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Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to
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anarchist beliefs turn on to two elementary assumptions. The first is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how. The second is that power corrupts.
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If people are used to being treated like their opinions do not matter, they are likely to become angry and cynical, even violent — which of course makes it easy for those in power to say that their opinions do not matter.
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while people can be reasonable and considerate when they are dealing with equals, human nature is such that they cannot be trusted to do so when given power over others. Give someone such power, they will almost invariably abuse it in some way or another.
✏️ Is it as simple and cold as that? Give a person a teeny amount of power over others, and it invariably corrupts?
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“It doesn’t matter who started it.” “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” “Clean up your own mess.” “Do unto others…” “Don’t be mean to people just because they’re different.”
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most children grow up believing in anarchist morality, and then gradually have to realize that the adult world doesn’t really work that way.