ziq OP wrote (edited )
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You mean, laws, and people to enforce them? Dios mio, is this a bit disturbing or what?
Check out the sequel.
Federationism is in favor of using a system similar to that of the CNT-FAI during the Spanish Civil War. Prisoners should be placed in an open plan prison, and given free reign to do as they wish so long as they do not try to escape. Prisoners are to be given all rights befitting their status as people worthy of dignity. They are to be able to receive communication and visitors, and given a reasonable amount of privacy. The point is not punishment but temporary containment until such time as they no longer can pose a threat.
The focus of treatment of prisoners should be towards a program of deradicalization away from their reactionary ideas. Focusing on the resocialization of prisoners towards more supportive and accepting communities, as well as emotional outlets and therapy. Prisoners are to be understood to have been misguided by an exploitative and repressive state apparatus, and are in need of respect and assistance, not revenge or punishment.
Suspected war criminals are to be held in similar accommodations and given a fair trial of their actions as soon as possible. Prisoners found guilty of war crimes are to be held indefinitely until it can be said with certainty that they are no longer a threat to others. It is not the place of any justice society to sentence any person that does not pose an immediate threat to the safety of others to death.
Even has step by step instructions for how federationists should "have fun":
For meetings which are specifically about politics, then there should be sorts of enjoyable games which act to help remove the idea of needing hierarchy. Games should build trust between members, and have them learn more about each other on a personal level. Games should be varied to prevent members getting tired of them. Such games could include finding out basic ideas of what motivates and demotivates your members, which can in turn help members figure out what praxis they want to focus on; the use of puzzles that require cooperation to solve, which helps put members in cooperative mindset; a simple scavenger hunt, just for fun; and having a notebook in which members can share books, ideas, or drawings they want others to know about, which can build up a collection of community interactions. Further, as a more long term game, members can be split up into teams and be asked to create a cooperative economy between the teams, introducing resources and rules as things move along that teams are asked to cooperate on in order to make sure everyone is getting their needs met. Such games will help break down the monotony of traditional politics and demonstrate the benefits of cooperation, mutual aid, and strong community bonds.
Most prescriptivist thing I've read.
And according to someone on reddit, apparently there's a prequel called the "Federationist Constitution" which essentially just replaces some words from the US constitution like 'state' with 'anarchism', but I can't find it.
celebratedrecluse wrote
USA brain
OdiousOutlaw wrote
Prisoners should be placed in an open plan prison
lmao. "Should", maybe it's just me and my tendency agonize over every word choice that I make, but that word implies that they know that this won't be the case.
and given free reign to do as they wish so long as they do not try to escape.
"You can do whatever you want except the one thing that you'd want to do above all else."
Prisoners found guilty of war crimes are to be held indefinitely until it can be said with certainty that they are no longer a threat to others. It is not the place of any justice society to sentence any person that does not pose an immediate threat to the safety of others to death
But it somehow is the place of a justice society to hold them in a cage against their will for as long as that society sees fit. For life, if need be.
For meetings which are specifically about politics, then there should be sorts of enjoyable games which act to help remove the idea of needing hierarchy.
"Playin' kahoot with the comrades during the 5 PM meeting after my 4 hour workday." Doesn't sound terrible, but the way they wrote it makes it sound like those people who encourage having a pool table or something in the break room but get mad at you for using it during work hours.
tabby wrote
And according to someone on reddit, apparently there's a prequel called the "Federationist Constitution" which essentially just replaces some words from the US constitution like 'state' with 'anarchism', but I can't find it.
I think I remember that. Same person that was talking about colonizing space or a different person?
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