Another Pynchon theme manifesting again in the real world.

[David Morris]

So your anarchism jag isn't a real proscription.  It is a plaything.  A
Pynchon fanboy thing.

David Morris

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 3:57 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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