Another Pynchon theme manifesting again in the real world.

[David Morris]

Anarchism is akin to Libertarianism: freedumb from guvmint!

Imagine a world in Houston without FEMA!  Such a dream!

And no interstate highways!  And no EPA!  And no Medicare or Social
Security!

You may sat I'm a dreamer, but they're about to be deported.

David Morris

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anarchism. Pervasive as we know (and been written about).
>
> Anarchism, not as any kind of policy or new government notion but
> precisely as getting shit done *without* government, *outside of it. *
>
> The natural way hundreds of thousands of simple citizens "self-organized"--
> this is the key,-- like the deaf-mute dance under the bridge where everyone
> dances together without bumping with no one having to direct the dancing--
> like the search and rescue and help operation in Houston after Harvey.
>
> Since a guy named Prince wrote about the "spontaneous groupings" of
> volunteer
> help after the Halifax explosion disaster , it has always been a part of
> every disaster
> since. They say.
>
> Spontaneous groupings = self-organizing= equal apolitical, non-violent
> anarchism in
> the real world.
>
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