What are we looking for?
What are the kinds of freedom that we (anarchists) are looking for that can't be guaranteed by a state?
I mean, if I only wanted to smoke pot without having my door smashed by the cops, being triggered and arrested, I would not be an anarchist, but rather a democrat...
So, what are we looking for? What is our aim, as anarchists?
Freedom from wage slavery
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What are the kinds of freedom that we (anarchists) are looking for that can't be guaranteed by a state?
What you are talking about is what one may call,
bourgeois rights. Freedom isn't defined by what specific acts we are, or aren't allowed to do. These
"rights" are the crumbs we are fed for subservience.
The freedom we, as anti-capitalists, as revolutionaries, or whatever term you wish to identify with, is one of a new totality. Freedom is defined by ourselves, by our desires, by our communities. Not by those who wish to oppress us.
This freedom is our autonomy.
It's freedom to be ourselves.
It's freedom from bourgeois rights!
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What are the kinds of freedom that we (anarchists) are looking for that can't be guaranteed by a state?
I mean, if I only wanted to smoke pot without having my door smashed by the cops, being triggered and arrested, I would not be an anarchist, but rather a democrat...
So, what are we looking for? What is our aim, as anarchists?
Freedom from paid slavery. Now you must have money to smoke a pot. So you must sell yourself to a bourgeoisie member to earn money. When you're sold, you're property of your employer. You must do whatever s/he wants. And we're looking a freedom from that.
Freedom to control the course of our own lives and how we use our time here.
Freedom of each to fully be themselves, to be true to our own personal sentiments and values.
These objectives are absolutely incompatible with capitalism.