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Two Cheers For Anarchism was a book that challenged my priors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Cheers_for_Anarchism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Cheers_
by recursivedoubts 2y ago
Two Cheers For Anarchism was a book that challenged my priors:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Cheers_for_Anarchism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Cheers_for_Anarchism
I'm not an anarchist, but it's a wonderful read and includes a quote that has shaped my life ever since:
> “One need not have an actual conspiracy to achieve the practical effects of a conspiracy. More regimes have been brought, piecemeal, to their knees by what was once called ‘Irish Democracy,’ the silent, dogged resistance, withdrawal and truculence of millions of ordinary people, than by revolutionary vanguards or rioting mobs.”
- wayathr0w 2y agoScott wasn't an anarchist either - hence "Two Cheers" instead of three. He worked for the CIA in the 1960s, self-identified as a "crude Marxist" at best, didn't believe it was possible or necessary to eliminate the state - which he described as a rare but potential force for good - and was a frequent donor to the Democrats. http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/536292 http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/536292
- recursivedoubts 2y agointeresting perspective, thank you!
- vundercind 2y agoA play on EM Forster’s Two Cheers for Democracy I suppose. (Only Love the Beloved Republic—in Forster’s words—deserves three cheers)