FC Journal

I've been pretty public in my irritation with "FC". Jacobi's insistence on trying to box ideas into something that makes sense in his mind and for his purposes is absolutely riddled with misconceptions, misunderstandings, falsehoods, and missing information to the point where what is being iterated here is pretty much just wrong in many ways.
But ultimately the end goal of "FC" (so confusing/confused) is to create an "anti-tech Revolution" which I'm opposed to. So I'm not eager to help them develop ideas that will ultimately (yet doubtfully) be another movement to oppose.

I feel like everything I have to say to these groups is summed up here: The Message and the Messenger and backed up here: The Failure of Revolution.
It's important to recognize the link between Ted and these groups. I've been through the gauntlet with Ted. He's manipulative and intent on having someone else guide his revolution (ironic in the sense that when I stopped writing him in 2003/4 he was still adamantly denying that he was "FC"). The context for Ted is that he "dropped out" in Berkeley while Maoism was still in fashion. Kind of a devout sense of neoteny there. His ideas have essentially centered around applying Ellul to Maoist Revolutionary Principles.
Frankly I think RS/ITS carry that. Essentially I wouldn't stand in their way, but I absolutely don't think they'd ever escalate beyond very small scale groups into a full blown revolution despite their relentless justification for killing/wounding bystanders. The only thing that really makes RS/ITS a subject is their deed, far more than any level of their propaganda. That's why it's mentioned at all. UNCFC is just wanting to have the same impact, but wants to position itself as some part of this overall ideological trajectory, but it's all premature, underdeveloped and too eager to correct itself. But in the end, I think it's best that it burns out early on, because if it's casting itself in Ted's shadow with increased revolutionary ambition, then why should we give them footing.
If we're going to discuss this, it has to acknowledge that RS/ITS have embraced the traditional sense of revolution: we're going to war with the technological society. Considering the scale, that war means embracing what is a campaign of terror: targeting individuals. I'm not shedding a tear over many of their targets, but I think that completely misses the point. The underlying principle is the idea that you can make those holding their positions accountable enough that they'll step down or refuse to step up and maintain them. For that to be effective, the campaigns need to be far, far more precise and common, but even then I doubt their ability to really get a grasp on any actual power.
Had those groups focused more strategically and directed their attention towards the infrastructure itself and not just its laborers, then there's a much larger chance that they'd get some traction and frankly their ideology would be far less relevant.

And, as per usual, I'm commenting on this in terms of entertainment and am not advocating illegal activity. That would be uncivilized.

Good call, Art. My reply probably appears very disingenuous, so I should put a disclaimer in there. I know less about RS than ITS and even there it's limited. I'm aware of the language that they use, but to me every bit of it just reads like Ted. The accusations about Leftism, activists, even trying to call out JZ, it's all in there. So even if they're talking about being against Revolution and Leftism, there are still these kernels of inherent Maoism that are hold overs from Ted.
Admittedly, that might have changed and if there's a lot of writing that isn't in English, then I'm in no position to comment on where it's gone. Hopefully the outgrew Ted because that's a bind that really frames the motivation and perspective even when illicitly using opposing language.
I'm looking forward to that piece!

I dunno, maybe it's all the Hegel I freebased, but the idea that one can just wave the magic wand and *poof* I got a grand-spanking new ideology unrelated to anything before it seems kind of ridiculous. Everyone wants to be the special snowflake who breaks the mold, but really we are just rehashing themes that people before us have been rehashing since the beginning of civilization and will be doing so until it ends.

Maybe the poll needs to be changed to "WAS FC journal".