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Cake day: May 22nd, 2025
  • xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAnarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com•An Anarchist FAQ Reading Group - Sections B.2 - Week #6
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    3 months ago

    I thought B2 was a bit more boring to read tbh, not necessarily for the content but it felt more of a ‘repeat’ (to me personally at least) as the function and workings of the state in a capitalist (or any) system is something I’m so disillusioned about that i don’t really need to hear much about it, it’s kinda obvious once you start seeing and feeling it and I don’t feel the need to overanalyze about the cruelty, injustice abuse of power, …

    Still had a few quotes i’m gonna save in my quotation bank of course

  • xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAnarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com•An Anarchist FAQ Reading Group - Sections B.0-B.1 - Week #5
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    3 months ago

    Right, I think you are right in not trusting too much of Freud, psychology (and especially in it’s early days) ia built upon a whole lot of assumptions that somebody kinda pulled out of their ass imo. (They can still be true, but it’s often not really verifiable).

    The big contribution of Freud was to corelate conscious actions and thoughts with unconscious, which was a big thing probably.

    Personally point 1,2 and 5 seem true to me because it seems logical and is in line with my personal experiences. 3,4 can be true but it is also a "who the fuck knows ¯_(ツ)_/¯ "

    I get the point they’re trying to reinforce but i don’t know if using Freud as a strong example is a good idea, even if his work can help with the questioning of one’s ideas and actions.

    Anyway, I’m not well versed on psychology or Freud. So take it with a grain of salt.

  • xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAnarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com•An Anarchist FAQ Reading Group - Section A.3 - Week #3
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    3 months ago

    It’s a nice to have a condensed view of the different schools of thought, as I’m not familiar with all of them.

    I often think how eco-anarchism and anarcha-feminism can be used as successful "entry"points of anarchism, currently we.see.this world wide trend of men becoming more and more reactionary and sexist advocating for the return of 1920 style family values, anarcha-feminism can offer a meaningful way of advancing and protecting women’s rights all over the world, as it is becoming clear that no government in this world is willing to give up it’s patriarchal position.

    As for eco-anarchism, do I need to say anything? Shit’s bleak as fuck…

  • xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoFlippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com•It's not often that one scratches a lib quite so much to see them go full masks-off, but it does happen on occasion
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    3 months ago

    Revolutionary democracy is more than just fucking ballots and voting

    But that means you are threatening my comfort and privileges!!! Emancipation is only worth it if it benefits me personally without having to do any effort.

    On a more serious note, elections are all good and well but will not bring the possibilty of completely changing course, just look how any bourgeois democracy reacts the moment a candidate goes too far in “socialist” rhetoric, instantly the whole private and public sector will cooperate to stop this person, and we’re not even talking about full-blown communists, look at Corbyn, Melenchon,… becoming a full fascist state through the process of bourgeois elections is deemed acceptable and even necessary, anything else has to face the consequences, and they use violence as well, elections are fair and free until they become a menace to the ruling class.