anarchism is a bit different than breaking things… however whenever there’s a riot, there’s a newscaster yelling “it’s ANARCHY in the streets! pure anarchy!”.
anarchism is a bit different than breaking things…
If you go back to the Spanish Civil War or the French Revolution, or you look to modern anarchist movements in capitalist states in the Americas and the Pacific Rim?
Anarchist resistance efforts are most successful at spontaneous work stoppages and radical efforts at sabotage. But they’re awful at coordinating across wide areas, resisting infiltration, or leveraging economies of scale to expand industrial operations.
Anarchists aren’t allows just breaking things. I regularly work with a mix of groups in my local Food Not Bombs chapter. But raising funds, organizing a reliable workforce, and expanding the enterprise is extraordinarily difficult when its just spontaneous organization.
But they’re awful at coordinating across wide areas, resisting infiltration, or leveraging economies of scale to expand industrial operations.
I would frame it differently. Anarchist organizing is harder than capitalist / centralized socialist organizing. Anarchist still do it because anarchists see it as worth while to try even if it means they might fail more often
I mean, I’d say the act of going out and wrangling people is (relatively) easier, because there’s a general lack of orthodoxy and a bigger focus on revolution as a vibe.
It’s keeping them all moving in the same direction, rather than polarizing, infighting, or defecting back to their original political philosophies that’s the challenge. Like, getting a bunch of liberals to join a march or protest championed by a few anarchists is borderline trivial. But keeping them around or dissuading them from rushing back to support the most milquetoast moderates is almost impossible.
anarchism is a bit different than breaking things… however whenever there’s a riot, there’s a newscaster yelling “it’s ANARCHY in the streets! pure anarchy!”.
If you go back to the Spanish Civil War or the French Revolution, or you look to modern anarchist movements in capitalist states in the Americas and the Pacific Rim?
Anarchist resistance efforts are most successful at spontaneous work stoppages and radical efforts at sabotage. But they’re awful at coordinating across wide areas, resisting infiltration, or leveraging economies of scale to expand industrial operations.
Anarchists aren’t allows just breaking things. I regularly work with a mix of groups in my local Food Not Bombs chapter. But raising funds, organizing a reliable workforce, and expanding the enterprise is extraordinarily difficult when its just spontaneous organization.
I would frame it differently. Anarchist organizing is harder than capitalist / centralized socialist organizing. Anarchist still do it because anarchists see it as worth while to try even if it means they might fail more often
I mean, I’d say the act of going out and wrangling people is (relatively) easier, because there’s a general lack of orthodoxy and a bigger focus on revolution as a vibe.
It’s keeping them all moving in the same direction, rather than polarizing, infighting, or defecting back to their original political philosophies that’s the challenge. Like, getting a bunch of liberals to join a march or protest championed by a few anarchists is borderline trivial. But keeping them around or dissuading them from rushing back to support the most milquetoast moderates is almost impossible.
yes i was agreeing with this… maybe you meant to reply to the person i was replying to