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Anarchism and Social Ecology

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Anarchism is a social and political theory and practice that works for a free society without domination and hierarchy.

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Social Ecology, developed from green anarchism, is the idea that our ecological problems have their ultimate roots in our social problems. This is because the domination of nature and our ecology by humanity has its ultimate roots in the domination humanity by humans. Therefore, the solutions to our ecological problems are found by addressing our social and ecological problems simultaneously.

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Poetry and imagination must be integrated with science and technology, for we have evolved beyond an innocence that can be nourished exclusively by myths and dreams.

~ Murray Bookchin, The Ecology of Freedom

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's funny.

So, you admit my point about some kid getting killed doing 'direct action' is valid, but then go on to say that the kid dying is irrelevant. I'm sure it's relevant to the kid's family.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm saying you didn't read the article. :)

You brought the topic of Luigi and egg-throwing here for some reason, but I cannot fathom why. The article is not about Luigi or egg-throwing.

Last I checked, there was a phenomenon named "concern trolling" which vaguely resembles your style, but I'm not quick to judge. Maybe your concern for egg-throwers is genuine. But how did you arrive at it?

The article was about democracy, law, whether law is worth following, and what determines if a strategy could win.

Among its most worthwhile parts, the article said:

If the defenders of democracy cannot offer anything more inspiring than a return to the previous state of affairs—the one that caused this catastrophe in the first place—they will lose, and they will deserve to lose. It will take a more ambitious and far-reaching vision to defeat oligarchy.