I may have my qualms about anarchist theoretical development, tactics and organizational strategies, but never in my life did I think the problem with anarchism lies in it's ability to supply treats.
You'd think if they thought anarchism=barbarism they wouldn't question an anarcho-barbarian's abilty to just go out and grab treats. Of course this style of society would eventually run out of things to grab and the things they did grab would be distributed poorly as the hyper invidualist strongmen would feel morally justified in hording vital resources for their own personal benefit because they "took it all with their own strength" and would collapse the moment they ran into a something they couldn't break down. Like a wall...
the problem with anarchism lies in it’s ability to supply treats
That's a huge problem with anarchism, from a practical standpoint.
The authoritarians persist largely because of treat culture. And they perpetuate that treat culture by press-ganging one group of people into slaving away to yield treats for another. Whether you're a plantation owner overseeing the industrial production of tobacco and tea and pretty cotton dresses for the consumer class or you're Herseys or Coca-Cola using slave labor to churn out candies and sodas or you're some S.Korean talent agency milling through thousands of would-be child-stars in order to put together the next hit K-Pop band, the Fascists Bring The Treats.
Anarchists can't guarantee a steady flow of chocolate and action figures and baseball cards, because they don't have a brutal authoritarian engine of commerce that emits these yummy morsels as a byproduct of their profit-engines. Rather than an endless supply of treats, you're more likely to get a minimalist lifestyle of subsistence farming or hunter-gathering. You'll have lots of free time, but you won't have the surplus product of other people's labor to indulge in.
Yeah, I guess that is true. I just don't consume any of that, so I didn't even think about it. Closest thing would be sports I guess, or some video games, actually there is probably a lot of food that I consume that is somewhat difficult to come by past exploitation.
I may have my qualms about anarchist theoretical development, tactics and organizational strategies, but never in my life did I think the problem with anarchism lies in it's ability to supply treats.
You'd think if they thought anarchism=barbarism they wouldn't question an anarcho-barbarian's abilty to just go out and grab treats. Of course this style of society would eventually run out of things to grab and the things they did grab would be distributed poorly as the hyper invidualist strongmen would feel morally justified in hording vital resources for their own personal benefit because they "took it all with their own strength" and would collapse the moment they ran into a something they couldn't break down. Like a wall...
a big red wall...
:pit: :stalin-gun-1: :stalin-gun-2: :pavlichenko:
That's a huge problem with anarchism, from a practical standpoint.
The authoritarians persist largely because of treat culture. And they perpetuate that treat culture by press-ganging one group of people into slaving away to yield treats for another. Whether you're a plantation owner overseeing the industrial production of tobacco and tea and pretty cotton dresses for the consumer class or you're Herseys or Coca-Cola using slave labor to churn out candies and sodas or you're some S.Korean talent agency milling through thousands of would-be child-stars in order to put together the next hit K-Pop band, the Fascists Bring The Treats.
Anarchists can't guarantee a steady flow of chocolate and action figures and baseball cards, because they don't have a brutal authoritarian engine of commerce that emits these yummy morsels as a byproduct of their profit-engines. Rather than an endless supply of treats, you're more likely to get a minimalist lifestyle of subsistence farming or hunter-gathering. You'll have lots of free time, but you won't have the surplus product of other people's labor to indulge in.
Yeah, I guess that is true. I just don't consume any of that, so I didn't even think about it. Closest thing would be sports I guess, or some video games, actually there is probably a lot of food that I consume that is somewhat difficult to come by past exploitation.