How did gangs take control of Haiti? How did warlords take control of Somalia? I guess those governments just decided to dissolve and hand over their monopolies on violence to other groups.
ISIS wants your stuff. But, your government stops them from taking your stuff. Uh oh, the government is gone. Now ISIS shows up, and they take your stuff.
there are a lot of competing theories. personally, I have begun to favor non-prefigurative models of revolution, so you should probably consult others on what they think they will build after the revolution.
power vacuums are fictions deployed by imperialist forces to justify regime change
How did gangs take control of Haiti? How did warlords take control of Somalia? I guess those governments just decided to dissolve and hand over their monopolies on violence to other groups.
I don’t know the particular histories you’re talking about, but I bet it involves private property, prisons, and policing. none of that is anarchy.
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power vacuums are a myth
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they are a story that people tell to explain the world. but they are not a phenomenon that can be empirically tested.
It’s not so hard to understand. Let’s try.
ISIS wants your stuff. But, your government stops them from taking your stuff. Uh oh, the government is gone. Now ISIS shows up, and they take your stuff.
another story
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there is no such thing as a power vacuum. it’s just a story telling device.
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there are a lot of competing theories. personally, I have begun to favor non-prefigurative models of revolution, so you should probably consult others on what they think they will build after the revolution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3AAnarchism?wprov=sfla1