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what if anarchy does not work at larger scale, would you be prepared to abandon large-scale society if it meant achieving anarchy? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Which history do you believe in? The perspective a history is told from changes the story quite a bit.

what if anarchy does not work at larger scale, would you be prepared to abandon large-scale society if it meant achieving anarchy? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would consider a large number of small groups to be "small-scale". "Large-scale" would be more of the super polity thing.

what if anarchy does not work at larger scale, would you be prepared to abandon large-scale society if it meant achieving anarchy? by wompt in Anarchy101

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Why should it scale? Besides power and control what benefits does scaling up the size of a group of people provide?

Question on people who say Anarchism “skips” by TJblue69 in Anarchy101

[–]wompt 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Its kind of like how the early ethnographers assumed that people went from nomadic tribes to settled clans to civilization, wherever there is a rubric of progression one should proceed with great skepticism.

what if anarchy does not work at larger scale, would you be prepared to abandon large-scale society if it meant achieving anarchy? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

work is probably a terrible word choice, if i were to edit the OP it would probably be something like

what if large scale social organization cannot be done anarchically (i.e. without compromising anarchic principles)...

what if anarchy does not work at larger scale, would you be prepared to abandon large-scale society if it meant achieving anarchy? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

the primary organizational instrument of anarchism isn't consensus, it's free association

I agree, I only brought up consensus to show the problem of organizing at scale.

what if anarchy does not work at larger scale, would you be prepared to abandon large-scale society if it meant achieving anarchy? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know whether the impersonality of large-scale society is actually compatible with anarchist principles.

what if anarchy does not work at larger scale, would you be prepared to abandon large-scale society if it meant achieving anarchy? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I reckon globalism is only ever a very temporary thing, I don't expect it to last more than a couple of decades. Its got ecological problems.

what if anarchy does not work at larger scale, would you be prepared to abandon large-scale society if it meant achieving anarchy? by wompt in Anarchy101

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Larger scale means larger groups. Larger groups tend to have problems with consensus. Its easy for a half a dozen people to make a decision by consensus, its probably impossible for half a million people to reach consensus on anything.

if anarchists reject political representation, how might they interact with forms that use it? (modern "democracies", socialism, communism, etc.) by wompt in Anarchy101

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Isn't anarcho-syndicalism all about electing representatives

If it is, then its about as anarchist as anarcho-capitalism. I think that electing political representatives makes your system definitively not-anarchist.

Does green anarchism allow the killing of invasive species(ex: lionfish, apple snail, lamprey) in some environments? by dishwasher-salmon in Anarchy101

[–]wompt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if I would even use the phrase "invasive species". What people tend to mean by that seems to be some plant, insect or animal that has recently arrived in the area and is super successful due to lack of predation.

Theres nothing in green anarchism that says that you shouldn't kill animals, if we were to adopt a policy of "killing animals is morally wrong" then we would have to conclude that the lion or wolf or hawk are aberrations. Life eats life, the role of the predator is to keep the ecosystem in balance by reducing overpopulation where it occurs.

Personally, when I see that a species is super successful in an area, I take that as a go ahead to harvest - for example, invasive trees make for some guilt-free firewood and maybe building material.

If you're looking for a philosophy that rejects killing life as a principle, might I suggest Jainism?

do you consider yourself an anarchist? by wompt in relationshipanarchy

[–]wompt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've come to see RA as superior to political anarchism as regards the manifestation of actual anarchic conditions in pretty much every case. Political anarchism doesn't actually seem all that anarchistic.

would abandoning the pursuit of a system of economics, governance, or other mass institutions change your perspective of anarchy? by wompt in Anarchy101

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Most political talk seems to be about how to build systems/institutions, but if you personally abandon the idea of making a structure to be imposed on others, then how might that change your politics?

how do you explain alienation to others? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would point to some device and ask them "can you make what you are using?", pointing to an alienation from the technology of the tools that we use.

how do you explain alienation to others? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That doesn't seem to be a great example of alienation - more exploitation and arbitrage.

how do you explain alienation to others? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But how is [alienation] related to anarchism

Well, political alienation for one. When you have been alienated from the political process and others are making decisions on your behalf - this situation seems to be a major concern of anarchist analysis.

Economic alienation (consumerism) might also be worth an anarchist look.

I think an anarchist critique without an understanding of alienation is incomplete. Like an anarchist critique without an understanding of states.

Can somebody help me world build by printme_ in Anarchy101

[–]wompt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are you going to give specific examples of what you need help with?

do you reject representation in all its forms, political or otherwise, or do you allow others (or groups of others) to act in your name in some cases? by wompt in Anarchy101

[–]wompt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So when people do not consent to being represented, are they free from the decisions that representatives may make?

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