LDoBe:
More anarchist meme
Anarchism and communism are not mutually incompatible. For example, Bakunin and Kropotkin.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin[a] (/bəˈkuːnɪn/ bə-KOO-nin; 30 May 1814 – 1 July 1876) was a Russian revolutionary anarchist. He is among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major figure in the revolutionary socialist, social anarchist, and collectivist anarchist traditions. Bakunin's prestige as a revolutionary also made him one of the most famous ideologues in Europe, gaining substantial influence among radicals throughout Russia and Europe.
Bakunin grew up in Pryamukhino, a famil...
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin[a] (December 9, 1842[b] – February 8, 1921) was a Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism.
Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended a military school and later served as an officer in Siberia, where he participated in several geological expeditions. He was imprisoned for his activism in 1874 and managed to escape two years later. He spent the next 41 years in exile in Switzerland, France (where he was imp...
I was saving the related concept of libertarian Marxism for when I really want to break some people’s brains
Libertarian socialism is an anti-authoritarian and anti-capitalist political current that emphasises self-governance and workers' self-management. It is contrasted from other forms of socialism by its rejection of state ownership and from other forms of libertarianism by its rejection of private property. Broadly defined, it includes schools of both anarchism and Marxism, as well as other tendencies that oppose the state and capitalism.
With its roots in the Age of Enlightenment, libertarian soc...
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LDoBe
December 8, 2019, 7:42pm
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Yeah, philosophically I’m a libertarian socialist. It’s always interesting seeing people’s reactions to that pair of words. You’d think it was a brand new sentence.
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someguy
December 8, 2019, 8:05pm
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The idea that you belong to the group that controls the area you were born, because you were born there, mostly applied to those born in the Americas.
Federal Minimum Wage, December 2009: $7.25/hr
Federal Minimum Wage, December 2019: $7.25/hr
Any questions?
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Happy Birthday, Bread Santa
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