Post #1974351

2026-04-14 20:45 UTC

I talked about anarchism with someone recently, and "evil people" was their main argument. I've been thinking about it a lot. My point of view is that power structures give those evil people an unmatched oportunity to gain power over others. I think most of them are in politics, be it in democracy or authoritarian regimes. They are the best at climbing hierarchies and have the motivation to do so, unlike most people. But still, it seems that having evil people in politics is somehow better than having to deal with them directly for a lot of people. It may be the fear of unknown - governments might do bad things on a much bigger scale, but at least they are predictable. That's just my interpretation though.

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@lurch@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-14 22:35

anarchism doesn't mean you can't get organised. that said, it's pretty damned hard to defend against an attacking nation, if you don't have taxpayer funded hierachical military. hard doesn't mean impossible tho

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@PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-14 22:24

Yep, I believe the absolute majority of people in power are evil because evil people seek power.

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@dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-15 02:15

No you dont undersrand! Everything i want is made of basement kids and if i dont get it ill be sad, but if i think about making it happen ill be sad. So i need to make sure we all just agree that dping wjat the worst monsters we can find tell us to and and killing anyone who disagrees. You disagreeing makes me feel bad.

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@A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-14 21:05

Its the fear of the unknown. I had to deal with that too when I first learned about anarchism.

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