Industry and Commerce toppled to their knees
The gears of Progress halted, underclass set free
The SuperEgo shatters with our ideologies
The obscene injunction to enjoy life disappears, as in a dream

#PackardJennings #revolution #rewilding #anarchy #anarchism #degrowth #luddite #anticapitalism #postciv #bodyfreedom #naturism #totalliberation

The foundational myth of the state is its necessity. It posits itself as the sole entity capable of imposing order upon a chaotic humanity, the neutral arbiter of conflicts, and the guarantor of security. This is a lie. The state is not a neutral arbiter; it is the historical product of propertied classes consolidating their power, a mechanism born to protect accumulation and enforce hierarchy. Its very DNA is coded with domination. Therefore, it cannot be reformed to serve the poor, the marginalized, or the ecosystem. It must be abolished. This is the first, non-negotiable premise of a free society.

We now confront a second, undeniable premise. The planetary system is terminally ill. The project of industrial civilization, built upon the twin engines of state power and capital accumulation, has achieved its logical conclusion: the active destabilization of the biospheric conditions that support complex life. The science is settled. We are not awaiting collapse; we are living within its protracted, uneven, and irreversible unfolding. The choice is no longer between a sustainable future and an unsustainable one. The choice is now about how we conduct ourselves in the face of a terminal diagnosis.

This reality has given rise to a pervasive nihilism, a philosophy that rightly identifies the absurdity of our situation but draws a fatalistic conclusion. It suggests that because the large scale systems are doomed and no cosmic meaning awaits us, all action is futile. This perspective advocates for a posture of acceptance, a "planetary hospice" where the only virtue is to meet the end with clear eyed resignation, free from the "foolishness" of hope or struggle. While understandable, this position represents a profound philosophical and practical failure. It mistakes the absence of inherent meaning for a prohibition against creating meaning. It misidentifies the collapse of a civilization with the end of all value.

If the universe is indeed silent and offers us no script, then we are presented with the most radical freedom imaginable. We are unshackled from any predetermined purpose. In this void, we are compelled to become the authors of our own values. The question is not whether meaning exists, but what meaning we will choose to build from the raw materials of our existence and our relationships. To choose inaction and passive acceptance is itself a value choice, one that implicitly sides with the forces of entropy and domination. It is a choice to let the world end on the terms of its abusers.

Anarchism provides the antithesis to this nihilistic acquiescence. It is not a blueprint for a future utopia to be achieved after a revolution. It is a praxis of dignity for the present moment. It is the active, conscious creation of meaning through direct action, mutual aid, and solidarity. When we practice collective care, when we organize to meet our own needs and the needs of our communities outside the logic of state and capital, we are not merely preparing for a new world. We are building and inhabiting that new world in the shell of the old, right now, under the shadow of the end.

This is not foolish. It is a defiant, pragmatic realism. The scale of the crisis means that traditional political solutions, which operate through centralized power, are not only inadequate but are often active contributors to the problem. Our strength lies in decentralization, in resilience, in the ability to adapt and care for one another when the monolithic systems fail, as they inevitably will. Abolishing the state is not a distant goal; it is the process of rendering it obsolete by building the capacity for self organization and collective self defense. Dismantling hierarchy is the process of learning to relate to one another as equals in a shared struggle.

The meaning we create is not deferred to a future salvation. It is immanent in the act itself. The meaning is in the food shared, the knowledge liberated, the land defended, the community protected. It is in the solidarity that says, "You will not face this alone." This praxis is our dignity. It is the conscious decision to stare into the abyss and not be paralyzed, but to be galvanized into building pockets of freedom and compassion.

anarchism is the philosophical and practical commitment to creating meaning through the abolition of power and the cultivation of life. The collapse of the old world is not our end. It is the barren ground from which we choose to grow a final, defiant garden of mutual aid, its value derived not from its permanence, but from the sheer fact that we chose to plant it together.

#Anarchism #Collapse #PostCiv #ClimateCrisis #MutualAid #Solidarity #AntiState #EcoAnarchism #SocialEcology #PoliticalTheory #Philosophy #Nihilism #Existentialism #Dignity #DirectAction #CommunityResilience #BlackSky #Biodiversity #Degrowth

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#mastoart #fediart #blackandwhite #ink #character #overgrown #postciv #anarchism #overgrowncity #apocalypse #earthabides #ish #lebenohneende
#bookcover

Here's a de-growth conceptual architecture sketch I made. We're always talking about the day we get to tear up the automobile roads so why not skyscrapers too? Many are made of old poorly insulating glass and waste tons of energy on HVAC cooling during the summer. Not to mention the regular need to replace gaskets & caulking.

Why not take advantage of their access to sunlight and heat for vertical farms instead of making them dry saunas for office workers? The upper floors which get more sun could be deconstructed into an outdoor space. There is existing tech (called the sunbeamer if you're interested) that tracks the sun via rotating mirror "vents" and directs sunlight into mirror tubes to provide natural light for plants. This is necessary because deeper into the middle of the building's footprint, sunlight will not reach plants.

The first few floors could be used for living spaces as they will be much easier to maintenance and thermally sound. I worked on tall office buildings for a long time and their main feature is how easy they are to rennovate. Ceiling and floors are modular and the walls are easy to construct. Plumbing may be an issue though as often public restrooms are centralized around the stairs and elevator, the "core" if you will- this is done to minimize vertical penetrations through concrete or metal floor slabs. Also please forgive me for not drawing the stairs & elevator, it's just a concept sketch ;P.

I'm interested in how something like this will decay over time and whether or not its inhabitants would even be interested in maintaining the above structures. Would they be viewed as dangerous hubris (the process of construction at those heights and its wastefulness) of past generations and be slowly deconstructed? Would those farming spaces be valued enough to repair the structures? I don't know but I'm interested in seeing how the city will transform and likely deconstruct in a world without hierarchy over nature.

This idea is chronologically a late game stage for anarchy imo, the point where we're squatting entire skyscrapers, will be when we've "won". This also may not be as practical of an idea but we anarchists have always dabbled in a little utopian thinking. Hope this was interesting!

#anarchy #degrowth #urbandesign #architecture #ecology #squatting #anarchism #selectivedeconstruction #verticalfarm #veganism #postciv

It's funny to see a Sticker that was a meme at first  
But yeah, go on Godzilla   do your thing end civ.  

#sticker #godzilla #anarchiststickers #postciv #endciv #anarchism #readdesert #supergodzilla #supernintendo