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Mussolini defines Fascism as "a perfect union between capital and state" and honestly, this means that America has been fairly Fascist itself since 2001, if not the industrial revolution. Think back to any time corporations DIDN'T own America. Remember any? No.

It will soon be brought to light that our own domestic digital technologies have been engineered to serve an identical purpose as the totalitarian mass surveillance, censorship and manipulation technologies that Facebook (and others) have been developing for China this last decades and a half.

it's also a philosophy you can apply on interpersonal and community levels in an immediate way. dont gotta wait around for shit, you can just start doing anarchism

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Even when we disregard the vast difference between Zionism and Judaism, consider this:

If hating Israel is antiemetic, then is not hating the Muslim faith just as much a narrow, unethical world view?

Try having empathy for all humans, rather than just your favorites.

It is an ethos, for sure.

That's because anarchism isn't an ideology, it's a set of guiding principles. These principles, namely equity, autonomy and peace, provide us with a constantly evolving world view. Very unlike a doctrinal ideology, rigid and disciplined. We differ in this way

Absolutely agree. Further, it is essential that a society embracing anarchist values at scale must fortify itself against rising powers of domination or exploitation, hence the NAP (and the consequence of breaking the NAP, i.e. losing protection under it)

There would be naysayers who argue that the funding would dry up if not for the proverbial gun to head of obligatory taxation, but that entirely depends on your personal stances and/or faith in humanity, I believe people want decent roads, and would willingly chip in.

I've been told by Marxists that Anarchism is essentially Fascism. What in the convoluted horseshoe theory fuck..

It's just like when I rant about mass surveillance, people think I'm taking an anti-tech stance, when really I seek to educate on encryption and cybersec so we can fight back against mass surveillance!

The antifascist arrows point southwest for a reason!

We currently give near total autonomy to authority, which in turn restricts our own autonomy. And to some degree this is necessary, to outlaw murder and other grave crimes, but overreach is a serious problem, one caused by the inequity of vertical hierarchy.

I've never understood the position that people cannot be trusted with autonomy. Do you think people should be trusted with authority instead? It's a very large contradiction

I completely agree, thankfully anarchism isn't about destroying or even seizing the means of production, it's about replacing it with something better, which is a constantly evolving societal framework we anarchists call "the parallel". The basic principles are equity, autonomy and non-violence.

People who dog on anarchists for their "idealism" are frustrating AF. Is it really that idealistic to arrange for a more equitable distribution of power? To make a collective commitment to non-violence? To organize for a more autonomous world? I will keep dreaming, thank you very much.

As far as funding, I can say confidently that communities who embrace anarchist principles would be well equipped to pool funds for infrastructure projects, as they already do via taxation today. The only difference would be a voluntary aspect to the funding.

To expand on this though, I'll weigh in with my own personal take: The planning and budgeting would be based on a consensus model, perhaps via federated consensus democracy if at the national scale, or simple town hall consensus at a local scale.

You will get a very mixed bag of responses depending on who you ask about this, absolutely. I varies so much because Anarchism is not an ideology, it's a set of guiding principles. The answer would be: "a less vertical hierarchy in whatever form is deemed suitable and practical by the locals"

Delaware has a district with nearly one million people. One single person votes on the behalf of one million people for every matter, this is flawed. Under delegated consensus democracy, these people would be given a say in the matter, and the delegate would simply announce the result.

The beauty of instant recall as a caveat is that the 4 can vote to remove you from the delegate position if you attempt to break the bounds of your position, as well.

Now imagine that you are a representative, same group. You vote in the best interests of the 5, they have no say, other than choosing you to represent them. See the difference?

Imagine you're in a group of 5, you included, and you are the delegate. For every important matter, you are not allowed to vote or influence the vote, the other 4 must vote. You bring the result to a wider group and the score is tallied

Delegates are very different from representatives. Representatives are given the power to make decisions on our behalf, delegates are not. Delegates are restricted, they cannot make decisions for the people, they must let us make those decisions.

representative democracy is awful in that it only offers us a choice between A and B, or even (sometimes) C, who then make decisions on our behalf, (supposedly) in our interest... often not. With delegated consensus democracy, we get to vote on key issues and delegates just pass along the outcome.

We are so misunderstood, for real. I wish that people would stop labeling anarchism as an ideology. It's a lens through which to view the world, a set of guiding principles.. not an ideology! Universal autonomy, horizontal hierarchy, and non-aggression are great principles to live by.

Why not? The priority is an equitable distribution of power. My ideal anarchist society has a government where elected officials act as instant recall delegates, conveying the will of their constituents through some kind of consensus democracy element. Doesn't that sound ideal? Think about it..

I think it would be disingenuous to say that the only force capable of solving these problems at scale is the state, or to think that an anarchist revolt against the state is the "end goal" for anarchists. Principled anarchists will tell you, the goal is a more equitable hierarchy, more horizontal.

Encrypt data on device (a1) via aes256.
Transfer data to device (a2) via flash drive from USB port.
Transmit data to device (b1) via OnionShare (ToR).
Transfer data to device (b2) via flash drive to USB port, to be decrypted.

Assume decryption key is already known by both parties (a and b). Assume maximum security on all devices, i.e. QubesOS, Linux hardening, virtual isolation, the works.

a1: airgapped
a2: networked
b1: networked
b2: airgapped

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