Just to be sure: you are saying that one invest his sovereignty by choosing to become a slave? That the state of slavery is a condicio sine qua non to the state of sovereignty ?

That'd depend on what you mean by slave. A sovereign is he who has the authority to make arbitrary decisions. Once you name someone to do this for you, do you meet that definition or don't you ?

What would you advise beside reading the logs and trilema?

No reading is wasted, really, but if you want results you probably want to start by reading stuff older than ww2. That aside, Shaw's apparently not the worst place to start.

But he didn’t obey nor did he stop criticizing any political regime once he was out of jail.

Not like he has to.

What was the lesson he taught himself then?

Well, this is a question for S. himself, not for me. Lack of fear may disappoint you however : it generally flows from a lack of anything worthwhile to speak of, not from some sort of super-character-strength.

[quote] It’s probably best to think of sovereignity as a rough equivalent of affection in a different sphere. One invests his sovereignity in the same manner one invests his love. Once you’ve given your heart, in what sense is it no longer yours ? Are you now heartless ? [/quote]

Just to be sure: you are saying that one invest his sovereignty by choosing to become a slave? That the state of slavery is a condicio sine qua non to the state of sovereignty ?

[quote] This really isn’t how it works. What makes you think slaves are dumb ? [/quote]

This is faulty thinking on my part. I've inherited and built a lot of these. I've been trying to rewire my brain correctly. What would you advise beside reading the logs and trilema? I saw you mention Aristotle Logic. Shall I go with it ? or would I be better off studying mathematical logic ?

[quote] This, of course, is a problem oft discussed around here. Such as http://trilema.com/2014/patriarchy-is-a-thing-because-nobody-likes-living-in-a-world-populated-by-little-girls/ [/quote]

Lets model this with Solzhenitsyn' life: his rape was to be sent to the gulag for several years; he was to be taught to obey and not criticize authority; eventually because of the suffering he -as you've put it- exited in his head. Solzhenitsyn started to do it properly when he started doing things. i.e: writing. But he didn't obey nor did he stop criticizing any political regime once he was out of jail.

What was the lesson he taught himself then? mastery in an art and lack of fear like Bobynin? This is what I aspire to. But I fail to see how you go from exiting in your head to being Bobynin. Or is it as simple as doing things ? In the case of Solzhenitsyn, it would be doing things from the experiences of the raping he received.