.

Globalization IS one of the reasons the pandemic is global. If borders were reinforced, this could have been isolated earlier and it wouldn't have escalated this way. But world leaders acted cowardly from fear of being called "racist" or "xenophobic" (remember the Italians' stupidity of hugging Chinese people on the streets in the beginning of the pandemic to show they're not racist lol),let the people roam free, spreading the virus and here we are. Globalization is the problem, not the solution

The V for Vendetta thing was a joke, Merlyn. I don't know how you arrive at your ideological positions, but for me, I look for the best arguments. And I genuinely believe what I say here, and I also believe what I advocate for would make things better for everyone, including myself. I actually reviewed V for Vendetta here, and I don't think I mentioned the broader politics of it at all when I did.

Anarchism advocates for a stateless society, on a global scale, with free travel. Globalization, as I said, is inevitable. I don't think there's any way back, and therefore, I want a society that isn't hung up on the petty shit, preferably sooner rather than later.

Patriotism is a form of nationalism. Patriotism is typified by one's love of country, while nationalism colloquially brings with it a sense of superiority, and a quest for power for one's state, and a need to enforce one's culture on others.

If we had a unified global response to the pandemic, it would've been ended. It's known that by the time stricter border policies were put in place, the virus was already global. The isolation of the virus and its eradication could've been very early if the world governments worked together, but instead nationalist policies made that impossible. The current vaccine supply issues are similarly caused by that same nationalistic bent.

Globalization is inevitable, and we should embrace it to better the lives of everyone, which I think is an agreeable stance.

No, no, it's the exact opposite. World leaders were afraid to be called racist and xenophobic and because of that they let the virus roam free. Idiotic stupid globalist ideas are what caused the pandemic to go global, not nationalism. Nationalist politics would have enforced borders and the pandemic would have stopped much sooner. Nice twisting there, though. And globalization isn't inevitable, that's just what people who embrace it are trying to brainwash others to believe.

Which tracks in your case. Still, to claim to be an anarchist and embrace one world government is horseshoe theory at its best. Which, again, tracks, since it's clear to me you don't actually believe in anything you claim to believe. Thanks for this exchange, it clarified a lot of stuff for me.

By the time any of that happened, the virus had already spread. Nationalist policies is what led to China's lack of cooperation with the international community in the early days of the pandemic. Nationalist policies is what led to petty sabre rattling with China while the US government did the bare minimum to protect its citizens. Nationalist policies is why right now, people in poorer countries can't get access to the vaccine, which leads to the virus mutating further, prolonging the pandemic.

Globalization is inevitable as trade is vital, and people are connected to one another. Things are never going back to isolationism. I'd rather it'd be embraced than have constant war over borders and resources. As the economy has globalized, the world has become more and more peaceful. This is a good thing, in my opinion. Nationalism leads to people being pitted against each other for no good reason, and that's bad.

As a sane person, I recognize that anarchy and any other revolutionary action is only viable under certain conditions, and a continued balkanization of the globe is not helpful. There are benefits to globalization, and I find it preferable to nationalist isolationism. That doesn't mean that in my perfect world, there would be a global state hierarchy. Things would still be global, however.

This is my last comment here, after this I'm done but I can't let you get away with lying, sorry. The first news about the pandemic came in November 2019 or something like that, right? It went global at the beginning of March 2020. That's kinda 4 months of refusing to take any measure, not even thinking about closing the borders because that would've make them racist against China.

And there was at least a month when we knew it was global yet several countries deliberately refused to shut down borders because "vIrUsEs KnOw No BoRdErS oR nAtIoNaLiTiEs". That was the ideological propaganda EU countries pulled forward when Trump decided to shut down the borders. Of course, two days later they realized that's actually the only sensible thing to do and did so themselves. But up until then ideological globalist leanings stopped them from doing so.

*it was getting global. Any shut down of borders earlier on would have saved lives and diminished the spreading of the virus. But they couldn't because of their globalist brainwashing. So yeah, I'm sure we don't need any more of that. And that's that from me.

If you really think that's why, then keep on fighting the culture war, bud.

Remember that Merly-boy has been bootlicking Israel and the Chinese government.

He has?