The Trials After Trump

We need to start thinking, now, about how we are going to penalize the people who made this disaster. There need to be trials, penalties, and some sort of legal order, and currently we have just nothing. I don't want to see these acts go unpunished. I also don't want to see an orgy of revanchism.

The Village Anarchism of Mastodon

Many of the anarchists of Mastodon act as if they don't believe real criminality exists. Most of them are probably sincere, but likely some are criminals themselves and are using anarchist ideology as protective coloration. Mastodon site rules typically say that users must obey the laws of the country where the instance is hosted, and perhaps other laws as well, but how is that to be enforced without a police presence? I don't believe most Mastodon mods are capable of dealing with serious crime.

I am remembering how CHAZ/CHOP in Seattle ended - four shootings, two deaths, and an untold number of rapes. Oh, you sweet anarchist children…

… and I sometimes have the feeling that a lot of these anarchist mods don't so much object to policing as want to be the cops themselves.