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PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 4 days agoBy “liberalism is not the default mode of existence,” I meant to reject liberalism’s tendency to label its constructions as “natural”, “inevitable”, or “universal”. E.g., private property is not natural (even territorial animals cannot establish property lines like we do), not inevitable, and not universal (because it is a specifically Western liberal concept). Capitalism is not natural (c.f. Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution), inevitable, or universal (e.g. various hunter-gatherer societies).
yucandu@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You’re using the word “liberalism” a lot, can you define it in one short sentence for me?
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 4 days ago
Liberalism is the justifying ideology of liberal democracy. Liberalism nominally stands for freedom, individual liberty, and equality, but actually perpetuates white supremacy, capitalism, colonialism, and the State.
yucandu@lemmy.world 4 days ago
So you’re going to help us strive for a true democracy, with actual freedom, individual liberty, and equality, right?
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 4 days ago
Yes. That’s why I’m not a liberal. Liberals are lying to you.
Also, democracy is not necessarily the most egalitarian way to make decisions within a collective. Also, more often than not, coming to a binding decision democratically is not as useful as either coming to a voluntary consensus, or going your own away. I.e., democrats (including some anarchists) overemphasize the particular form of democracy, as opposed to one of various horizontal decision making processes or whether we really need to agree to a decision.