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I sometimes think it's slightly funny that theres a lot of people who enjoy the aesthetics of anarchism but who also get squeamish about "crimes" that most ordi
by Fraterkes 2y ago
I sometimes think it's slightly funny that theres a lot of people who enjoy the aesthetics of anarchism but who also get squeamish about "crimes" that most ordinary people wouldn't worry about (eg picking up a few plant cuttings from the floor of a botanical garden)
- Fraterkes 2y ago(And I'm being a bit uncharitable here of course, I guess it's also a sign of a nuanced and considered morality, in a way)
- krisoft 2y agoI don't think people have a problem with someone picking up a plant cutting from the ground. Most likely their problem is with someone who cuts of a piece from a plant for themselves.
- MSFT_Edging 2y agoSelf policing is often better than letting the lawyer or the cop police for you. Anarchism isn't necessarily about doing crimes, but structures as a whole. An anarchist commune would self police, similar to this community self-policing what's fair game within their community. A different form of anarchism, Libertarianism, places a lot more value on "I do what I want" style freedom and is often against self policing, ie "not my land, not my business". That attitude carried over to diesel truck modding, and as a result the feds had to step in, and hold performance shops and owners accountable for modding trucks to dump particulate. Had the libertarian style truck owners self-policed, maybe they wouldn't have lost out on a large chunk of their performance after-market. note: this is not a comprehensive discussion of anarchism/libertarianism. Just explaining the op was misled on their assumptions.