You know, one of the reasons the Roman Empire fell, was because the gap between the haves and the have nots grew too wide. So wide, that the employee and client relationship became the lord and serf relationship as Roman citizens found their rights stripped away more and more until they were naught but property owned by feudal landlords. And the citizens weren't alone in this. Slaves also joined them in this new social group. I bet the upper classes played citizens and slaves against each other to keep them from figuring it out. And if any did figure it out, they probably figured it out too late, or were silenced by those with power or those too blind to see the truth.

Now history is repeating itself. This so called USA is failing. And the common people, LGBT, ethnic or religious minorities, the mentally ill, poor and homeless... their all being played against each other. Fortunately, this time there are those among these groups who see the truth. But currently they lack the will to act on it. Or at least they have not found a ripe opening to make a good move.

So what would a good opening be?

I see many posts of people talking about anarchism as a place you can reach. But I think it's much more as a state of being. Because power is like cancer, it can corrupt a society coming from anywhere. It can be through charisma, brute force, personal connections. It can be trying to maintain an organization or position long after it's socially useful. The corruption of institutions. It's always there, there's no point where it's permanently defeated.

But we evolved psychological immune responses to it, so we root for the underdog, distrust the powerful, ... and I believe being an anarchist is being very deliberate about it, strategizing, and collaborating to fight power without the aim of taking it for yourself. But it also needs creative aims, positive goals, so it's worth fight for and doesn't devolve into pure reactionary violence.

And it's important to have a sense of priority. Different groups are always vying for power, and a risk for the anarchist is going against the already weaker group, helping the stronger one just take over. When the spanish come to your land, it's probably not the best time to riot against tribal leaders or stop making weapons.

Right now, we have the richest men in the world, the president of the most powerful country, most big names in "decentralized finance" in a small connected clique.

"The ability to move money fluidly and the erosion of the nation-state are closely related", Peter Thiel said, as he joined with Elon Musk to try and allow everyone to move money fluidly.
"We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it." - Elon Musk, in a discussion about lithium mining in Bolivia

In Europe, one of, maybe the most bureaucratic organization ever conceived is leading the fight against big tech, investing billions to provide free, open alternatives in hardware and software that can help guarantee our freedoms. These are strange times. It may well be that the end of the state, at this moment, would be the worst thing to ever happen to anarchism.

With enough technological superiority, the rules of the WTO on IP, we may end up in a stable de facto world government, and because the violence is outsourced to the state/local elites/PMCs and the information is filtered by big tech, we don't even see how it went wrong or who to fight. If we even have the means to do so. Other than MAYBE China or the EU, I think no one can pose challenges without a coup, corruption charges, a forex crisis, the opposition suddenly swimming in money, ... . But the natural resources are de jure under democratic control in most of the world and preserving it has a decent support. People can control data, information flow, ecosystems, communities. So in a way the path to being an anarchist was never more clear.

To all german anarchists ir anarchist around the world. There's a new anarchist group in Stuttgart, Germany!

It has the front pockets and all. I guess the one used by the killer was more green but still.. pretty funny coincidence

Weekly open discussion thread

Some friends and I are working to establish a food not bombs chapter in our area and we've been looking for zines and stuff to hand out but I've been struggling to find good shorter form anti war/anti imperialism literature. I've checked out alot of the zine distros that often get recommended and there's a ton of good stuff on other topics we will probably use but nothing that i can find touches on the topics of war and imperialism. It may be that it's simply too complex a topic to distill into a zine format or just that those who choose to write about it typically gravitate towards full length books. If we can't find anything we may try writing our own but I'd love to hear if anyone has any recommendations for sources we may have missed.

Weekly Discussion Thread for Black, Indigenous, People of Color

Radical bipoc can talk about whatever they want in here. Suggestions; chill & relax, radical people of color, Black/Indigenous/POC anarchism, news and current events, books, entertainment

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I am starting a danish speaking online community on Reddit for anarchists and libertarian socialists because there's a lack of spaces to discuss these ideas in this language.
https://www.reddit.com/r/anarkistforum/

Weekly Discussion Thread for Radical Women

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Men are asked not to post in Radical Women Wednesday threads.

Hi! I'm writing a book soon based on a few things. I only have the rough prototype but it includes some of the following:

CYA: For all intents and purposes, this is a work of satire.

- Media and Revolution: A section that describes how media has subtly and intentionally poorly represented relatable instances of revolution and revolutionaries in order to poison the mind of the modern revolutionary.

- Disarming the Revolution: A section that describes how modern media has fooled society-at-large into believing that bashing is never the answer, and how we should always try to cooperate with the oppressor instead of bashing them. This section also goes over using bashing as a means of furthering the cause over random acts of senseless bashing.

- The Revolution and Its People: A section going over unity amongst revolutionaries. Encourages looking past the small disagreements in prospect of us all having the same goal. This section also goes over how to break people out of the web of lies our modern politicians and corporations have stuck us all in.

- The Revolution and Education: A section that talks about education and college. Encourages others to post any and all information online, in order to begin the long path destroying the concept of colleges by putting the knowledge in the hands of the people, free of charge.

- Revolutionary Politics: A section that covers the meaninglessness of parties and how taking sides in the modern political sphere is working with the oppressor. Encourages breaking from "the two big parties" and abandoning the political compass, as they're both tools used to divide us.

I will have another work in the future that expands upon this should it get enough attention called A Modern Revolution in Action.

What is the general consensus here? I want this to be a field manual for those wanting to bring people into being revolutionaries or at least advocates for it.

Is there still some form of barter in your small towns?

What you are reading, watching, or listening to? Or how far have you gotten in your chosen selection since last week?

I'm a budding anarchist. After years of feeling politically homeless, I have realized my ideals align with anarchism.

I've always had so much desire to make a change or some sort of positive impact. But all of the literature I've found so far assume that I, the reader, am abled and have access to resources.

I suffer from ADHD, autism, depression, PTSD, and all of the other comorbidities associated with those conditions. I am mostly able-bodied, but the aforementioned disabilities... well... Disable me.

I've finished schooling and have a college degree. But I've never been employed before. I have no source of income other than SSI and the sporadic art commission. I can't drive and public transport doesn't really exist in Indiana. The area I live is not walkable, either.

I have a teenie tiny online audience and I do my best to spread awareness when I can. But I want to take action, I'm tired of just sitting and being aware. I donate a portion of the proceeds from my big commissions to Palestinian and disaster relief charities. I call my representatives and senators. I offer my voice of support and donate what I can to folks in need. I create erotic art as an act of protest, passion, and defiance.

I want to do more. Can I do more given my circumstances? Or is what I'm currently doing good enough? I get caught up in feeling hopeless when I step back and look at the big picture.

Thank you if you've read this far!

EDIT: Thank you all for the encouragement and kind words. It means so much. Some of the ideas y'all mentioned are great and accessible for me to try out. I'm anxious to start some projects! Have a good rest of the year!

Hey all, I work in "AI" and in light of current events, wanted to write about AI in health insurance and how f'ed up it is. This is meant for a broad audience so the radical talk is mild. Anyways hope it's informative! https://medium.com/@scienceforhumanity/automating-the-death-panels-the-inhumanity-of-ai-in-the-health-insurance-industry-dc4a2c64a126