db0I don't know the way, but this ain't it
mojofrododojoI think the people who post and believe this kind of meme gravely underestimate the harm it will do to the most vulnerable and the enormous, mindboggling amount of money and time it will take to rebuild civilization.
but, like climate change, we’re hostage to the people who are willing to go to the furthest extremes to advocate their position - jan 6th types, mostly. and like climate change, I don’t see much to be hopeful for, even though I’m trying real hard to retain a shred of optimism for my kid’s benefit alone.
Nobody is saying to destroy civilization.
ok so what’s the plan then? how do you destroy the system but keep the tools needed for civilization to continue? It’s an honest question because I see lots of doomer and boogaloo types but no one seems to offer up a plan.
Simplifying things, Anarchist praxis is to start building the new world in the shell of the old. We start building org structures we want to have, co-operatives, unions, moneyless exchange systems etc. These things naturally destabilize the existing system until it collapses under its own inherent contradictions, and then these orgs take over seamlessly.
More elaborate: www.anarchistfaq.org/afaq/sectionJ.html#secj2
Belastendand then these orgs take over seamlessly
And other lies you can tell yourself. Dont get me wrong, i am more aligned with anarchist thought than any other leftist denomination, but holy shit we cant be this naive.
No naivety involved. This has already happened and been shown to work.
You got some examples?
Spanish Revolution for one.
10 months. It lasted 10 months . Don’t get me wrong, it was a beautiful thing. But we need to look beyond siege socialism.
That’s irrelevant to our topic. It also lasted 3 years
I was referencing Revolutionary Catalonia not the wider Spanish Revolution. My mistake.
It is possible to co-opt existing structures, but how do we counter outside forces, like happened during the Spanish Revolution. I could be wrong, but Horizontalism will always be weakened against organized opposition.
That’s a completely different discussion. I personally don’t think it’s as easy to declare that such structures are weaker. The Spanish proved that by fighting for 3 years against overwhelming odds. I think the time that revolution happened was really unfortunate, but the same sort of revolution happening at the time where the surrounding nation states are weakened enough to not be able to intervene might have a vastly different result.
But at the end of the day, the destabilization works, so we keep doing it because those orgs are also the most ethical. What happens if and when capitalism collapses is a bridge that every such society crossed when it reached it, and nobody managed to pre-plan how it would go.
Fair point. Anark was on the Skeptical Leftist podcast recently talking of states and organizing, If you’re interested,
