@joenepraat @anarchismhub Thank you for encouraging me to read it. :-)
Symbolically, one needs to weave one's path through the ostensibly chaotic form, as much as through the seemingly dispiriting content. In both cases, when you get to the gist of it, it all makes quite a lot of sense.
The story part is dark, indeed, and reminds me Womack or Burgess. It is, however, the best (considered the size of the text) concise description of class/racial tensions, with a conclusion I would like to put on my wall (and I probably will).
Capitalism has carved out a place in Society for both the drug dealer and the law-abiding wage-slave. Both options involve assimilating into the mental
worship of capital. And, regardless of Race, both options involve power
dynamics that ultimately produce authoritarian relations.
As a prose, it offers many advantages: a hearty dose of personal experience, vivid style and succinctly expressed non-trivial reflection. Vaguely paraphrasing Emma Goldman, it is written by the person of deed, and it shows.
#Nihilsm is certainly present, as the reaction to unbearable and toxic environment, exactly as it was depicted in the retrospect story – some people became gang members, some – policepersons and some – anarcho-nihilsts. The latter certainly isn't the worst fate of all. As the author describes it
(also here), it has certain appeal, indeed.
Nihilism is not my way. At times, I am having doubts, whether I still qualify as an anarchist. But I believe we all (anarchists or not) do need the kind of nihilism Flower Bomb introduces us to. At least to know where the real radicalism lies.
I saved the pamphlet to my disk. One day, I will be happy to translate it to Polish.