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this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
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People will have to be vigilant. But they have to be now as well - having a state does not provide safety against the rise of fascism or global corporations trashing our planet, as we can see.
That is of course something people must (re-)learn through practice. We can't just "abolish the state" and expect people to suddenly have all the skills needed for self-organizing.
The question here is just is a self organized posse better than the state police? I guess there's a reason that kind of went away in the west as it became less "wild". And we see what self protection or self enforcement leads to in many reports in the US. It's differently crappy / violent but not obviously better.