don't be afraid of impossible dreams. a tree will never reach the sun but it grows towards it anyway
2026-05-11 01:42 UTC
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@cerement@slrpnk.net 2026-05-11 03:41
> “But”, interjected van Paasen, “You will be sitting on a pile of ruins.” > > “We have always lived in slums and holes in the wall. We will know how to accommodate ourselves for a time. For, you must not forget, we can also build. It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers, can build others to take their place. And better ones! We are not in the least afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie may blast and burn its own world before it finally leaves the stage of history. We are not afraid of ruins. We who ploughed the prairies and built the cities can build again, only better next time. We carry a new world, here in our hearts. The world is growing this minute.” > > —Buenaventura Durruti, *interview with Pierre van Paassen* (1936-07-24)
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@sem@lemmy.ml 2026-05-11 07:38
Why anarchism is always only utopia? The question itself is strange imo. Why I cannot share the anarchist view and just ask for more federalization instead of centralization, ask for more workers cooperative ownership instead of private ownership, ask for support the community militia instead of militarization of police, ask to replace professional politicians by delegates with binding mandate, and ao fourth and so on? Why is it always dichotomy "complete anarchy or nothing"?
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@vegafjord@slrpnk.net 2026-05-11 12:13
anarchism is easier to achieve than you think we just need to withdraw ourselves from top down structures anf embrace bottom up structures only a corrupted language stands in our way from realizing that
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@grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2026-05-11 13:52
Noooo don't make me an anarchist 😭
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@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2026-05-11 06:08
> what have you gentlemen accomplished? I mean the highest standard of living in human history and arguably a system whose current problems are mostly fixable, but moreover, "your shit's not working right so clearly [thing] is better" isn't an argument. Humans have this bizarre cognitive bias of "this thing isn't working, so clearly *my* idea is the future". See: the far-right.