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Red Pill Poet's avatar

Such fascinating distinctions … anarch vs anarchist.

Key insight: “This renders them incapable of understanding why the source from which the individual draws her or his freedom is in fact more collective than the human collectivities with which they identify.”

Personally, as one who reserves the right to disagree with anyone or any line of thought, as new evidence comes to light and my thinking evolves, I instinctively identify as a staunch Marxist — Groucho that is, in that I would not “...want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.” While Groucho was being humorous, like all good jokes, it is based on a deep undercurrent of truth.

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Thanks for yet another brilliant bit of writing.

Anarchism is a perfectly natural state of mind, however at the other end of the spectrum I'm surrounded by rules and regulations that have to be obeyed as these are enforced by the uniformed bullies who are in a different state of mind, some call these fascist, I tend to agree.

No place to call home but an old truck parked somewhere up in the mountains next to a creek with the cleanest water running through it, sounds idealistic but one is not allowed to remain here for long you know rules and regulations.

How does an anarchist maintain their sanity in a world gone mad with all this sadistic tyrannical authority which made me think of a few people who, when hauled before a court refused to recognize the self appointed authority of the crown corporation and walked away a free person.

An anarchist will always be forced to lead a lifestyle that's bound to be considered illegal by the authorities after all that's what they do they make things illegal.

Anarchist in mind and spirit, always.

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