Illegalism
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Illegalism is an anarchist philosophy which embraces criminality as a lifestyle. It's the second part of the renowned and enlightened charter: "Be Gay, Do Crime"
This is a place for exchanging tricks & experiences, discussing trends & events, sharing shitposts, and connecting criminality to theory & praxis.
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- Be sure to follow the Anarchist Code of Conduct
- Probably try not to incriminate yourself (or others)
- No planning or calls for specific actions
- Make your own debate post if you want to debate the efficacy or ethics of illegalism
- Please consider providing alt texts for images
Rules
- No Lame-Os
Resources
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/topic/illegalism
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Buggs Bunny laughing and holding the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, from a scene in which he reads from a book the words "diabolical sabotage", linked below
"Dia-bo-lical sab-o-taygee" ~Buggs Bunny
It can be something you came up with yourself or came across elsewhere- doesn't have to be from the manual!
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Large pink text made to look like a neon sign which reads "I'm bored now", followed by much smaller simpler text which reads "Someone else please take over"
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A simple drawing of two anthropomorphic cats by @Nyazsche. One cat, wearing a propeller hat, asks "Do you like my silly hat?" The other cat responds "You are an enemy of Christ."
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Serene bokeh (possibly A.I. generated) photo of tree branches and sparse fall leaves with the setting sun behind them. Cursive stylized text reads "Inflation isn't real; Make things cheaper or I will simply steal them"
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A McDonalds advertisement featuring an unintentionally creepy, humanoid Happy Meal, holding a sign which has been edited to read "laws don't exist." Stylized caption reads "capitalism is failing. Steal from your job. Make art and buy ammo. All mainstream media is political propaganda.
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transcription: nothing is stopping you from placing food you didnt pay for in donation bins at your local frocery store, you didnt steal anything, you just moved it, nothing left their property :3 help feed you local homeless and needy~
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Luigi Mangione, with his head tilted to the side, compressed lips, and a furrowed brow, looking away from text which reads: "Killing innocent people for the sake of breaking the law."
Luigi Mangione, with raised brows and an approving frown (like the Obama "not bad" expression), looking at text which reads: "killing certified badguys in blatant disregard for the law."
This distinction is a lil frustrating for me because I just so happen to also be an amoralist, but it's not inherent to illegalism
I loved this comment by @[email protected]
We can think breaking laws in general is good because it makes these useless laws harder to enforce if a lot of people break them. Ie. its a form of resistance against the state.
But [we can] also be staunchly against terrible things like random killings and sexual assault.
One doesn’t entail the other.
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A 3-panel comic by ADHDinos featuring a nondescript long-neck dinosaur and a living brain. The first panel is edited to read "Can we do the right thing?" the dino asks. "Not without consequences", the brain responds. "Yeah that was not the question", states the dino, who has been edited to wear a black bandana and hold a Molotov cocktail.
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Caption reads "LPT: Keep fart spray and a tear stick in your bag. You can get away with anything when you're crying because you shit your pants." Image is the "Roll Safe" meme featuring a man tapping his head and smiling, but has been edited to be crying. Beside him are a spray bottle of "liquid ass" and a tear stick.
(A tear stick has menthol and camphor in it and bad actors put it under their eyes to make them cry)
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A billboard featuring a man behind bars which originally read: "Graffiti. It's a Crime!" but has been vandalized to say "It's a FUN Crime!"
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A quote in a cute cursive font with a pink back-splash over-layed atop a community empowerment stock photo with 11 pairs of hands holding a hoola-hoop.
The text reads: "Walmart loses $3B to theft each year, and if we all pitch in to help, we can get that number a lot higher this year"
~@workingoncrying
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A Tumblr post by user "cock-holliday":
I think people need to be more comfortable with illegalism and I’m not kidding. Of course the more legal something is, the safer and easier it is to do, but the more people who disregard the law, the harder it is to enforce. There are plenty of laws on the books that people just ignore and are never or rarely policed.
Becoming more comfortable with little illegal activities makes you more comfortable with bigger more important illegal activities. Additionally, it is crucial to build a wall of silence. Nobody talks everybody walks.
People who give out food without a permit, hold a march without a permit, grow a garden without a permit, are more likely to be people you could turn to to work with on preventing an eviction, or keeping people out of cop hands, or helping your friend Jane get crucial healthcare when it’s not legal in your state.
Communities comfortable with these acts won’t call the cops, and then nobody knows that it’s happening.
People have got to shift from both the idea that lawful = good/ illegal = bad, and that the illegality of something means that’s the end of it, and the only fight left is to make it legal again.
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A young white man who looks like he could be a cop, with hands on his hips, looking down with an expressive face of lighthearted judgment. Looking up at him is a silly dog with an equally expressive face of ironic bashfulness. Over-layed text reads: "When two antisocials on opposite sides of the legal system interact"
Yeah, "All Cops" means all cops, including my brother, but I still love him
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Luigi Mangione with his head tilted to the side, next to text which reads: "1 sign saying you're under video surveillance."
Luigi Mangione looking into the camera with a raised brow, next to text which reads: "5 signs saying you're under video surveillance."
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- burnt
- babies
- bombs
- blockades
- bioweapons
- bureaucracy
- privilege
- pedophiles
- propaganda
- prohibition
- prisons
- poverty
- price increases
- no progress
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Confused math lady meme template with text which reads: "When you get a voicemail from the police and you're trying to figure out which crime you've been caught for before you call your lawyer
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The ASPD diagnosis exists purely to pathologize an individual resistance to oppression
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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A wojack style single-panel comic.
A femboy in a cropped pink hoodie says: "I think doing arson to fascists is okay and good."
A dead-eyed individual with a slight smirk, holding a syringe, responds: "You have Antisocial Personality Disorder. It's in the DSM. What you say is literally insane."
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/31040417
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A crude drawing of a girl wearing a ski mask and holding a cartoonish bomb.
Labeled: illegalist gf
Text blocks surround her which read:
"laws aren't real, silly."
"a relationship is too formal of an organization; how about an affinity couple."
only watches pirated movies.
"let's have a slumber party; we can paint our nails and make bombs."
she embrace you like she embrace criminality.
"can I borrow your pressure cooker?"
loves you almost as much as she hates cops
"I- I stole you that book you wanted, anon...
she cute, but also... she loot.
"galleani did nothing wrong"
