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ziq wrote

yeah but I'm moving away from the 'struggle' language since it implies a deliberate suffering and piousness and depriving of happiness until some far-off material accomplishment has been achieved. I say '"unending strive for autonomy and self-determination" now instead of struggle.

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OdiousOutlaw OP wrote

I get that; which is why I avoided any direct comparison between this absurdist take on anarchism and Camus' take on Sisyphus. The latter pertains to making the best out of a joyless, endless struggle. "Doing an anarchy" is far from joyless; it isn't difficult to imagine someone feeling content, liberated, or happy when acting in defiance of something or someone that would exert power over them whether that defiance takes the form of shoplifting, forming an affinity group, or killing a sovereign. The unending presence of hierarchy gifts every anarchist an opportunity to enjoy the act of defying it.

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A_Boy_and_his_Bean wrote

I think Killing King Abacus had a good phrase, "Collective Self-Realization", realizing oneself and one's goals through their intersection, and free affinity, with others

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