Name: John Kenealy
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Political Ideology: Anarcho-Communist
I was raised in a hardcore Republican household; I started thinking for myself about age 10, and several years later noticed my views had shifted from those traditional to my family. Uncertain of how to define myself, I took to reading all of the philosophical and political Greats; I started with Marx, then did Machiavello, Kant, etc.
Upon reflection during this period, which did occur about age 14, I concluded that the best way to summarize my beliefs was to say that I was an atheist, and a Marxist, too.
Over the next several years, I continued reading, although with occasional intermittance. My views continued to develop; last year, I picked up the Principia Discordia, which within a day settled my moral state; I am a Discordian, partly for the inanity of the idea to behold, but more seriously because I cannot bring myself to force myself to believe anything; the Discordian foundation in question of belief I found refreshing and very suiting of myself. I embrace the religion that dares question everything, including its own validity.
I describe myself now as an anarcho-communist; indeed, for a long while I held anarchy in near total contempt; it seemed the plaything of the bored, teenage bourgeoisie. However, upon further investigation into the concept, I realized more and more that the principles of anarchy increasingly appealed to my sensibilities. Upon meeting one Jeremy Hammond, who runs the website
HackThisSite, at a 2600 meeting age age 16, I grew enamored with the vitality of his presentation of anarchy; this swayed me to further consider and read into anarchy. The final bridge towards anarchy for me was Alexander Berkman's
Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism. He summarized exactly the sum of my opinions, allowing me to finally accept the label of an anarcho-communist.
I currently attend a state-funded math and science academy in Aurora, Illinois, creatively named the Illinois Math and Science Academy. This is a residential school with courses of higher standard than available in most typical high schools; unsurprisingly, there is also a strong emphasis on math and science. However, my strong points in education lie in computing and social science.
I intend to attend the University of Illinois at Chambana after completing my high school education next year. ******** college. I'm moving in with my mate after school's out. I'm going to work s**t jobs for ages and study part time at small liberal arts colleges taking courses about which I wish to learn, rather than to earn a meaningless degree. Don't be a whore for knowledge; information is naturally entropic. Educate everyone around you constantly; don't wait for some figure of authority to stuff your head with lies. Above all and in every situation, think for your ******** self.
Yeah, sorry for the novel. Stimulants do that to me.
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