southerntofu wrote
Reply to comment by ziq in “Anarchists are opposed to authority both from below and from above. They do not demand power for the masses, but seek to destroy all power and to decompose these masses into individuals who are masters of their own lives.... by ziq
Precisely. Wishful thinking like "we are a self-organized collective" is not nearly enough to fight domination within a collective. Anarchism is a constant questioning of power structures even within anarchist circles.
shanc wrote
Wishful thinking like "we are a self-organized collective" is not nearly enough to fight domination within a collective
I'm reminded here that every 'collective' I've ever been involved with has without exception always been dominated by a handful of people. Once it was so obvious that the group used our 'right of recall' to expel one of the domineering people and... replace them with another domineering person.
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