we dont need power to the people after some magical revolution somewhere in the future. we need to prefigure non-hierarchical structures in the here and now, and while even building the capacity for violent insurrection.
i dont trust a revolutionairy army, that is build on authoritairian principles, to give power away to a newly forming anarchist society, once in power. if all that people know is hierarchy, thats the structures they will tend to recreate.
looking at real revolutionairy movements, it appears to me that they either turn anarchist during the prolonged struggle or forever stay authoritairian despite their best efforts.
Hear you on this. Most people just want to be on the top of the hierarchy which is at least partly why none of the so called ācommunistā countries ever actually achieved it.
Most people canāt fathom a lack of hierarchy. Even in interpersonal relationships.
The parent above the child. The boss above the worker. The principal above the teacher. The husband above the wife. Etc etc. thatās why queer people are so attacked, besides the āweāre not normalā part, we upend hierarchical beliefs. Iām a lesbian, and when Iām dating someone, thereās always a hetero (who is queer friendly, just stupid!) asking whoās the āmanā in the relationship. None! Thatās the point!
We have to get over a lifetime of conditioning. Iāve always been anarchist since I was young - when I was 4, I became vegetarian. My reasoning, at four: why is a dog more valuable than a cow? If I wouldnāt eat my dog why would I eat a cow? And you know what, 32 years later I still abide by that logic.
we dont need power to the people after some magical revolution somewhere in the future. we need to prefigure non-hierarchical structures in the here and now, and while even building the capacity for violent insurrection.
i dont trust a revolutionairy army, that is build on authoritairian principles, to give power away to a newly forming anarchist society, once in power. if all that people know is hierarchy, thats the structures they will tend to recreate.
looking at real revolutionairy movements, it appears to me that they either turn anarchist during the prolonged struggle or forever stay authoritairian despite their best efforts.
Hear you on this. Most people just want to be on the top of the hierarchy which is at least partly why none of the so called ācommunistā countries ever actually achieved it.
Most people canāt fathom a lack of hierarchy. Even in interpersonal relationships.
The parent above the child. The boss above the worker. The principal above the teacher. The husband above the wife. Etc etc. thatās why queer people are so attacked, besides the āweāre not normalā part, we upend hierarchical beliefs. Iām a lesbian, and when Iām dating someone, thereās always a hetero (who is queer friendly, just stupid!) asking whoās the āmanā in the relationship. None! Thatās the point!
We have to get over a lifetime of conditioning. Iāve always been anarchist since I was young - when I was 4, I became vegetarian. My reasoning, at four: why is a dog more valuable than a cow? If I wouldnāt eat my dog why would I eat a cow? And you know what, 32 years later I still abide by that logic.