by smallpoxgirl » Mon 14 Jan 2008, 18:02:42
Anarchism isn't supposed to be about creating an undisciplined society. It's supposed to be about self-discipline. Obviously if everyone went around doing whatever they wanted, we'd all starve to death pretty quickly because everyone would be sitting on their butts all day drinking beer and nobody would be growing food. Anarchism is supposed to be about having the maturity to take care of things and do what needs to be done in the world without a boss and a cop and a landlord making you do it. I say supposed to because it's quite true that for many people anarchism is just an excuse to be a lazy sack of crap, but that's not what it's supposed to be about. There is certainly nothing in anarchism that should obligate anyone else to feed you if you want to lay around all day and be a lazy sack of crap.
There's a flyer that I really like. It says "Anarchism is doing your share of the dishes plus one."
"We were standing on the edges
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS