The fundamental tenet of anarchism is the resistance to an Archos, Greek for “master.” To advocate for anarchism is to position oneself in opposition to a master, i.e., to claim the fundamental right of self-determination, autonomy, and freedom from a centralized system of (especially coercive) control. To act anarchically simply means to act independently of...

extra topical for these recent days!

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Designed by a cold-war military engineer with a goal of a nuke-proof communications system and grown on the funded backs of colleges in its early life until the AOLs and ISPs of the world turned it commercial, I just can’t see which day in its existence it was anarchist; let alone ‘always’.

    Did I get the history wrong?