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Build a life without the state. (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 days ago by Val@lemm.ee to c/flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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More important than opposition to the current system is the prefiguration of an anarchic one. So much online discourse is about attacking, a lot less is about building. I drew this to remind myself and others that confronting the state is only a part of the puzzle and building new systems without it is also important.

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[–] Val@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but they are all very small scale made up of people who share the ideology, and WANT to be a part of that kind of society.

  1. The reason they are small scale is because they all existed during times of conflict. All of these societies had to fight against much larger states and the fact that they managed to survive as long as they did is a testament to the viability of anarchism.
  2. Federation of small groups of people who share an ideology and want to be part of a society is how societies should exist. All societies should be made up of people who want to be there.

You show those communities to certain types of people, and they see dollar signs and opportunities for exploitation.

Yeah and if they try and exploit them they'll be told to fuck off. Any anarchic group capable of holding their own against external forces, will also be capable of resisting exploitation from internal ones.

That’s what humans are. You need to accept this.

If by this you mean some humans are inherently greedy and selfish: No! Never! I would rather die than accept that every person cannot be kind.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah and if they try and exploit them they’ll be told to fuck off.

With what? A militia? And when those people have more resources than your anarchist collective, and there's no state apparatus to turn to, what happens then?

I look forward to our future Warring States period

No! Never! I would rather die than accept that every person cannot be kind.

There's the naivete... There is a difference between "a person can be kind," and "there are lot of awful, selfish, avaricious people". The latter group might be capable of showing kindness, but that doesn't really mean anything.

[–] Val@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck this. I'm out. Disengage(https://wiki.dbzer0.com/divisions-by-zero/the-disengage-rule). Hope someone else has the energy to explain this to you.