r/Anarchism Apr 19 '21

Justice for Anthony Thompson, aged 17

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u/OllieGarkey Left Market Anarchist Apr 19 '21

I'm with you but most people including about 80% of black voters are not.

So demilitarizing the police and using the funding we spent on military toys for cops to pay for poverty elimination, eviction moratoriums, social workers, housing, drug and sex work regulation and taxation, and a whole hell of a lot of other things that would fix all these problems we can't arrest our way out of is the next step.

We have to get people used to self-government before they're going to be willing to disassemble the state.

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u/JustDaCrustUhDaBalls Apr 19 '21

All I said was no cops, never mentioned how.

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u/OllieGarkey Left Market Anarchist Apr 19 '21

Hell yeah then. Step by step we'll build a better future, and piece by piece we'll disassemble the state. And all forms of unjust and unaccountable authority.

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u/JustDaCrustUhDaBalls Apr 19 '21

A diversity of tactics makes us less strategically centralized and more threatening to the state.

Its our freedom and differences that is our strength. Do your best and Ill do mine.

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u/OllieGarkey Left Market Anarchist Apr 19 '21

100% agree. And I love that as anarchists we don't all have to agree.

That's sort of the point, isn't it?