Well any friend of RAW is a friend of mine

I’m full. Also, is your username a chapel perilous reference?

Again, no. Anarchist literature is an in-group. Do you consider the conservative definition of “homosexual” meaning “homosexual child groomer” to be correct as well?

Again, “involuntary hierarchy” is a fine and accurate term. Generalizing that term to just plain “hierarchy” is in-group jargon. The fact that many anarchists use it that way doesn’t make it any more correct than conservatives using “homosexual” to mean “homosexual child groomer”.

when a term that is being used in a narrow more academic context

That’s not really what I see happening though, these aren’t academic terms, academia uses the “colloquial” definitions. This is a niche in-group co-opting words, changing their definitions, and using them as jargon.

I like reality simulation, so the crunch is fun for me. I think it’s modular enough to focus on just the aspects of crunch that you like

Oh I know, I was just commenting on conceptual similarity, not mechanical. It does strike me how conceptually similar GURPS and Fate are, despite being mechanically at opposite ends of the crunch spectrum.

This really seems like it only makes sense in the context of contrived definitions of “authority” and “hierarchy”. Expert Authority (authority deriving from an individual’s expertise in a particular field) is a well-established and widely recognized concept.

“Hierarchy” does not inherently imply that the relationships are involuntary. If you want to call such structures “involuntary hierarchy”, knock yourself out, I’ll agree with everything you say against them. But voluntary hierarchies are still hierarchies by the actual definition of the word, and when the structure is based on expertise (judges, teachers, trades experts, administrative coordinators, etc) they are extremely effective.

Redefining words to exclusively refer to the most negative aspects of the common definition is bad rhetoric, intellectually disingenuous, and ineffective at spreading a message. Like I said, if you would like to be specific, and append an appropriate adjective to existing words to refer to a particular subset of a concept (involuntary hierarchy, arbitrary authority) you’ll have much more luck convincing those who know what the base words mean.

The aftermath of a legendary strip

Interesting, GURPS has a couple mechanics kinda like this. You build characters with point buy, and you can “buy” Disadvantages like Cowardice or Alcoholism which have a negative point cost, giving you extra points to spend on other attributes.

There’s also a way to spend points that you earn (you earn points by adventuring like exp) to change things in the world slightly, though I don’t really use it.

Also, there’s a fun attribute called Common Sense, where the GM warns you if you’re about to do something particularly stupid.

I don’t interact with many wild animals on the average day, but I do go to great lengths to catch and release bugs and such when killing them would be much easier.

Is this just a list of silver age sci fi premises?

I don’t think you have to ask for that one

Also Walz will be in his 70s in 2036, AOC will be pushing 50. I’d much rather Walz 2028-2036 and then run AOC 2036-2044.

Wherever it comes from, you need to secure it before striking

I mean you can ask for anything, the question is what can you actually get.

A general strike without an appropriately sized general fund is a recipe for a laughably short strike.

Right? This is a perfect application for tactical gear. Modular, expandable, easily accessible storage is ideal for baby gear. This just looks a little dumb because it doesn’t show any attachments.

Are you familiar with the typical timeframes involved in high profile federal cases? Going fast is how you get cases thrown out for minor oversights.

Were they? It seemed to me more like Trump doing the one thing he’s actually good at: dragging out trials.

That’s not an answer to my question, but in any case you do still need a trial and conviction. Did you forget about the multiple trials he was facing that were only dropped because he was inaugurated?