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Well, Anarchism has been pretty successfully demonized, misinterpreted and put into the "evil" bin with every other -ism except for capitalism Plenty of people
by stcredzero 8y ago
Well, Anarchism has been pretty successfully demonized, misinterpreted and put into the "evil" bin with every other -ism except for capitalism
Plenty of people demonize capitalism.
Kind of hard to organize when you're whole philosophy is allergic to hierarchical structures.
So you're admitting that it's a losing proposition for getting anything done? The banner of anarchy seems to be good at organizing people into building weapons, collecting fireworks as munitions, and organizing tactics to be able to get away with assault and vandalism. You can see the violence online in videos, and I've personally been to places where those weapons are made and stored.
People seem to like to be ruled, so long as they have just enough freedom.
AFAICT, this is generally how people are put together.
- JetSpiegel 8y agoIf they are organized they are not Anarchists, right? That's the point.
- stcredzero 8y agoAlso, if they are violent identitarians, then they aren't for justice and equality. People fly false flags all the time. That doesn't make the toxic ones any less toxic or harmful.
- acomar 8y agoThat's nonsensical and ahistorical. Anarchism is the opposition to unjust hierarchy, those relationships that put some people over others and prioritizes their needs or whims. The liberal democratic state is one such hierarchical institution but far from the only one. Anarchists seek to replace the governance of people with the administration of things. How we ought to organize society for justice, for liberty, is the fundamental question anarchists seek to answer. That there are so many different tendencies (syndicalists, mutualists, Marxists, etc.) reveals that there are many answers.