Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.
Alan MooreYour pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.
Alan MooreLove is it's own protection.
Emma GoldmanAt one time in the world there were woods that no one owned
Cormac McCarthyTag: nature anarchism property
School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age.
Ivan IllichTag: education school anarchism ivan-illich pedagogy deschooling-society pedagogic-philosophy
Modern industrial civilization has developed within a certain system of convenient myths. The driving force of modern industrial civilization has been individual material gain, which is accepted as legitimate, even praiseworthy, on the grounds that private vices yield public benefits in the classic formulation.
Now, it's long been understood very well that a society that is based on this principle will destroy itself in time. It can only persist with whatever suffering and injustice it entails as long as it's possible to pretend that the destructive forces that humans create are limited: that the world is an infinite resource, and that the world is an infinite garbage-can. At this stage of history, either one of two things is possible: either the general population will take control of its own destiny and will concern itself with community-interests, guided by values of solidarity and sympathy and concern for others; or, alternatively, there will be no destiny for anyone to control.
As long as some specialized class is in a position of authority, it is going to set policy in the special interests that it serves. But the conditions of survival, let alone justice, require rational social planning in the interests of the community as a whole and, by now, that means the global community. The question is whether privileged elites should dominate mass-communication, and should use this power as they tell us they must, namely, to impose necessary illusions, manipulate and deceive the stupid majority, and remove them from the public arena. The question, in brief, is whether democracy and freedom are values to be preserved or threats to be avoided. In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than values to be treasured, they may well be essential to survival.
Tag: activism democracy authority propaganda indoctrination anarchism brainwashing chomsky
Plantie is a very strong Protestant, that is to say, he's against all churches, especially the Protestant: and he thinks a lot of Buddha, Karma and Confucius. He is also a bit of an anarchist and three or four years ago he took up Einstein and vitamins.
Joyce CaryTag: einstein church anarchism buddha protestantism karma churches confucius anarchists vitamins gulley-jimson plantie
The silly sentimentalists of the French Revolution talked of the Rights of Man! We hate Rights as we hate Wrongs. We have abolished Right and Wrong.
And Right and Left, said Syme with a simple eagerness, I hope you will abolish them too. They are much more troublesome to me.
Anarchism is the revolutionary idea that no one is more qualified than you are to decide what your life will be.
CrimethInc.Tag: anarchism
Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.
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