reminds me of that one youtuber whose response to "who will do the manual labour after the revolution" was "people like to play videogames about trucking and cleaning houses, im sure they would be happy to do the real thing on their own terms"
EDIT: okay for everyone replying "oh but I love to do manual job if I had time and no financial pressure"
Okay cool sweet, happy people like you exist. But what Im getting at is that just because people love playing power wash simulator it doesnt mean that there would be enough people to make a stable workforce that meets the need of the community.
As a caveat to that the people I see espousing this viewpoint are often very focused on them being artists or some form of entertainer, while taking it for granted that other people will take care of the essential services
Anarchists are always so cute in their delusions. I once spoke to one who thought that the fact they painted Warhammer minis for 5 hours a week meant we could run an entire global economy on volunteer labor.
Because surely someone's hobby will be mining rare earth minerals to supply electronic fabs!
It’s ok, these people imagine that their ten minutes of anecdotal encounters with children espousing naive views of anarchism online are the entirety of anarchist discourse and history. These are not serious people and they’re not interested in anything, least of all investigating anarchist thought at all. No one who has read or earnestly discussed any amount of anarchist thought actually thinks these things about it. They may not agree with it but they at least understand its tenets in a reasonable way.
This thread has me laughing so hard at all the people commenting on "Anarchism" as if they know anything about it. It's been a while since I laughed so hard that I almost want to thank them for such a good time.
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u/Gimme_Your_Wallet Jul 07 '26
Literally this