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  • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyzOPtoAnarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com•An Anarchist FAQ Reading Group - Section B.3 - Week #7English
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    9 days ago

    Anarchist opposition to private property rests on two, related, arguments. These were summed up by Proudhon’s maxims (from What is Property? that “property is theft” and “property is despotism.” In his words, “Property . . . violates equality by the rights of exclusion and increase, and freedom by despotism . . . [and has] perfect identity with robbery.” [Proudhon, What is Property, p. 251] Anarchists, therefore, oppose private property (i.e. capitalism) because it is a source of coercive, hierarchical authority as well as exploitation and, consequently, elite privilege and inequality. It is based on and produces inequality, in terms of both wealth and power.

    We will summarise each argument in turn.

    Umm, question, which are the arguments here? These?

    1. because it is a source of coercive, hierarchical authority as well as exploitation and, consequently, elite privilege and inequality
    2. It is based on and produces inequality, in terms of both wealth and power.

    Or am I getting it wrong? (I’m trying to keep some notes)

    EDIT I think I figured it out:

    Property:

    1. Produces authoritarian social relationships
    2. It is exploitation (theft)
  • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyzOPtoAnarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com•An Anarchist FAQ Reading Group - Megathread - Week #13English
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    19 days ago

    So yeah, I’m giving some extra structure to the weekly reading we do.

    This megathread should (hopefully) make things better:

    • It should be one place where all the posts are listed, so you can click on the post with the Section you want and view it quickly.
    • It will be pinned, reducing the work on the mods/admins (having to pin a new post every week eventually gets tiring).

    PS. Feedback request: Let me know what you think, I discussed it a bit on the matrix server, but I’d like some broader feedback on this. I initially started this using hexbear’s way of doing group readings, but I feel like this is a huge book and probably needs a different organisation.