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Lymos
9th September 2009, 19:20
First off, I apologize if this thread remains too newb-ish for the politics section and should remain in the learning section.

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One might argue that this is what should naturally happen in a social anarchist area but let us not kid ourselves: even here and many other political forums, there's a certain limit before you get attacked. A certain percent of what you are allowed to suggest before you can be considered "too critical" of the anarchist movement.

...and yet in the internet, the worst punishment is not death but banning and ridicule.

However there remains something beautiful about:

"Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and the sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land."

What would be the most efficient way of encouraging and applying the noble and proper form of this campaign without risking Dunbar's number or fear of being lambasted and socially ruined?

Pogue
9th September 2009, 19:32
Its a shame it was just a ploy to find dissenters but anyways:

In a revolutionary situation naturally there will be opinion seperate to that of the revolutionary movement, i.e. the interests of the bourgeoisie, petit-bourgeoisie, the attempts of fascism etc, all trying to influence or sabotage the movement. We can't kill this out using some sort of secret police for obvious reasons, mainly because revolutionaries wont be in control. There will be a period where perhaps we are overtly harsh to dangerous opponents I am sure, such things happen - after all we are defending the emancipation of humanity agaisnt those who will do anything to stop us acheiving our aims.

I think the main point is that we can allow debate but at the end of the day we have to safeguard working class power and control through militias and councils, i.e. socialist modes of organisation. And obviously we'll be engaged in warfare, class warfare, so we'll hardly be having friendly fireside debates with our enemies. But theres no need to stifle debate - of course it'd be impossible to, the revolution has to be democratic to be a revolution and so we will have opinions coming across from different areas of the working class. Its just vital militants make our voices heard in this period.