Milwaukee anarchists against the elections

"The wretched tribe of Nero"

Everywhere you go these days the false winds of change are in the air. The wretched few who dangle the carrot of hope before the mass snicker and plot while every four years they trot out their candidates for us to pick from. It's much like the choice between rope or guillotine, starvation or bondage. There are those who out of despair would choose slow strangulation rather than cast aside their chains to taste true liberation. We are not among them. We do not do these things for reform or recuperation or false change, we do them because we must. The insinuation that we would do well to listen is insulting. How many times have people believed their leaders in the past only to have them deny what they promised, whether it be treaties with indigenous people, fair working conditions for laborers, assurances that the environment would be protected, the millions who have been led into numerous wars whose foundation is a bed of lies?

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[douche117]

If there were no government, what plan would you idiots have in place??? You protest just to protest. You have no agenda and have not thought things through. No more government, destroy everything, anarchy......fucking stupid.

[upthebikez]

Right because those in power are doing SUCH a splendid job of running our lives aren't they? Oh...that's right...running OUR lives. Apparently you don't mind living in a cage so long as it's gilded.

[wombo2]

chumbawamba?

[upthebikez]

Absolutely

[easyskanin69]

capitalism then socialism then communism...in the end...anarchy

[papasimian]

I'm not an anarchist, but an arsonist. How about we just burn it all down and start over....I'll bring the marshmellows. Who wants to bring the chocolate and the grahams?

[brockal]

Discussions of "ism"s lead to collectivist thought.

I am sovereign. I swear by my life, & my love of it, I shall never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another to live for mine.

Hang whichever label upon me you may wish; although I will not bear the yoke, nor care to encumber myself with one for the sake of another's understanding. I am me. A=A. 2+2=4. I am.

For any who would force-encumber me with their life, they will find war or futility in seeking my consent.

Viva le' Sovereign!

[EthanSurbaugh]

I ride a fine line between a true liberal and anarchist.. For now I think I'll stick with gun toting anarcholiberal! Viva la resistance!

[kittiest34]

I am an anarchist to much like ParticleMan. We are for no governments or really for leaders. We are against war, but we will protect ourselves if needed. We stress the production for need only and emancipation from state. Most of us are equalitarians.

[kittiest34]

In the mid 1800s to early 1900s most Socialists believed in decentralized workman's counsels. When Lenin and what we call the 3rd Internation came in they twisted the idea of worker's cousels and took power for themselves.

[ParticleMan]

Ha, I made a previous comment about this, but I don't know if it posted (my internet is being annoying).

However, I am currently undergoing a huge workload, so if my views have interested you in the least, please visit infoshop(dot)org, they have a very extensive FAQ on Anarchism. Sorry if this is a cop out, but I think that will be much more clear and concise. Thanks for listening.

[ParticleMan]

Well, Anarchism, Socialism, and Communism are all deeply related because all of which aim to improve the relationship between the worker and the means of production (institutions such as factories or places that produce a commodity). Many democratic socialists want to bring about this by election and litigation, communists want to do this by hijacking the state and using it to destroy capitalism, and anarchists want to do it by destroying the state and capitalism and authoritarian forces.

[Captain077]

As I see it, anarchy and socialism are on opposite sides of the spectrum. Anarchy having limited to no governmental control, where socialism has huge governmental control (Example: Nazism, Communism, etc.) How do you mix the two? The only way I see it possible is if the people on an individual and voluntary basis contribute to social programs. Otherwise, the government/community would require it through taxes on an involuntary basis.

[ParticleMan]

With that being said, If a community decides to be represented by a leader, they should have the power to remove the leader from office at any point in time, provided that it is the result of popular consensus.

But more or less, I believe that people have the power to make decisions for themselves,and don't need to elect others to make decisions for them.