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ESR: Opposes communism and all things left with McCarthy-esque fervor. Also ESR: Tries to reinvent Kropotkin's mutual aid from first principles.
by bitwize 3y ago
ESR: Opposes communism and all things left with McCarthy-esque fervor.
Also ESR: Tries to reinvent Kropotkin's mutual aid from first principles.
- robertlagrant 3y agoSomeone else taking your stuff and deciding what to do with it is different to you choosing to give some of your stuff away.
- FireInsight 3y agoClassic "communism is when you share your toothbrush" except it's "anarchism is when people steal from you".
- jancsika 3y agoOoh, I've got one: Classic anarchism is when I share knowledge about how to make your own toothbrush. Communism is when I get stabbed in the back because I didn't help them take over the toothbrush factory.
- TOGoS 3y agoAs a commie who feels bad about Kronstadt, I got a chuckle out of this. That kind of back-stabbing has happened too often.
- gremlinunderway 3y ago[flagged]
- robertlagrant 3y agoThis doesn't seem appropriate for HN. If you calmly explain what you mean, as I did, then that would be great.
- BryantD 3y agoIt’s funny but if esr actually read Kropotkin without bias I suspect he’d find a lot to agree with. I don’t know if he’d realize how much he’s been co-opted by what Kropotkin would call “the crushing powers of the centralized State.”
- dannyobrien 3y agoI mean, he does in fact identify as an anarchist, though from the individualist anarchist tradition: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/anarchist.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/anarchist.html
- bitwize 3y agoHe's a right-libertarian/ancap, which is not real anarchism. Real anarchism considers capitalism and private property as forms of control that must also be abolished.