hex2d ago

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116395778447572916

While I agree with the overall anyways of the upcoming situation, I wouldn't rely on the ballot... Especially in the US.

There is a parallel between the #enshitificaton of software, hardware, and services and the austerity to fascism pipeline. The state is just an older type of walled garden. The solution isn't to improve the walled garden, but to leave it forever.

When we build systems, together, that cannot be shut down, that exist outside of these political systems, then we are opting out. Anarchism is the open source option of political ideologies.

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@Hex In keeping with your analogy, what if we just knocked down the walls (removed gov. control) and continued to expand our gardens as we see fit? There could then be an anarchy of place.

Also, is anarchy considered an "end state," or is it a necessary incubator for better systems?

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@JeanieBurrell There are actually models of exactly this, and that's part of the idea behind the whole "build the new world in the shell of the old."

It's completely unnecessary to "end the state" (as in, fight directly against it... though, that could be necessary in self-defense). Hypothetically, the state could end up withering rather than being actively destroyed.

This is exactly why I advocate for disaster preparedness as a core praxis.

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@Hex I have been out thinking in the garden. After reading @mlkurnaz 's post on climate instability, I have a new view of disaster preparedness. It can't be "fill up car, have 2 weeks of food and medicine, make sure your phone is charged, etc." That's for hurricanes. Climate instability will necessitate far broader planning as we negotiate fluctuations in land arability, water availability, and temperature. The Long Preparedness, if you will.
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@JeanieBurrell @mlkurnaz exactly. That level of preparedness is not something that is possible for hierarchal systems. So there's an overlap between the kind of preparedness we need, and the kind of world we want to build.
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@Hex @mlkurnaz Hmmm. @bethsawin just popped up in my feed with a very interesting, and topical question regarding multisystem disaster preparedness. Book's not out yet, but here's an older article of hers I found intriguing.

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-07-21/disaster-recovery-efforts-can-serve-more-than-one-goal/

Disaster Recovery Efforts Can Serve More than One Goal

There are as many ways to multisolve as there are places to try it. The point isn’t perfection. It’s to set out to recover quickly but mindfully, capturing as many co-benefits as possible along the way.

resilience