NonZeroSum wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:13 am
The height of skepticism to politics is grand with me,
With respect to deviation from mainstream theory.
There are plenty of well established principles in vegan politics and economics, like ending subsidies for animal agriculture, promoting vegan alternatives on the market, and making it more expensive for animal agriculture to do business (and hopefully less miserable lives for animals in the process). When we're talking about working within the existing system to change things, I think that's different. We can be prescriptive (rather than defeatist) about the steps people should take given the goal of working within the system.
NonZeroSum wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:13 amwould just be interested to follow the histories.
History isn't always the best example, although it can show us how things can go wrong, it doesn't always tell us the best way to proceed (or even a viable route, given differences). Application of history to modern day and animal rights struggles is pretty speculative. I think that's something we have to take a skeptical approach to. I think it's fair to analyze the similarities and differences, as long as we avoid being prescriptive.
NonZeroSum wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:13 am
It's the best way with wiki anyways to stick to recording theory, philosophy and events, so as not to tread on anyone's toes when editing each others pages.
But if it's useful this is also an activism guide in a way. We have to be prescriptive with some things, otherwise it'll just be confusing.
Hopefully not "rational wiki" territory of vitriol and bias, but we should be able to recommend courses of action we can all mostly agree on.
NonZeroSum wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:13 am
We can also be working on lists and ideas on the forum before going live with the wiki. I'd start working in word and private message the first drafts to peeps so as to make sure we have a good table of contents to present on day one.
Threads to discuss articles sounds good.