bailey//rockruff⚪
anarchism is not violence, it is not destructive, it is nothing but a lack of nonconsensual hierarchy.
capitalism creates an environment that necessitates violence and destruction to achieve power. our current state heavily uses power to maintain control, and a history of bloodshed and genocide brought us our modern governments.
retaliatory violence is simply using the tools capitalism provides to achieve the goal of anarchy. without these tools we cannot strip back and dismantle power.
bailey//rockruff⚪
anarchism is unfairly summed up as a small chunk of the means rather than the goal.
there are many collaborative methods through which we can work toward anarchy; achieving more democracy within our communities, creating cooperative gardens and other goods/services within our communities to seize back power and sustainability, and of course the necessary tool of violent resistance and revolution.
of course, anarchy has simply been used as a scare word to justify authoritarian rule/order
bailey//rockruff⚪
powerful politicians and rich/wealthy people and anyone who is close to or part of the ruling class, will never give up the power they have. they know that they are taking more than they're allowed and they know there will be consequences for that. they will protect their greed with their lives.
they don't fear kindness and they don't fear our political activism, but they certainly fear our retaliatory violence because it's the one thing money and power can barely protect them from
bailey//rockruff⚪
everyone is scared of being on the receiving end of violence. so the ruling class, as usual, projects their fear unto everyone else and insists that EVERYONE is a target and that the violence is senseless and dangerous.
they taint the reputation of anarchy by insisting to the working class that anarchists will smash THEIR windows, punch THEM in the throat, as if anarchists aren't just targeting the hierarchs and people who directly support them/carry out their wishes
bailey//rockruff⚪
the ruling class has always gotten by on strawmen. fake villains in the east that justify large military budgets, invasion, colonialism, trade sanctions, and literally infiltrating the governments of other countries to sabotage them in the name of ideological differences.
not to mention like, just throwing bombs around and threatening to nuke everyone because someone slighted someone else or dared to have any differences.
rule by fear and violence.
bailey//rockruff⚪
they bring in cops and military to keep order/control when the problems are of their own creation. folks are simply fighting back, trying to be themselves, and survive through all the problems this ruling class creates.
you don't have crime if there are no laws to break, no property to steal, etc
you create the criminals and you create the fear so you have a reason to create armies and police forces to target anyone who steps out of line, anyone who questions your rule
bailey//rockruff⚪
i mean, we all seem to be pretty hellbent on our own survival and having fun and being nice to each other
but there's always this rumour floating around that the second we get any agency to think and act for ourselves, we'll use it to hurt and be greedy just like the worst of us
as if personal power and agency somehow scales to the power and influence of someone controlling an entire population
as if we don't prove every day how nice the majority of us can be
bailey//rockruff⚪
give it some thought. think about why the system might try to tell us these things, who is saying an perpetuating these things and where they're coming from, who's always hiding behind them as a reason for their actions.
and of course, put yourself in the shoes of those who seem to be a minority/target, do proper research, always ask questions
come to conclusions on your own.
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