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  • s_p_l_o_d_e [they/them,he/him]
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    4 years ago

    For fiction I recommend LeGuin's Dispossessed, it's easily the clearest sci-fi argument for anarchism and yet isn't utopian in the slightest.

    That or Kobayashi's Crab Cannery Ship for a starkly unromantic view of oppressed crab fishermen and their proletarian uprising.

    For non-fiction, read Desert, it is a good reminder that climate collapse will continue given our current capitalist system, but humans can still survive in nomadic non-state communities because they already are (and the climate is already collapsing)

    sorry you didn't like Hitchhiker's, I think it's style of cheeky british humor has been ruined by reddit and other things influenced by it (modern Doctor Who comes to mind)

    • JuneFall [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      For fiction I recommend LeGuin’s Dispossessed, it’s easily the clearest sci-fi argument for anarchism and yet isn’t utopian in the slightest.

      Wanted to suggest the same. Though the audio book is also fine (after chapter 2-3). In my opinion it isn't such a clear cut case for anarchy, but a really good account of how in anarchism we could try to create a community that actually works.

      • s_p_l_o_d_e [they/them,he/him]
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        4 years ago

        In my opinion it isn’t such a clear cut case for anarchy, but a really good account of how in anarchism we could try to create a community that actually works.

        Right, it's not saying that anarchy is best system, I just meant that it the book lays out how anarchism works with a believable set of examples and ties in to the story better than any other book I've read.