db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 days agoLiberal Death Cultlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square638fedilinkarrow-up1865arrow-down1133
arrow-up1732arrow-down1imageLiberal Death Cultlemmy.dbzer0.comdb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 days agomessage-square638fedilink
minus-squareVampirePenguin@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·4 days agoIt’s the people’s house. We built it. It’s been stolen and you let them. Who’s the anarchist?
minus-squareOBJECTION!@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoThe state, something that anarchists famously believe is made by and for the people.
minus-squareanarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoIf the house of government was ever truly the people’s, it was stolen from us the moment it was done being built. Democracy is only a small measure of power, and in a liberal democracy, most of that power is ceded to capital.
It’s the people’s house. We built it. It’s been stolen and you let them. Who’s the anarchist?
The state, something that anarchists famously believe is made by and for the people.
If the house of government was ever truly the people’s, it was stolen from us the moment it was done being built.
Democracy is only a small measure of power, and in a liberal democracy, most of that power is ceded to capital.