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A.2.4 Are anarchists in favour of “absolute” liberty?

No. Anarchists do not believe that everyone should be able to “do whatever they like,” because some actions invariably involve the denial of the liberty of others.

For example, anarchists do not support the “freedom” to rape, to exploit, or to coerce others. Neither do we tolerate authority. On the contrary, since authority is a threat to liberty, equality, and solidarity (not to mention human dignity), anarchists recognise the need to resist and overthrow it.

The exercise of authority is not freedom. No one has a “right” to rule others. As Malatesta points out, anarchism supports “freedom for everybody … with the only limit of the equal freedom for others; which does not mean … that we recognise, and wish to respect, the ‘freedom’ to exploit, to oppress, to command, which is oppression and certainly not freedom.” [Errico Malatesta: His Life and Ideas, p. 53]

In a capitalist society, resistance to all forms of hierarchical authority is the mark of a free person — be it private (the boss) or public (the state). As Henry David Thoreau pointed out in his essay on “Civil Disobedience” (1847)

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”

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Hey everyone, its about that time again. I'm so happy I decided to purge some old inspo and write for Rio and Angel. Y'all also got "Jealous Type" to nearly 800 notes!? I really really appreciate it so much.

I want to work on a few short pieces for you so my inbox is open for requests and I will most likely be back to post multiple pieces in August. I just want some time to sit with the ideas and requests. Please be as detailed as possible when it comes to your requests and I'll do my best.

I've been writing my butt off this year and if you didn't know or if you're interested in more alternative concepts check out @afewfantasies. It's not my usual style but its been fun and well received. Writing a romance for a villain has been fun. This one's for the dark romance girlies who never met a monster they wouldn't love.

Also for all the SOA and Mayans girlies, I have some biker stuff coming this way for Benny from bikeriders. I think i'll post it on my other page so look out for it there. I mean look at him a less playful version of a young JT. Just toxic and gorgeous

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im always surprised when i realize not everyone knows these exist! all your anarchist questions answered in one place! and i mean like ALL, esp that second link

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The Year of the Echidna prompt list is here!

Remember, if you want your piece reblogged to the event account, you must tag with @year-of-the-echidna!

FAQ || Additional FAQ

Transcript under cut:

The Year of Knuckles Fan Event; 2025 is the year of the echidna.

Prompt List

Innocence

Communication

Memory

Love

Chuckle

Sweet

City

Atonement

Dragon

Begrudging

Adventure

Magic

Small

Best Boy

Red

Moon

Transform

Concert

Sleepy

Vengeance

Regret

Ruins

Girl

Monster

Judgement

Unusual

Whip

Relaxing

Euphoria

Dinosaur

Vineyard

Secret

Drown

Unfair

Freak

Abandoned

Moving On

Shock

Floating

Imposter

Wind

Werewolf

Somewhere

Anarchy

Thoughts

Boyfriend

Punk

Pranks

Lost

Role Swap

Soft

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⭐️ONE MONTH TO GO ⭐️

There is only one month until Fab Five Week officially starts! It's time to pick up your pens and brushes, because the main event will run from February 3-8!

Details under the cut!

🟊 PROMPT LIST 🟊

Day 1┆Feb 3: Vampire Titans | Captivity | Accidental Baby Acquisition | Multiversal Constant Day 2┆Feb 4: Road Trip Shenanigans | First Times | Then and Now | Speed Force Shenanigans Day 3┆Feb 5: Mentor Angst | Secrets | Omegaverse AU | Prince of Atlantis Day 4┆Feb 6: Soulmates | Titans Polycule/Relationship Anarchy | Ride or DIe | Creative Lasso Use Day 5┆Feb 7: Mentor Swap/Different Mentors AU | Late Night Conversations | SA Trauma Bonding | Abandonment Issues Day 6┆Feb 8: Free day!

We have a mix of general prompts and character specific prompts for both weeks! You're welcome to use the prompts in any combination you like — use only the general prompts, or only the character prompts, or mix and match the general and characters prompts! The world is your oyster!

We also have a catch-up week from February 10-16 along with a special Valentines event!

🟆 CATCH UP WEEK + CUPID ROY EVENT PROMPTS 🟆

Day 1┆Feb 10: Transition to Nightwing Day 2┆Feb 11: Lost in the Speedforce Day 3┆Feb 12: Xenobiology Day 4┆Feb 13: Pictures around Titans Tower 💘 Day 5┆Feb 14: Lovestruck | Love Spell | "Dear Cupid" | Cupid's Lost Arrow | Stray Arrow 💘 Day 6┆Feb 15: DILF Roy Harper Day 7┆Feb 16: Undercover Mission

The theme of our Valentine's day event is CUPID ROY. It is a Roy Harper-centric event with its own unique prompts!

We're excited to see all the wonderful fanworks you come up with for this event! Happy creating! ♡

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Have a question for us? Review our event Rules and FAQ. If you still need answers, send us an ask!

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About ☆ FAQ ☆ Rules ☆ Timeline ☆ Announcements ☆ Fanworks

Thank you everyone for submitting so many lovely prompts! For your perusal, here are the fanart-specific prompts that were submitted, pasted onto the Polish cover edition of All Systems Red + Artificial Condition. (Phrasing of some of these prompts were streamlined to help them fit onto the image.)

