Philosophy

“It’s The Code You Live By That Defines Who You Are.” — Johnny Silverhand (Cyberpunk 2077)

Starting Points

My politics come from a few basic assumptions:

  • I exist.
  • Other people exist in the same real sense that I do.
  • I have a right to exist.
  • Other people have the same right, free from my interference.

That is the baseline I try to reason from. It does not answer every political question by itself, but it gives me a place to start: people are real, their lives matter, and my freedom is not a license to erase someone else’s.

On Violence

I oppose violence as a tool for political or social change. It usually hardens people, creates retaliation, and gives power to whoever is most willing to escalate. I do not see it as a sustainable path to liberation.

Defense Of Property

That does not mean I reject self-defense. I think defense can extend to property in narrow cases, but the bar should be high.

For force to be justified, I think three things need to be true:

  1. The property claim is legally and socially recognizable.
  2. Reasonable nonviolent options have already failed or are not available.
  3. The aggressor has reason to understand that force may be used.

Property is not more important than human life in the abstract. That framing is too clean. A home, a vehicle, a small business, or a tool someone depends on can represent years of labor and the difference between stability and collapse.

That matters most for working-class people. For them, property is often not a luxury or a symbol of status. It is security. It is time. It is the material base that lets a person keep living with some control over their life.

So I do not treat destruction of property as harmless. I also do not treat force as casual. Both positions can be true at the same time.