Fair. But weighing malice against incompetence seems risky these days with malice ascendent.

I agree. But the line can be difficult to see. Pulling together should be on the lookout for excluding others.

I am terrified that all organizations like this are likely to be raided at some point. Then every known member will be rounded up for blacklisting, “reeducation”, or disappearing.

“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the (fill in the blank) party?”

This is being done today. In my area. But it produces the opposite results you may seek.

There is a community near me. Very insular. It hits the national news every so often, but is always top of mind in my region.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Square%2C_New_York

You may have heard of the issues with the East Ramapo school district. I’ll let others fill in those stories. Or you can search area news articles for the past 20 years.

My story goes like this: a community member stopped paying taxes. The property goes for auction. A neighbor buys for pennies because there is only one bidder. The bidder moves into the property and stops paying taxes on his first home. That goes to auction and the first party buys for pennies. And it goes around the entire community. Endlessly. Perfectly legal tax evasion.

One day, a developer scans the foreclosure pages and sees a property for sale. Except he doesn’t know the unwritten rules. So he purchases the place for a song. The community leaves some clear messages that he needs to walk away. He doesn’t get the hint.

One peaceful night, the 911 switchboard lights up. There are shootouts, break-ins, fires, domestic disturbances all over the area. But all are nowhere near the property.

With every first responder in the area tied up, the community got to work demolishing the home - by hand. They took that place apart with crowbars and handsaws in a few hours.

There were no witnesses.

And so the developer walked away. The situation continues to this day. Nearby folks trying to get a rational price to sell their home are assured by a visitor that there will be precisely ONE offer - that they should not refuse.

Lockstep communities are not always a good thing.

Not always the best, but often a lot of fun

Are you a professional writer? If not, you could be. This is thorough and clear. A best-of kind of post.

I’m here. Still digesting. I’m actually at work…

Please elaborate…

Sindarin

Is it good? I’ll change if it’s better than Jerboa.

Same except Jerboa

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammered_dulcimer

I’m going to hazard a guess that UU churches might have a significant number of anarchist sympathizers.

I don’t know. It seems like there are some things that need to be kept close. Trade and peace negotiating. Open prosecution and defense cases. Plans during international conflict.

I’ll work on that.

Good question. How would that work?

I agree with you. I was giving you a chance to clarify your point so that you don’t seem like a radical if you didn’t want to. Chill - this is just an Internet forum where we share and discuss ideas in order to widen our own thoughts to include those of others. Here on Lemmy we’re more alike than not. This isn’t reddit. Try not to assume the worst from people.

Top secret too? I’m sure you don’t mean that.

I have a strong use case. As a hearing aid and earpods. Regular in ear units never stay put and aren’t comfortable. Once I find a set that is affordable and can take my prescription, (and meet the need) I’m in.

My wife’s stepfather got something while working in Africa that destroyed his liver over the course of months. He finally had to get a transplant. Cause was never identified.

A friend sent some time in an induced coma while they tried to sort out her situation. Turned out to be Zika. She “recovered” but isn’t the same. Several strokes, etc.