• RedDoozer@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    Anarchy is not by nature disorganized. Lack of hierarchy doesn’t mean lack of organization. Probably a well-functioning anarchist organization is better organized than most hierarchical ones.

    If friends are not there to defend the group of three, mutual aid is missing. That’s why it failed.

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      7 months ago

      What does a well-functioning anarchist organization look like, though? How does one of any size prevent from fracturing into competing factions over time? If such organizations are limited to tight-knit community scales, I can’t see how it’s not eventual feudalism with extra steps.

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      7 months ago

      Hierarchy isn’t the opposite of anarchy.

      It’s just a type of rule. As in “an-archy”, without ruler.

      There’s also “synarchy”, meaning “joint rule or government by two or more individuals or parties”, which I feel is far more what people here are advocating in the name of anarchism.