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Discuss anarchist praxis and philosophy. Don't take yourselves too seriously.

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How do you define yourselves politically to others? (slrpnk.net)
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Do you also find yourselves defending communist positions because they are misunderstood by most people? Do you also find yourselves specifying the type of anarchism you refer to because most people have a conception of anarchy as simply chaotic rebellion?

Personally, I find it more effective to define myself as an anarcho-communist in order to emphasize the concept of anarchy as a structure and to highlight the concept of communism as a proletarian organizational tool.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Assuming we are talking about meatspace here...

I just tell people I am an anarchist.

They then nearly always project some insane nonsense onto what they think that means, and then I understand at least 80% of their worldview in about 30 seconds.

I am done explaining things to angry morons with no curiosity or humility.

I actually do not care what they think, I have better things to do with my time.

If they present humility or genuine curiosity, well then, that's probably a person worth at least a bit of my time.

Alternatively, I tell people I am an ex-corpo cyberpunk, because I literally am.

If they don't understand that, or laugh at it, I act confused, or laugh at them.

[–] int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

now I have to know: what is 'ex-corpo cyberpunk'? I know(more or less) what cyberpunk is, but 'ex-corpo'... also please don't laugh at me :)

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

I used to be a corpo.

Now, I'm not.

Worked for MSFT, did data analysis for a large import export firm, wrote software, managed databases... if you go by ShadowRun rules, I learned the Corpo etiquette, I know how they talk, how they think.

... You can probably guess what kind of V I play in Cyberpunk 77.