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  1. You must read the article before you can comment on it.
    • jeff3 years ago

      So you get to the heart of that property relation, and demonstrate that without police and without state oppression, we can have things for free.

      I mean, she's got a point. The default state in nature is survival of the fittest but I've never heard anyone describe that as a particularly equitable arrangement.

      In all seriousness, the author of this book is trolling, right?

      • chronotope2 years ago

        @jeff - I don’t think so. It’ame across this article as part of reviewing sources from some other books and this book is now in my queue. It's a really interesting part of a movement in historical analysis of revolutionary and civil rights movements that is reappraising the role of violence in the success of such movements. As the author notes (and others) we've created a historical narrative that much of the big moments of civil rights and freedom in history were created through peaceful resistance, but the reality of that history--when we really look at it--shows that successful movements always pair prominent peaceful resistance with violence and the threat of violence, especially against property which is the most successful way to impact the powers that be. I plan to read this book, but I also recommend a book I recently finished: "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" which does an excellent analysis of this.