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minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s not what anarchists refer to as a state. A common anarchist definition of the state is: The institutionized power structure which alienates people from the businesses of their daily lives. If the whole constituency of the community that the militia protects is involved in controlling that militia, that’s not state violence anymore.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago If the whole constituency of the community that the militia protects is involved in controlling that militia, Like having the militia answer to a democratically-elected government?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNo, to councils, not representatives with a free mandate.
minus-squareretrospectology@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoRepresentatives don’t have a free mandate in a democracy, they’re bound by laws and by their constituency. How are your councils formed and what restricts their power?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPlease read up on what a free mandate is. Especially compared to an imperative mandate. The gouncils are made up of the people. Their power is restricted by a breathing constitution based on consensus.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSounds like a cross-over episode with libertarianism to me.
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah… libertarian socialism. It’s *older that right-wing so-called “libertarianism”/anarcho-capitalism.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year ago“We’ve changed the names of our institutions! That totally justifies burning society to the ground.”
minus-squareApollo42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago“I don’t understand something even after being given the answer, I’ll make fun of it instead!”
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoTo be fair, your explanations have been pretty shit, so
That’s not what anarchists refer to as a state.
A common anarchist definition of the state is: The institutionized power structure which alienates people from the businesses of their daily lives.
If the whole constituency of the community that the militia protects is involved in controlling that militia, that’s not state violence anymore.
Like having the militia answer to a democratically-elected government?
No, to councils, not representatives with a free mandate.
Representatives don’t have a free mandate in a democracy, they’re bound by laws and by their constituency.
How are your councils formed and what restricts their power?
Please read up on what a free mandate is. Especially compared to an imperative mandate.
The gouncils are made up of the people. Their power is restricted by a breathing constitution based on consensus.
Sounds like a cross-over episode with libertarianism to me.
Yeah… libertarian socialism. It’s *older that right-wing so-called “libertarianism”/anarcho-capitalism.
“We’ve changed the names of our institutions! That totally justifies burning society to the ground.”
Nice strawman, homie.
“I don’t understand something even after being given the answer, I’ll make fun of it instead!”
To be fair, your explanations have been pretty shit, so