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RE: Even Racist Anarchists Shouldn't Side with the Cops

in #anarchy8 years ago (edited)

You won't get much traction for this viewpoint on the internet, because the one thing armchair internet anarchists hate more than anything is being called out as not really being anti-establishment.

You're dealing with a bunch of internet pseudo-intellectuals sitting around pissing and moaning about how bad the system is, because they find the topic academically interesting, when the thing they actually don't like about the system isn't its structure, but the fact that within the system, they're peasant slaves instead of middle managers. Half of the anti-establishment content you read around here essentially boils down to, "I'm really smart. The evil government isn't! I should have more power and 'freedom'." However, if the system ended tomorrow and was no more, armchair internet anarchists wouldn't have any more power or freedom. They'd just get shot or enslaved by the next group with guns and wealth.

As you've noted, the very second something about this system they supposedly hate empowers them instead of enslaving them, they're all for it. "What? I'm better than black people? Score! I have power! I totally agree with this! Police are A-okay because the facts and statistics support the people they're targeting. This totally has nothing to do with the fact that I'm not the lowest rung in society and there's somebody I'm better than!"