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  • i do not believe stirner opererated on that definition.

    here is maletesta's definition of the state, which i find far more useful for critiquing states.

    “Anarchists, including this writer, have used the word State, and still do, to mean the sum total of the political, legislative, judiciary, military and financial institutions through which the management of their own affairs, the control over their personal behavior, the responsibility for their personal safety, are taken away from the people and entrusted to others who, by usurpation or delegation, are vested with the powers to make the laws for everything and everybody, and to oblige the people to observe them, if need be, by the use of collective force.”

    i would go as far as to say that the entire anarchist critique of states builds on such a an understanding of states, and in turn becomes less coherent with a defintion like the one you are using.

  • this is vewy pretty

    did you make yourself? owo

  • you appear to maliciously misunderstand me, to avoid having your takes criticised. i find you unsufferable to interact with and really disingenius. i am going to block you but i still hope you will stop being this way for the sake of everyone else.

  • since you are not explaining what you are trying to say with this, i have to assume.

    i assume you are trying to imply that since all societies impose rules on individuals, states are no worse than any other way to organize a society, and criticising them (pointing out how they arbitrarily legitimize their own violence and criminalize that of individuals) is hypocrytical or pointless.

    if this is what you are trying to say, then i have to disagree. not all power structures are equal. states are a hierarchical way to organize societies, disempowering the many, to empower the few. rules are not imposed on people, by themsleves, but by a higher authority. they are authoritarian and oppressive. state violence is illegitimate and defence against it is likely legitimate. this is something states try to obscure and it is something people need to realise, so they will consider overthrowing the states ruling over them.

    if you did not mean to imply this. i am sorry for misunderstanding you. tbf i did try to get you to explain yourself. i would still like to read what you meant.

  • i do not want you to rewrite it in shorter form, i want you to explain with more words what you are trying to get at.

  • none. i am trying to understand why you said what you said. how is "all societies impose laws upon individuals" related to "states legitimize their own violence and criminalize the violence of individuals"?

  • your comment does not seem directly related to the content of the post. i assume you are therefore implying something with your statement. otherwise, what led you to comment it?

  • what are you trying to say?

  • why are you so mad?

  • i only got a few comments deep into in that reddit thread u linked, but i wanna respond already anyway, because it's past midnight and i'm too eepy to look deeper.

    the people in the thread seem to be talking about a kind of selfish egoism, which advocates for the abuse of other peoples altruism, attempting to domniate and abuse, without giving.

    i don't think this is the only egoism there is. i don't follow anarchist egoism myself, and i did not look super much into it yet, but according to the surface level information i have about it, it proposes that it is in peoples best self interest to cooperate, and practice solidarity, and to fight hierarchies and domination because it is the best way to ensure our maximal and sustainable freedom, as well as allow us to sleep at night.

    i think it can be argued that this is still not entirely internally consistent, but i think it is definitely a moral framework i can't say much against.

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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    thanky your clippy is also a very cute revolutionary icon :33

  • i think the issue then is, that social democracy is a bad system for keeping power from concentrating, because both parlamentary democracy and capitalism disempower the masse and empower small groups. we would need a differen system, where both economic power and political power are spread out horizontally.

  • fuck peta, milk everyone who consents

  • hah, i can't handle either >:3

  • i think i know wher op lives and living in the same country, i see the wellfare state degrading more and more. those reliant on wellfare are being scape goated for everything and social programs are being cut.

    even to those who work payed jobs, rising rents and minimum vage increases that don't cover inflation make survival increasingly hard.

    i don't think social democracy is ideal, even when it delivers on its promises, but it does not even seem to uphold them :<

  • i don't think it's wrong or evil to steal from supermarkets. its merely illegal and will make some people mad.

    i think we need to make an effort to build the society which rewards being being good and disincentivises/prevents being bad, but my ideas of good and bad are different from those of liberal society

  • thats the most adorable little word owo

  • happy jollydays is not an alliteration

    but its jolly :3

  • my dad (who is a believing christian and teaches christianity at a high school) today asked me and my siblings why it's called chrismas, to then laughingly tell us, it's because you get stuff on christmas (it's a pun that does not work in english)

    i like my dad :3

  • i gotta check out the culture. my heart craves sci-fi/fantasy fiction that explores authentic anarchism <3

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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    chief ruler

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    pride rule

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    be your rule

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    no rules

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  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    i made a queer xmpp space rule :33

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    rule month

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    trans day of ruleability :3

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    went to my first protest today :33

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    q:3

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    rulemotely funny

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    rule