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by Top19
3112 days ago
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I very much enjoyed (and even laughed) reading your response. It’s very concerning to see people talk so positively
about anarchy. Another word for anarchy is “nihilism”, which is its philosophical twin. Neither of these words are used a lot today, but “nihilism” you’ll see mentioned a lot in the build-up to WWII. Am currently reading the below book, which argues in its final chapter that a German invasion of Poland is imminent and is the next course of action Hitler will take. It was published in May 1939 in German, and translated in August 1939 to English. Germany invaded Poland on September 1st, 1939. The author is very clear that for all their flaws, capitalism and democracy are very reformable. And that a dictatorship of Fascism or Communism will dazzle with early successes before descending into violence both internally and externally. The Revolution Of Nihilism: Warning To The West
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1258001071/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_RZCn... |
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However I do see that exact sentiment expressed by many corporatists, who privilege corporations and their 'rights' above actual people and civil society. And especially from members of the far-right, who are all too willing to dehumanize "The Other" regardless of what rights and interests their declared enemies hold.
I don't necessarily think political anarchism is all that tenable in the modern world we inhabit built as it is on global commerce. In the limited places it is practiced today, it appears to only function in situations of survival and desperation where a group can be held together cohesively by shared interests and some sort of unifying identity, whether religious or ethnic.