The fifth part in a series where I summarize concepts from my videos Power: https://youtu.be/HZeQrwKhJRQ?si=sGB2iQHToOAzz2-j A Modern Anarchism: Anarchist An...
  • TheDoctor [they/them]
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    6 months ago

    I’m curious how he thinks we can avoid the mega machine, as he calls it. Obviously no one prefers mass death as a means of revolution if peaceful options are available, but he points out that the mega machine will force our hand (frame C1) if the revolutionary structures exist in cities and that’s kind of where the majority of people live and where the bulk of society operates.

    • pbpza@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      Oh, small horizontal counter-institutions already exist in cities, it's just that when they develop and federate to non-trivial size they will get attacked and the confrontation will start from this point onward. Success let's you repeat the process on next level of autonomy, continuing in this type of loop.