Another Pynchon theme manifesting again in the real world.

[Mark Kohut]

There have to have been many, many societies with less social and political control(s) than The West. Which patriarchies are his historic settings. 

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> On Sep 4, 2017, at 7:19 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Was there ever an indigenous or other alt people that practiced anarchy? I don't think so.  Matriarchy was supplanted by Patriarchy.  Maybe Anarchy was before both.
> 
> 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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