Re: dont be so quick to dismissfrontdispatchesFebruary 6 2009, 21:51:26 UTC
aye, yes, my point exactly - and that's why at the end, i did make the point that some people actually do make a difference...but these are generally the first people to do it, and often times people we never hear about, simply because it doesn't become a "movement" until either A) some asshole gets self-righteous and starts practicing self-promotion - "look what cool thing i did!", or B) someone cool makes the mistake of bringing some-such asshole along while they're doing something cool, and eventually someone ends up writing about it in the Times. you put it perfectly in your last paragraph, so i'd say we agree.
except for anarchism. the problem (or perhaps not?) with anarchism is that, by fundamental principal, in rejecting imposed order they fundamentally make it impossible to become a successful movement because they allow for too much dissent. they are, in essence, a people to admire, because they constitute the only pure, true movement - but by doing so, they will always be crushed by the communists and even proper bourgeois society; they are incapable of holding up against an organized, concerted effort. the true ones are a noble, if ever condemned to be trod-upon, people.
except for anarchism. the problem (or perhaps not?) with anarchism is that, by fundamental principal, in rejecting imposed order they fundamentally make it impossible to become a successful movement because they allow for too much dissent. they are, in essence, a people to admire, because they constitute the only pure, true movement - but by doing so, they will always be crushed by the communists and even proper bourgeois society; they are incapable of holding up against an organized, concerted effort. the true ones are a noble, if ever condemned to be trod-upon, people.
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