hirao
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by OdiousOutlaw in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
That's isn't a justified authority.
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by Pop in Do the people on this site not support left-unity? That's the impression I'm getting, but why? by hirao
Do you know what a tankie is? Because it doesn't mean "communist"...
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted27849 in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
I couldn't agree more, anarchism is quite plainly the end goal of communism, once the bourgeois states are destroyed and replaced by democratic proletarian ones (maybe 3-4 generations after the initial revolution), then the state will wither away and bring about a stateless society. This is anarchism.
Unfortunately many strains of anarchism endorse petite bourgeois capitalism and are derived from reactionary liberal philosophy / individualism. There are of course good anarcho-communists who are Marxists, but a lot of the anarchists on this site seem to be of the lifestylist tendency where they don't actually want to fight for revolution but just enjoy the aesthetic of being a rebel (without a cause).
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by Pop in Do the people on this site not support left-unity? That's the impression I'm getting, but why? by hirao
When have I ever advocated to send tanks to Hungary?
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by OdiousOutlaw in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
You people really need to stop using the word "power" as a pejorative. What about the people's power? Power is only bad if it's utilised for badness.
If a person refuses to justify his authority then that proves his authority isn't justified and they are an oppressor.
hirao wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted20335 in Friday Free Talk: 27/08/2020 by mofongo
Cows are a man made livestock animal who have only been bred in order to feed us, so that's a little nonsensical thing to say...
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by mofongo in Do the people on this site not support left-unity? That's the impression I'm getting, but why? by hirao
Joseph Dietzgen came up with dialectical materialism after Marx died, but based on Marx's theories. Marxism is more than simply the writings of Marx...
Making Coca-cola a cooperative won't prevent it from manufacturing plastic.
Of course it would, we would democratically opt to switch to plant based polymers.
There's nothing natural and unavoidable on the shape of society humans arrange themselves into.
Then you believe capitalism will go on forever? That's ignorant of the way society works. Perhaps natural was the wrong word... It's scientific. Capitalism has to fall away to communism in the end because it cannibalises itself by its very nature. We have to embrace communism in order to survive.
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by Pop in Do the people on this site not support left-unity? That's the impression I'm getting, but why? by hirao
You shouldn't misgender people just because you disagree with them, and using "tank" as an insult to attack any communist is just juvenile.
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by OdiousOutlaw in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
"Anarchism is a tendency in human development that seeks to identify structures of hierarchy and domination, authority, and others that constrain human development - and then it seeks to subject them to a very reasonable challenge: Justify yourself. Demonstrate that you're legitimate - maybe in some special circumstances or conceivably in principal. And if you can't meet that challenge - which is the usual case - the structure should be dismantled. And as Nathan rightly adds, not just dismantled but reconstructed from below."
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by OdiousOutlaw in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB9rp_SAp2U
Listen to this please.
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by Raxalor in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
Then why not just say "violence"?
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted20335 in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
I see. I'd rather not have to listen to an audio book and honestly if it's out of print it probably isn't that good to begin with.
hirao wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted20335 in Friday Free Talk: 27/08/2020 by mofongo
If you just let them roam freely, they'll obstruct traffic and cause accidents. There's good reason cattle are kept in pens.
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by An_Old_Big_Tree in Do the people on this site not support left-unity? That's the impression I'm getting, but why? by hirao
Authoritarian values and perspectives.
Anyone who thinks Marxism promotes authoritarian values doesn't have a very good understanding of dialectics or historical materialism. The laws of the development of human society (historical materialism) show us without a doubt communism is an inevitability. The productive forces (technology regarding production and the skill of labor regarding production) will develop to the point of the necessity of the socialization of the means of production (as Stalin points out in "Dialectical and Historical Materialism"). There's nothing authoritarian about this natural progress of social development, not any more than a lion is authoritarian for eating a zebra. It's just natural.
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by Raxalor in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
Anti-power? But what about our own power? The power to create a better world?
hirao wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted20335 in Friday Free Talk: 27/08/2020 by mofongo
So you'll just let the cattle starve?
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted20335 in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
Should I read Vaush before Bookchin?
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by !deleted27849 in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
I'm likewise very interested in communalism and democratic confederalism and am planning to read Bookchin next.
they focus on immediate, pure 100% horizontalism
I completely agree about that. I'm all for left unity until the revolution is done with. If the USSR showed anything it's that communism can't succeed if capitalism is powerful, so we've gotta destroy it first and debate later. It's just that I think we will need revolutionary governments and we will need to direct the power of the state at the bourgeoisie if we want the revolution to succeed. And after we destroy capitalism, I would be worried that it would return quickly if we don't ensure it's demise and teach people how to exist without it. Only after several generations will communism truly be cemented and we'll be able to let our guard down and declare the 100% horizontalism or utopia.
hirao OP wrote (edited )
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I have a lot of respect for Noam since he was the first person who introduced me to anti-capitalist thought. After I read him, I read Kropotkin and then Marx/Engels, Parentis, Lenin, Bakunin and now I'm starting Proudhon but it isn't really gelling with me so far.
I haven't read Vaush yet, but I'll add it to my docker.
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by subrosa in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
See my reply to willow further up.
hirao wrote (edited )
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I think you have a poor understanding of Marx to be honest.
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by subrosa in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
Anarchism isn't against government, government is simply the way we govern our society. It needn't be synonymous with statism.
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by willow in What kind of anarchist are you and why? by hirao
I think the goals of all anarchists are very well defined:
Radical democracy (various forms)
Anti-capitalist
Anti-imperialist
Anti-fascist
No unjustified hierarchies
Decentralised communes
Mutual aid
Moneyless
No borders
Rehabilitative justice
hirao OP wrote
Reply to comment by willow in Do the people on this site not support left-unity? That's the impression I'm getting, but why? by hirao
You mean it's some kind of anti-communist entryism?
hirao wrote
Reply to Friday Free Talk: 27/08/2020 by mofongo
Fuck this reactionary site and all the disgusting imperialists it harbours.