Another Pynchon theme manifesting again in the real world.

[Mark Kohut]

Anarchism as I wrote about it here is working with whatever, jumping in spontaneously before or with  FEMA HELP and FEMA is goddam necessary OR ELSE. ...More incalculable deaths and reams of suffering and hurt. 

I wrote " part" of....not as a guiding political philosophy, like libertarianism, which is  perhaps the exact opposite of helping ANYONE but oneself. ...anarchism allows selflessness. 

I just read a decent piece about the horrible tornado in Kansas, killing more than Harvey has, and the gist was FEMA was invaluable for money (paid 90% of clean-up cost) and worked best when "spontaneous groups" --like churches-- local leaders and Orgs were the go-to ones for advice and disbursement. 

And I'm a big Govt " liberal" myself. Who loves selfless helping and dancing. Esp in musicals. 

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> 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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