• WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t seen much to encourage me in more recent ‘colour’ revolutions and the Arab spring either. I figure I’d be more receptive if the history of this kind of thing (while circumstantially different) want near-universally bad.

    Funnily enough, I feel my argument is based on anarchist principles (though I haven’t read the theory) - if we don’t address the practical power disparities created by wealth disparities, it’ll be near impossible to fight the formation of less democratic hierarchies than we have today.

    Whatever the case, this is a motivation for me to pull my finger out and go read Kropotkin though - cheers.

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      1 year ago

      Kropotkin is a nice start, though if you want an introduction I think Errico Malatesta’s work is a lot better for that. The essay “Anarchy” is short for leftist standards and is very good. Also “At the cafe” is honestly an amazing introduction piece and it’s written in a regular language as socratic dialogues, so it’s perfect for starting. It even adresses a lot of counter arguments from many perspectives.

      Otherwise Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloo is also amazing.