There's something wrong with Bakunin's idea that freedom is a given, and that it is plural, and that it can't be fought for without turning into the authoritarian rule of the minority over the majority. That would be giving violence the last say. Freedom is not merely negative but is foundational to the discovery of compassion. Morality is therefore necessary for freedom to thrive. Can the immorality of economic subjugation then be overcome with violence, a vice extinguished by another vice?
There's something wrong with Bakunin's idea that freedom is a given, and that it is plural, and that it can't be fought for without turning into the authoritarian rule of the minority over the majority. That would be giving violence the last say. Freedom is not merely negative but is foundational to the discovery of compassion. Morality is therefore necessary for freedom to thrive. Can the immorality of economic subjugation then be overcome with violence, a vice extinguished by another vice?
kingofaikido 3 months ago