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Hey havnt looked into the philosophy of the idea too much can anyone give me a basic rundown. (lemm.ee)

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Havnt looked into the actual thinking behind anarchism. Played a lot of 2b2t.org back in my day so thats my reference point. Please enlighten me on your thinking.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

the beginning of the redemption arc? I hear every anarchist mention "The Conquest of Bread" by Kropotkin, it's gotta be good I just haven't gotten around to reading it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's kinda the foundational mutual aid text, but like you could read modern stuff if you want fresh ideas vs to learn the history of a movement.

Also lmao, you are also a little surprised at who's asking. We can only hope :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Idk, what broke me into leftism was "Wage Labour and Capital" and what sealed the deal was "Socialism: From Utopian to Scientific". It wasn't the freshness of the ideas that blew me away but how solid and rigorous the foundations are.

Before that I thought lefties just turn the "social programs" dial to 11 and the infighting was about how to best turn that dial and how social programs should work. To see such a rigorous approach to politics blew my socks off and broke with all my preconceived notions.