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My anarchist sympathies want this to be true but this is a demonstrably false fairy tale. Just look at how we treat the planet and other living things in the presence of lawful order. Why would you assume that we would act righteously in the absence of law? It is painfully obvious that we would act much worse under anarchy.
Yes, apparently he died last week. The person said to be behind the phrase we are the 99% at the Occupy Wall Street movement. He was an interesting character. My question would be: do anarchists really work as professors at the London School of Economics? And Yale? Aren't you a 'system man' at that point?
I believe thinking and writing and getting these ideas into the mainstream can be a form of praxis. As Zizek says, sometimes the most revolutionary thing to do is nothing at all.
It's great to have people with diverse opinions - we are richer for that. ... but some people like Graeber, make the transition from spreading a mesage form of activism to violent and destructive activism. Not only does that alienate people, it's also findamentally wrong in a democracy. If you cannot convince people to vote differently with your words, then using violence and intimidation makes you a cancerous part o…
> violent and destructive activism
When? Where? What? This is something I never heard of.
It's great to have people with diverse opinions - we are richer for that. ... but some people like Graeber, make the transition from spreading a mesage form of activism to violent and destructive activism. Not only does that alienate people, it's also findamentally wrong in a democracy. If you cannot convince people to vote differently with your words, then using violence and intimidation makes you a cancerous part o…
Yes, apparently he died last week. The person said to be behind the phrase we are the 99% at the Occupy Wall Street movement. He was an interesting character. My question would be: do anarchists really work as professors at the London School of Economics? And Yale? Aren't you a 'system man' at that point?
You can be a capitalist and still say true statements about anarchism, both supportive and unsupportive. Or vice versa.
Yes, apparently he died last week. The person said to be behind the phrase we are the 99% at the Occupy Wall Street movement. He was an interesting character. My question would be: do anarchists really work as professors at the London School of Economics? And Yale? Aren't you a 'system man' at that point?
“Libertarians seek to maximize political freedom and autonomy, emphasizing individualism, freedom of choice and voluntary association.”
“Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to.” My anarchist sympathies want this to be true but this is a demonstrably false fairy tale. Just look at how we treat the planet and other living things in the presence of lawful order. Why would you assume that we would act righteously in the absence of law? It is painfully obvious th…
“Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to.” My anarchist sympathies want this to be true but this is a demonstrably false fairy tale. Just look at how we treat the planet and other living things in the presence of lawful order. Why would you assume that we would act righteously in the absence of law? It is painfully obvious th…