tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post4529944426490281141..comments2023-09-24T08:04:06.909-04:00Comments on FSK's Guide to Reality: The Reason Anarchists are WeakFSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-31994462479974745062007-11-15T10:09:00.000-05:002007-11-15T10:09:00.000-05:00Agreed with this post, but as a corollary:The rea...Agreed with this post, but as a corollary:<BR/>The reason for the enormous level of violence directed at "anarchist" and "anti-globalist" protestors is not ONLY to discredit them. You wouldn't need a small army of riot police to take down a handful of thugs, some of whom were red-market agents provocateur.<BR/>It is to psychologically brutalize the protestors in general, especially the more non-violent ones, in order to infect them with violent tendencies. (if you notice any accounts of protests that got attacked by police they always go after women and more timid/frail people much more brutally. The "tough guys" are usually arrested and let go later, with little interaction. ) And people with that psychological infection are more easily "turned" later on, because they are already compromised. <BR/>This is exactly what happened in the late 60s/early 70s.<BR/>When the hippies were peaceful dropouts, they were actually much more of a threat to the establishment than when they started "fighting back".<BR/>The establishment wants you to "fight", because that's a battle they can win, and psychologically, they can absorb you later when you're disillusioned.<BR/>Agorism works because it peacefully competes with the establishment.<BR/>At some point an agorist organization might employ violence, but only rigorously in self-defense, and only in situations where it is feasible to do so.Ineffabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08242667381091972738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-70989834472911104522007-11-09T13:15:00.000-05:002007-11-09T13:15:00.000-05:00Very, very few of the protesters at the G8 summit,...Very, very few of the protesters at the G8 summit, WTO, and IMF meetings were actually anarchists. Most were anti-corporatists, such as yourself. Listen to their speeches and read their texts. They want government regulation of all sorts, just not in the direction it's going now. Feel free to visit an anti-WTO website and argue that people should be free to drill for the oil in Alaska. You'll quickly be labelled a troll if not banned entirely.<BR/><BR/>Many, many anarchists offer up options for how we can have an orderly society without government. We don't argue for "replacing" the government, because we want it removed, not replaced. We don't want anyone, regardless of what they call themselves, stealing the fruits of our labor.<BR/><BR/>And once again, you're perpetuating the myth that there is no history of anarchist societies. I already gave you references for how Somalia has advanced without government in the 15 years it has been stateless. I wrote an article about the <A HREF="http://www.philaahzophy.com/2007/09/15/anarchy-case-study-yurok-tribe-of-california/" REL="nofollow">Yurok indian tribe</A> of California on Philaahzophy. Peter Leeson, an economics professor at George Mason University, wrote a great paper on <A HREF="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=983578" REL="nofollow">anarchy amongst pirates</A>. The <A HREF="http://libertariannation.org/b/history.htm" REL="nofollow">Libertarian Nation Foundation</A> has an excellent paper rife with examples as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16558070327511797453noreply@blogger.com