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fuck the law (quokk.au)
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Lego meme: A character says "If you don't stop being an anarchist we will make it illegal," another replies, "Why on earth would that have any influence on my opinion," and the first character responds, "Fuck."
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[–] -1 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I always have to think about these little punks I saw mildly harassing a kid in McDonald's and saying "We're allowed to do that. We're anarchists!"

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Doesn’t sound like anarchists to me.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    That's the joke (even though it really happened).

    But it's also kind of the trouble. Whatever system or non-system you implement there will always be assholes looking to exploit it. How do you explain to these kids that an absence of rulers doesn't mean they can go around bullying everybody?

    There are two distinct thoughts about what anarchy is. One is the idea that without oppressors everybody will live a more fulfilled life and the other is that without control people will fuck everything up.

    I think anarchy is the natural state of the world and over time there will always emerge groups of people looking to control others. And the moment you try to take measures to prevent that you no longer have pure anarchy.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Anarchism is a broad term so I'm not going to generalize but many (if not most) anarchist schools of thought say we need a system that prevents rulers to emerge. It's not the absence of order but the absence of hierarchy.

    By bullying the kid, they created a hierarchy and in a truly anarchist society, people would have stood up for the oppressed.

    How do you explain to these kids that an absence of rulers doesn't mean they can go around bullying everybody?

    You should have said "read theory" and leave as any good leftist would have done.

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