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[–] battle009@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This. Anarchism is not the way, democratic control is.

Structurelessness only leads to tyranny of another kind. Read Jo Freeman's thoughts on this concept:

https://jacobin.com/2019/09/tyranny-structurelessness-jo-freeman-consciousness-raising-women-liberation-feminism

[–] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

You can debate anything if you're stupid enough.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anarchism means people can protect themselves and their community without a state interfering. This means if you don't protect yourself you pay consequences. Those that would become tyrannical don't appear fully formed.

A functional anarchist society needs cultural mechanisms, i.e. tolerance of self defense at all levels, these should be able to prevent psychopaths from growing old. But I'm limited in what I can write here.

[–] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed. Essentially the big reason many people support the idea of a government is simply because it is an effective deferral of responsibility for certain issues. The most effective example is unironically the existence of the government "benefit".