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RE: Who Was Saul Alinsky? + Cloward-Piven and 8 Steps to Socialism

in #ocd-resteem4 years ago

In my experience not many people have thought enough about anarchy to really understand it. It's really a very simple idea - 'no rulers'. There is no inherent system that goes along with it - it's just the absence of 'power over' - leading to personal responsibility and co-operation as the means to end suffering. Anarchy doesn't work without compassion, but then neither does any other approach and the absence of rulers is itself compassionate towards the free will of beings.
Power is only 'the ability to act' so power does not inherently corrupt, you need power just to lift your arm or type on a computer. It is heartlessness and denial that corrupt and that then cause power to be used in ways that are out of balance and that cause suffering.
I am not a socialist or communist, though I do understand that the original meaning of those ideas has been hugely warped by authoritarians into something other than was intended. This, again, is just more reason to identify that anarchy is the actual solution to a lot of this.. Authoritarians can't corrupt anarchy because it's very precise meaning is 'no authoritarians' :)
'Human nature' doesn't really exist. We all have our own natures and, when free, can evolve in our own way to create our own destiny path.

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Interesting take. Thanks.

Essentially, my guess is that reduced centralized power is a common goal we both have, leaving people as free as possible.

You are welcome! Ok, yes, as long as the aim is to decentralise without denying anything then most people will eventually reach similar conclusions because there are only so many ways to do it!

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