the president of antifa retweeted this
I have always thought of “anarchy” as “the people organize themselves and shape their own community”.
It means the absence of outside rulers. There can still be rules internally.
Absence of rulers not the absence of rules. Anarchy is the opposite of Hierarchy.
The rules are simply mutually agreed upon arrangements between independent entities, with no one singular entity being able to exert controlling authority over any other.
There is plenty of literature about what Anarchy is as a political system. There are even different subsets of organizational structures, such as syndicalism, but they are all based upon a horizontal structure of authority where power is derived from the bottom up rather than from the top down.
Is this on the entrance exam for Antifa??
Yes. I failed my entrance exam.
You can still be an antifally
Thanks. Do I get a t-shirt?
Only one with the edgelord version of the logo.
Damnit.
If not sure it’s best to buy an official Anarchy stamp at Your local Walmart.
The concept of Anarchist Gatekeeping is mind-blowingly ironic.
Others’ defined boundaries do not limit your freedom; they merely delineate the point beyond which they will choose to no longer cooperate with you. Those who agree with the sentiment may simply choose of their own free will to refrain from association with you if you are nothing but a shallow and unserious edgelord shithead. If you do not like how people will respond to your behavior, you may wish to consider changing your behavior.
No gods. No kings. No mods. Only the emergent consensus of equal individuals en masse.
when you draw a symbol for anarchy the make sure you follow these guidelines
On the one hand, I’ve long said that Skater kids who can’t define Anarchy scrawling the symbol on bus stops in sharpie never does us any favors, on the other hand the top comment isn’t wrong
Keeping that precise “A” exactly inside the “O” doesn’t seem very anarchic. Let’s bust those borders baby!
> “Order Without Rulers”
> drawn with a compass and ruler
its not a ruler, it’s a collab with straight edge!
It’s bittersweet to think that this comment will never get the recognition it deserves for being genius, but at least I was here to see it.
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
Ah, but ask yourself this: is that ruler ruling over you, or are you ruling the ruler, effectively making that ruler a ruler in name only?
If the ruler is a tool that you use, this is good.
If the ruler is a tool that uses you, this is bad.
If you slant rhymed “ruler” and “tool”, I could see this in a spoken word piece
I only go for ISO 9001 certified anarchy.
:2000, or :2015?
Going to stop scrolling now because this is it
back in the day our university had anarchist intellectual club. it consisted solely of tenured left-leaning professors who talked shit about their place of work while staying at work after hours to massage their egos and also first-year edgelords saying inspirational quotes from social media. it was funny as fuck to sit at their meet-ups and listen to their empty posturing. if you wanted to decompress and take it easy - that was the place.
It sounds like a nice place to be, honestly. I would have enjoyed hanging out there. I’m glad to hear it existed. If I’m lucky I’ll find someplace like that at some point in my life.
my description made it look better than it actually was - that whole scene was incredibly toxic and hypocrite. It wasn’t a serious discussion on how to self-organize and create a sustainable community or just spread knowledge - it was mostly about “ain’t Nestor Makhno was a cool guy, huh? I think Bakunin was gangsta bro” - that kind of depth - shit like this is kindergarten. that is why i called it funny. It was posturing.
none of the folks who studied political theory and economy ever showed up in that place. It barely had anything to do with actual anarchism as much as it had everything to do with bunch of people just supporting each other in being childish and naive in their perception of the world. Nothing wrong with that in itself but it is very counterproductive in actually understanding anarchism as practical theory you can use in your life.
the aesthetics on the right are better. don’t gatekeep my penmanship
Honestly, they both have an appeal. The left is better for most organizations and looking official. The right has more of a “fuck the system” je ne sais quoi. At a protest? Use the right. Printing out pamphlets? Use the left.
The left seems impossible to hand draw. If it’s not done perfectly, it just looks bad. On the right, none of the lines are supposed to end at a certain point, so whatever you draw is fine.
If someone handed me a pamphlet with the left one on it, I’d assume they were a cop.
Greetings fellow lover of anarchy! Here’s a pamphlet about our local anarchist club. Also, have a free Glacier Freeze Gatorade. If you haven’t had a chance, don’t forget to stop by the Antifa™ tent and sign up for their official newsletter.
Personally I’m more of a skull and crossbones a la Anarchist Ukraine type of guy for official stuff. Also harkens back to the golden age of piracy which is always great.
Eh, the golden age of piracy was just a state sponsored private military trade war. It’s fun for media, but it isn’t what I’d wish for. They weren’t free to do whatever they want. They got paid by states to attack the ships from other states. More anarcho-capitalism than any good form of Anarchism.
Not to say I dislike the symbol or anything. I’m just pointing out that the golden age of piracy probably isn’t what we want to appeal to as Anarchists.
Yea you might want to go read some history on the Golden Age of Pirates and the Flying Gang of Nassau.
The media portrayal of pirates is entirely fictional.
You’re thinking of privateers. Pirates were usually on the bottom wrong of society in an occupation were they could face an enormous amount of abuse if the Captain or Officers were tyrants. Lots of pirates started out as mutineers.
The left one makes me think the Fantastic Four are known as the Avengers in one of those infinite alternate realities we haven’t seen yet.
Strong disagree but I’m not about to piss on anyone’s personal parade, I wish you enjoyment of your preferred aesthetic.
It’s “scrawled” on walls, not “sprawled”
It depends on the size and medium
Does one scrawl or sprawl poo?
Diarrhea + sneeze = sprawl
Diarrhea + dragging one’s bottom across the floor = scrawl
The booty scooty probably works better when you’re pooping solids. I imagine it’s like using pastels.
According to my Nurse Practitioner wife… Yes unfortunately.
…you’re trolling me, right?
