Anarchy means no hierarchies not no voting. We can still vote on shit if we wanna.
Comment on How do you build and cultivate revolutionary optimism, given what's happening in the US?
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Have you seen the response from communities? libs and apolitical people are on the streets ready to throwdown against armed thugs, that’s giving me a lot of hope.
Electorally (sorry anarchists), even Democrats are talking about abolishing ICE, we’ll see what happens in the primaries if such Democrats can win control of the party, but even if they can’t what we’ve seen on the streets should scare them into compliance! Time to remind them that what is “legal” doesn’t matter if the will of the people is at odds with the “law”.
athatet@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 12 hours ago
There is no chance president newsom or whatever snake they pick will abolish ICE. Bet on even more funding. Basic pattern recognition from the last several Administrations shows us this is the most likely outcome
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Basic pattern recognition from the last administration should teach Dems that a buisness as usual candidate, will be their last.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 8 hours ago
They’re rather lose than change
Broadfern@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Anarchist praxis and using the levers in the current system to better ends are not mutually exclusive. The line is understanding that the state itself is largely not built or operated in the in the interest of the common people.
We can hold our noses and vote, and show up to local councils, and not put all our eggs in one government/corporate-appointed basket by building mutual aid and having each other’s backs.
If politicians are actually throwing some action behind slowing down the mess they’re complicit in, that’s great! In the meantime, there’s a video on here showing the BPP protecting people in Philadelphia as a solid example of good anarchist(adjacent) organization and action.
One-or-the-otherism leads to nothing getting done. And hope is definitely an important part of resistance. We’re all in this together, for better or worse so we should fight side by side.
TL;DR: anarchists are on your side, no need to frame us otherwise. /gen