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[-] ziggurter@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Reminds me of this little essay by David Graeber: Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!

In particular this part:

Do you really believe those things you tell your children (or that your parents told you)?

“It doesn’t matter who started it.” “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” “Clean up your own mess.” “Do unto others...” “Don’t be mean to people just because they’re different.” Perhaps we should decide whether we’re lying to our children when we tell them about right and wrong, or whether we’re willing to take our own injunctions seriously. Because if you take these moral principles to their logical conclusions, you arrive at anarchism....

Like we start off teaching children to be social, and cooperative, and good, and then at some point during their development a switch flips in our brains, and we start telling them to COMPETE! To WIN! To climb on the backs of their peers in order to survive and thrive under capitalism. Well, Fred, I know I told you a year ago that you should share your toys, but things are different now. Now you should hoard them, and shove any kid who tries to touch them down the nearest flight of stairs! That's just what it takes to survive in this world. SorryIdon'tmaketherules.

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