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  • Ich hab mal ein Video gesehen wo jemand zum Original Ort vom Fenster XP Hintergrund und das ist normalerweise ein Weinberg nur in dem Jahr irgendwie nicht. Der hat dann ein Foto gemacht aus der Perspektive und es war voller Weinreben

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    Acrocanthosarus
  • Same with landlord and boss.

    Which makes me realize: We tip our landlords but not our friends. Makes you think.

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    Lawless society
  • Well, there is a whole anti intellectual movement within anarchism which stems at least in part from a critique of intellectuals as an elite. That said, there are elitist Marxist and even ML uni professors, but also anarchist ones. I wouldn't draw the line there.

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    Lawless society
  • There is a whole debate within anarchism whether to use the term democracy or not. People on both sides of this semantical debate will have identical utopias but call them differently. Zoe Baker has a video essay about that on YouTube.

    I like the term Direct Democracy since it shows my disagreement with parliamentary democracy while still using a term that's regarded as positive. "Our democracy isn't direct enough" will resonate with more people than "Democracy bad, anarchy good".

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  • I didn't intend to start the discussion here. You are on lemmy.world. maybe filter "local" and you will see.

    Important for this discussion is that the moderators reacted to the criticism and acted upon it.

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    Lawless society
  • That's a very good question. It's as anarchist as modern social media gets.

    The thing is the moderators. In an anarchist utopia, they would take turns, be recallable and have to justify their decisions.

    The last point is true for some instances but not all (think of the vegan cat food debate on .world verses how .ml blocks voices critical of China and Russia).

    The other two points – to my knowledge – barely happen. This isn't a huge problem, as I said, it's as anarchist as social media comes. But it contains the risk of a centralized power. Sure, you can always leave the instance (even easier than on mastodon where you lose your followers) but this resembles the Libertarian "freedom" to choose your oppressor. Internal equality is very important.

    This isn't to criticize Lemmy. It's overall very good and as anarchist as realistically and practically possible. But to showcase the anarchist ideal of councils and to spotlight the minor flaws we should be aware of, even if there is no perfect solution.

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  • I'm not sure what makes you think of (right wing) libertarians. I specified the absence of authority. Libertarians are fond of the idea of voluntary contracts – or let's rather call it voluntary authority – which in effect is never voluntary. You can choose for whom to work but there is a ruling class you have to work for. All you can do is choose your oppressor.

    Free association among equals on the other hand is a very common idea among (left/socialist) anarchists and I think very early on. You can choose and leave the community you belong to.

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  • Short answer: The community.

    In small contexts, a mutual understanding is sufficient. There are "Radical Therapy" groups with no central therapist who decides who talks how much but instead have rules like fixed times for each person. I don't think people will break these rules but exclusion is always an option with very intransigent people.

    In bigger contexts like the Commons, people deliberate on their own rules. Minor transgressions will have minor consequences and the worst is – again – exclusion. People are more willing to stick to the rules and watch others if they were part of the process that created the rules. If you want to dive deeper, I remember a podcast episode by SRSLY WRONG and a YouTube video by Andrewism about The Commons or The Tragedy of the Common.

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  • Anarchism isn't the absence of rules but the absence of authority. Some anarchist ideas even replace the centralized authority figure with rules that apply to everyone and of cause free association so you are not forced to follow them and can move on instead

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    Das ist aus der Zeit, als es Samstag 20:15 war. Das kann man sich gar nicht mehr vorstellen! Mittlerweile ist es ja nach Mitternacht. Erinnert ihr euch noch, was ihr damals gemacht habt?

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    Da meint jemand, es gäbe diese Community nicht, was damals auch gestimmt hat, aber jetzt ist es gealtert wie Milch.

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