Flippanarchy
Flippant Anarchism. A lighter take on social criticism with the aim of agitation.
Post humorous takes on capitalism and the states which prop it up. Memes, shitposting, screenshots of humorous good takes, discussions making fun of some reactionary online, it all works.
This community is anarchist-flavored. Reactionary takes won't be tolerated.
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If you post images with text, endeavour to provide the alt-text
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Absolutely no right-wing jokes. This includes "Anarcho"-Capitalist concepts.
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Absolutely no redfash jokes. This includes anything that props up the capitalist ruling classes pretending to be communists.
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No bigotry whatsoever. See instance rules.
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This is an anarchist comm. You don't have to be an anarchist to post, but you should at least understand what anarchism actually is. We're not here to educate you.
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No shaming people for being anti-electoralism. This should be obvious from the above point but apparently we need to make it obvious to the turbolibs who can't control themselves. You have the rest of lemmy to moralize.
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liberalism leads to fascism. it's the cause of cancer, not the cure in any sense.
Didn't say it was the cure. Chemo isn't the cure for cancer, it's a treatment. Baby tigers lead to adult tigers, but I'd rather be locked in a tiger cage with a baby than an adult.
but that's not the option. it's being locked in a tiger den, and you're choosing to play with the cub. you should be trying to get out of the den or kill the tigers.
How do you figure? Getting out of the cage and killing the tiger are both tasks which are easier to do when trapped with a baby tiger than an adult one.
both tigers are in there.
You're losing the metaphor here. The tiger is the president, there is only one.
your metapho fails to capture the reality of the situation. liberal democracy breeds fascism.
Yes. Like baby tigers turn into adult tigers, that's the whole point of the metaphor.
no. you've got fascism and liberalism in the fucking room. if you don't kill tehm both, you still have fascism.
That's not how the office works. The Democrats aren't fascists. One day, maybe, but not today. We don't have the resources or organization to defeat fascism today. Even though the baby tiger grows up, the time that takes is time to organize.
I'm sure you can understand that an anarchist would disagree
And they would be incorrect. Pre-fascist? Fascist enabling? Sure. But they weren't the ones trafficking innocent people to El Salvador. This is a case of overusing "fascist" until it doesn't mean anything anymore.
fascism is a system that puts the interests of the state above all other institutions, and aligns all other institutions with the interests of the state. democrats enact fascist policies with as much gusto as the Republicans, never looking to cede power to other institutions, unless doing so furthers the interests of the state.
so, respectfully, you're wrong.
And man is a featherless biped. Not all authoritarianism is fascism, there are several other features of fascism not exhibited by Democrats.
So no, I'm not.
your nonsequitur doesn't change the nature of the hegemony
It's not a non sequitur. It's a reference to Plato's definition of man being a featherless biped, which Diogenes replied to by presenting a plucked chicken and announcing "Behold, a man!". Likewise, you're using a deliberately vague and incomplete definition of "fascism" in order to try to justify your weak claim.
What fascist policies have Democrats been gleefully enacting? Not just bad ones, we can all agree that Democrats have problems. What fascist policies are they enacting?
that's a lie.
conscription, mass surveillance, mass incarceration, bank bailouts, prison slavery, extraordinary rendition, collusion with the arms industry... I don't feel I need to go on, but we can also look at their foreign policy of wealth extraction.
if they're prioritizing the interests of the state over the interest of other institutions (the academy, churches, etc) and forcing those institutions to come into alignment with their interests (Pentagon backing research grants, selectively enforcing tax laws in return for compliance, etc), they're fucking fascists.
Those are not fascist policies. Corrupt, authoritarian, sure. But if you think that's fascist, you don't know what that word means.
if you don't think that's fascism, then you and I can't agree about what fascism is
Uh, if you keep insisting on using it incorrectly, then yeah obviously. Why would I want to agree with an incorrect definition?
the feeling is mutual