• mofongo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    12 days ago

    Because power begets power. Once you have a secret police installed, whoever controls the police has the power over everything else, therefore no longer anarchy.

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      12 days ago

      so, your antiauthoritarian action is to deempower revolutionaries during a revolution…
      the paradox of power means nothing to you…

      I dunno bout this chief. you sure you’re anarchist?

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        12 days ago

        Because pre-approving a secret police is not anarchist, distrusting everyone in the very society you’re trying to build, it’s not anarchy, cementing power around policing is not anarchy. Plus, the most important point is this: No revolution is happening right now, so the question is moot.

        Just be honest with yourself and admit you love secret police and become a tankie.

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          12 days ago

          nowhere in his essay is he promoting a “secret police.” Intelligence is acquisition of enemy knowledge. For revolutions, that is anti-authoritarian action.

          No revolution is happening right now, so the question is moot.

          Seems you’re missing a lot of European news.

          Just be honest with yourself and admit you love secret police and become a tankie.

          🪞