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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoThey’re forced to utilize anarchist praxis because the government sure as shit isn’t doing anything to help them, federal or local.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoThat’s what’s so interesting. Most of these people are not ideologically anarchist, and probably would be opposed to it in a more general context. But they are using anarchist techniques because that is what is effective in the given moment.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoIt’s like socialism, people are opposed to what they’re told it is, not what it actually is.
They’re forced to utilize anarchist praxis because the government sure as shit isn’t doing anything to help them, federal or local.
That’s what’s so interesting. Most of these people are not ideologically anarchist, and probably would be opposed to it in a more general context. But they are using anarchist techniques because that is what is effective in the given moment.
It’s like socialism, people are opposed to what they’re told it is, not what it actually is.