2020 must be a dream year for Foucauldians. Biopolitics doesn't seem so abstract on Day 30 of lockdown, does it?! Having said that, and as much as I admire his later work, he can never tell a causal story of how we got here, and that's what I want from an explanation.

Me to

I would say there are both unnatural and natural versions of a disciplinary society, one which is and one which is not forced.

wonder which we are in...

interesting, examples?

Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939) is considered a good example of an Anarchist or non-authoritarian socialist community.

super interesting i never knew this

Agreed. I don't believe his intentions were malicious or anything but this just doesn't seem like the way forward

Also don't think a vendors union is needed.

However I do like Vikosh posts and updates about vendor sales and all that stuff.

Hope they still keep coming.

Me too, when I first started using LB I went straight to the vendor's lidt that he updates weekly. Made my life easier and from reading a lot of the posts Vikosh has made I honestly think he is a decent guy / gal but the Union just seems a little unecessary. Now, I could be completely wrong, I am not a vendor (just a regular customer) but the way Sidetracked layed it out it did seems a little......suspect? Like asking new vendors to come to him / her first, that just seemed weird to me but I haven't been here that long so I may be in over my head. I love this place and don't do social media so this is the equivelant of my Facebook (as sad as that sounds) lol. Any opportunity to keep this little gem running the way it is and I'm all for it, as most members are, or so I would think.

Agreed. Vikosh contributes a lot but I don’t think the vendors union is a good idea

I hope not mate. I would like to hear that from Vikosh himself.

I agree.. Can't let LB be subject to a communist takeover

or anything else for that matter...

I second this.

What a compelling read ;)

Isn't it though? It's like we are too many people now to not divide along some axis. But who would have thought it would be this mini East vs West shit?

How come it has not been terminated yet there are plenty votes against it.

I was wondering this too. Was about to ask lol. The fact it got voted to be terminated and is still up makes it seem fishy especially as it look's like that guy who was voted to be terminated after this was seems to have been cleared. Makes you wonder after all, eh?

I've always wondered how the termination works because of the potential problems of a sock puppet army.

Then there is the conflict with the prime directive of do no harm. What if the termination causes harm or if the terminated party is not causing harm?

That said I think this union is one of the most fundamentally idiotic ideas I have seem thrown up on these pages.

If sellers can't handle the general public and what that sometimes means they don't belong here or in any open forum. An authoritarian solution is disgusting on too many levels to count.

That makes sense, how about a couple more theories:

1 LB is a little bigger now, so this isnt a quorum.

2 the bot doesn't function anymore, its builders gone etc. I don't see a lot of bots like this mostly borgs.

I have never seen so many votes against something and still be here

using the curly braces in the page name to make it look like an lb group is not a great look either. my bet is lb validated out curly braces in the actual name which is why there are square braces used there.

Comments getting removed :) :) this place cracks me up

Which comments mate?

Can’t remember now it was on this thread topic , completely gone with another comment not from me ,very strange , biggy world I soppose

Is Vikosh79 terminator bot by any chance? because this looks dodgy now it has 51 votes against it how many more does it need lol

What it needs most is a rebuttal, if you look at Vikosh's post he seems quite capable of this, he is actually an exceptionally thoughtful bigga.

I don't have enough to vote on, in the meantime this is a much healthier drama than ronald season 19.

Send a message to the borgs and see if you can find out, it seems I'm not able to.

How do you vote for termination mate?

Just vote this post up if you are for it, vote it down if you are against

That simple ay! Lol. I’m with you on this man. I don’t trust his intentions

He just keeps voting my posts down instead of responding, says it all really mate.

Yeah it does. You’ve caught him out in my eyes. I had no idea he sold buddy vendor packs. Sneaky.
He should be open and clarifying peoples worries if it was so genuine. For me it’s a complete conflict of interests anyway. No one person should have the power he’s trying to achieve on here. He’s already kind of getting away with it. With his only contact me shit. It’s not on.

So far THIS has been his only response. Doesn't really say much sadly.