Another Pynchon theme manifesting again in the real world.

[David Morris]

A book of rules (I know. It's not that. But history and analysis has a
purpose.) for Anarchism?  Seems antithetical.

David Morris

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 2:17 PM jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a link to the AFAQ (Anarchist FAQ) that is probably the best
> authority on the subject. Iain McKay (Minor Threat, Teen Idles, Fugazi) is
> quite the authority on the matter, and spent years compiling it. Great
> referenced for any questions about Anarchism’s history and evolution:
> Proudhon, Malatesta, Goldman etc. As well as a thorough explanation of
> Anarchism's various meanings/opinions, and offshoots. It’s big, the hard
> copies are two, 500+ page coffee table books. This PDF if free though.
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iain_McKay_-_Anarchist_FAQ.pdf
>
>
> On Sep 4, 2017, at 1:59 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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