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Anarchism and Social Ecology

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Anarchism is a social and political theory and practice that works for a free society without domination and hierarchy.

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Social Ecology, developed from green anarchism, is the idea that our ecological problems have their ultimate roots in our social problems. This is because the domination of nature and our ecology by humanity has its ultimate roots in the domination humanity by humans. Therefore, the solutions to our ecological problems are found by addressing our social and ecological problems simultaneously.

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~ Murray Bookchin, The Ecology of Freedom

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In modern times humans have become a wolf not only to humans, but to all nature.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

The crazy thing is, I enjoy washing dishes. I just don't want to do it 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford to live.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also capitalists for some reason: Without the threat of unemployment or a pay incentive noone would ever be motivated to wash their dishes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Posadism: Ask the dolphins if they would more enjoy washing the dishes, or shattering them with hypersonic clicks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Uh no. Anarchism: some people wash dishes. Some don’t because they can do what they like.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I guess you don’t have to but then what are you going to do, eat off of dirty dishes?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Based on what I know of roommates:

Use someone else's dishes

Eat off dirty dishes

Eat off of the counter

Buy new dishes

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Lol you forgot, eating straight from the pan and just washing the pan.

Or just ordering delivery every night

Source: living with baked college roommates

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

and then complain that you are poor and the 'man/system' is the one whose fault it is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

And throw the dishes. Thus was Frisbism born.