All in all, Marxist claims that anarchists view the state as the ‘chief evil’ or see the destruction of the state as the ‘main idea’ of anarchism are simply talking nonsense. In fact, rather than anarchists having a narrow view of social liberation, it is, in fact, Marxists who do so. [...]
Submitted by goban
Unlearning punitive and carceral thinking is essential for building strong communities.
A culture of disposability promotes fear and shame.
We can move through conflict and address harm without relying on punishment or ostracization.
Fuck The Police means that we don't act like cops to each other.
Strong communities make the conditions for true accountability.
Strong communities that won't abandon us in conflict or dispose of us if we've caused harm promote secure attachment.
If we agree that *life* is ungovernable and that only *lives* can be made to be governed, then the question of interest is not "How can a life escape being governed?" but rather "How can we magnify and intensify the ungovernability that is common to all life?"
"Fascism" is what white people call capitalism when they start getting treated like the colonized.