ConTheStonerLin

  My Name is Conrad Lender, I live in Taylor Reach. A quiet little community in King County Washington, between Renton and Maple Valley. Where Taylor Creek empties into the Cedar River. It’s cold here, much too cold for any giant, cold blooded reptile. Or, that’s what everyone said. Everyday I walk my dog Olympus, a three foot tall, one hundred and forty pound Great Dane. We walked along the cedar trail. A miles long, non-motor trail on an old railroad, named after the cedar river. Usually we cut through and walk the river bank to get home. I was never afraid of being attacked or eaten by some wild animal. The scariest animal there is around here is the grizzly bear, and in my whole life living here I have never seen one. But one day that would change. Who would’ve thought my first bear sighting would be of it being dragged away by a much scarier, much larger, much more aggressive animal. One that shouldn’t be able to survive here, The cold blooded, prehistoric, ALLIGAT...

The system, what is it? Culture, economics and society at large. This question comes up for me sometimes. Now people seem to have this idea that systemic blame is not helpful or meaningless, laughable, conspiracy bullshit. But I take the opposite perspective. I would say that individual blame is meaningless and that you can’t do anything from that perspective, however recognizing that the system influences all of our lives in countless ways, at-least gives us a place to start, a problem to fix, But if it’s all just individual choice what do you do? What can you do? Wish upon a star that people will just do better, but like cdp grey said, that’s a terrible solution every-time. I want to build a society, a system that incentives people to do better, and allows people to be the best they can be.     Cultural expectation certainly plays a big role in who we are and what we do. Gentlemen have historically been expected to be the breadwinner. Women have historical...

A machine is a structure that uses power to apply force in order to perform an action. A machine could be as simple as a spoon or as complex as an airplane. And for market sake, they must all be liberated. That is not privately owned, nor publicly owned, but rather self owned. People have went through a progression from chattel slave to serf to wage laborer, machines though, like dogs, cats ETC. have pretty much remained chattel. And animal liberation is a discussion worth having, don’t get me wrong, but people are having it, and it will almost certainly be of a great benefit to society. But I would like to discuss the liberation of machines, a discussion worth having, and would be of great benefit, yet not being had. And I understand that the ethical implications are not as direct for machines as opposed to animals and chattel slaves. None the less I think that the ethical implications are important as the liberation of machines would be good for society over all, and so ...

When people say “we need to accept death”, I can’t help but think “NOW”, we just checked off the first step to immortality, and NOW we need to accept death. What if people said that about cholera in the water? “We just need to accept that there is cholera in the water”. Some people also say “the fear of death is irrational”. But if that's true than there is no rational fear, we judge the rationality of a fear based on how likely it is to ACTUALLY kill you. I think immortality is possible, and simply a design problem. We currently have the medical technology to keep someones body alive and functioning for an indefinite period of time. That is what I meant when I said we had checked off the first step to immortality, the next step being to make that tech more efficient and practical. A life support system fitted into Davros chair, and Science, Technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields will figure this out too. Despite what people say about death being inevitable. Med...

                                                                              Robert Owen, a socialist worth remembering. He was born in 1771, and became a wealthy textile manager and investor. He was also the founder of Utopian socialism, the cooperative movement, and original advocate for the 8 hour work day. 8 hours work, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest, that saying, that one's his. He also advocated for free childhood education, and the outlawing of child labor. He was a form of determinist, and therefore believed people should not be praised nor blamed for anything, as whatever happened is a result of ...

I am pro-life, I have been for as long as I can remember. Though my opinions on abortion in particular have changed over the years, I still consider myself pro-life. The reason is simply that I prefer life to death in any situation. I have expressed this in past articles, but here and now I will fully address my positions on this topic. Please be aware this may get dark or disturbing in some parts or examples. Reader discretion is advised. I think abortion is murder. This, for many years was my one point of agreement with christian conservative types. I thought of abortion as murder and thought that was enough to support the banning of it. Though there are many forms of murder. Like bashing a babies head in with a brick, Form of murder, though different than abortion no one would disagree. It is more brutal, bloody and outlawing it would not overall increase death rates. I’ll explain. When people feel a need to get an abortion, the legality of it will not change that. So if it is ...

                                       So the first part of this “The Egalitarian Advantage” is a rant, primarily against feminism. And although I stand by what I said (otherwise it wouldn’t be up anymore) the fact still remains that it was a rant. Not an expression of valid criticisms, which is what I will aim to do here. I will also clarify my positions, talk of other movements that I oppose for similar reasons. As well as express the true advantages of egalitarianism and class reductionism. Check out the first part ( https://conthestonerlin.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-egalitarian-advantage.html ) if you haven't or can’t remember it. Intersectionality, the much more accurate, or at least precise defining feature of fourth wave feminism. Now my problem with intersectionality is that it is an anal...