Characters illustrated with pride flags/colors.

Friendship bracelets, friendship tokens, Best Friends interlocking necklaces.

Drones! Drone communication, drone decoration, drone boops.

Feed hangouts, feedsonas.

Corporation Rim advertisements using Sex℠, Love®, or Gender© to sell products.

Bottles of: Gender Fluid, Love Potion, Relationship Anarchy, Polyamory Pigment. Or these ideas represented as objects: Candies. Books. Trinkets.

Non-human intimacy.

Murderbot wearing 'triple-A' battery shirt.

Thread of Fate subversions: cutting, braiding, having multiple threads.

Bots/constructs helping each other out with maintenance.

Murderbot 'friend dates' with its humans. (Theatre with Ratthi, hike with Mensah kids, etc.)

Check out the rest of our fanworks prompts here! This poster contains fanart-specific prompts but there are plenty more that could work for both fanart or fanfic.

If you are a visual artist, a doodler, or someone with a drawing implement, I hope these might inspire you to make something! :) If you post the art to tumblr, tag us and we'll reblog it.

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

[technofeudalism]

recomendations of fundamental revolutionary literature? please

it kinda depends on what you're looking for specifically.

if you're simply looking for fundamental introductory texts to anarchism from the perspective of a beginner who wants to learn more about the subject:

Emma Goldman, Anarchism & Other Essays

Errico Malatesta, An Anarchist Programme

Errico Malatesta, Anarchy

Peter Gelderloos, Anarchy Works

Alexander Berkman, What is Communist Anarchism?

Strangers In a Tangled Wilderness, Life Without Law: An introduction to anarchist politics

Marquis Bey, Anarcho-Blackness

Indigenous Action, Voting is Not Harm Reduction

if you're looking for more texts surrounding revolution itself, revolutionary thought and history

Peter Marshall, Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism

George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia

Bonanno, From Riot to Insurrection

LibCom has a reading guide on the Spanish Civil War

i would also check out the Librarian Picks and the Anarchist FAQ at the Anarchist Library.

for video, Zoe Baker is a good resource on YouTube

hope this is helpful

[roguesynapses]

Hi!

I am a Marxist-Leninist, but lately I have been thinking about getting closer to anarchists. First and foremost because my local communist organisation behaved absolutely inhumane lately (anarchists are also not perfect but not that bad, or at least they seem so), but I also admit that anarchist criticism of ML asks questions that I also wonder about.

So like, can you share some readings on anarchist theory and practice for someone with ML background?

If you have enough spoons to waste on me, here is what made me associate with ML:

(Break is weird because I do it to separate main part from addition)

Mostly just the fact that out of people around me they were making the most sense when discussing current affairs and history, but also like most of the available alternatives range from liberals who literally admire Hobbes as great hero to open fascist (both Hitler and Mussolini types, I live in such a diverse society), so it's not hard. Also like the only revolutions that lasted more than a couple of years were ML in nature, but also all of those states while achieving things eventually decayed and gave birth to elites of their own, so like, there is something wrong with the scheme. Also as I said I care a lot about history as a foundation of my beliefs, and Marxists make the most sense out of it, but also even more advanced versions than Engels have plenty of what I assume to be blind spots. It's mostly some distant stuff like how feudalism is in no way successor to Ancient world and not as universal as it "should" be, but any failure to explain something in the past makes someone's prediction of future questionable.

I can recommend a few introductory books, though they are not by all means the be all-end all of anarchist thought. Anarchism is a widely spread ideology, and especially at its intersection of socialism, and opinions differ from theorist to theorist, even if basic principles are mostly agreed upon. Keep that in mind as you explore further.

Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos is probably the most popular introductory work, and explains the basic principles quite nicely, although in my opinion it does contain some inaccuracies, policies I don't support and glosses over some points which should be explored more.

An Anarchist FAQ is not so much a coherent theoretical work, but is rather an exploration and rebuttal of frequently asked questions from a social anarchist perspective. It's by no means perfect, and does not claim to be so. Personally, it's a little mutualistic for my tastes, but there's good stuff in there.

Anarchy by Errico Malatesta is far closer to a classic piece of theory, if a short one, expressing the positions of a committed Anarcho Communist and one of the most prominent theorists of modern Anarchism. Although Malatesta is against syndicalism more than I would be, it's still a great introductory work.

Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman is seen as a pivotal work by many in explaining the philosophy of anarchism, as well as offering a contemporary view of anarchist theory at the previous apex of the movement at the turn of the 20th century.

As for history, many social anarchist at least largely agree with the Social view of history Marx postulated in broad terms, though there is heavy debate and disagreement on the finer points. Digressing from that, Kropotkin's Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is probably the widest distributed work of the intersection of anthropology, history, and anarchism, even if it uses outdated terms and phrases. Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber and Against The Grain by James C Scott both explore the early history of states, with the former going more into economic value theories and the latter going more into the history and causes of the state itself. Scott's other works critiquing the state (Seeing Like a State and Two Cheers for Anarchism) are also quite good, which is impressive considering he does not call himself an anarchist.

If you'd like to discuss one on one, you can message me here or on my discord, I'll be happy to discuss. Happy reading, friend.

[maepersonal]

What up, I'm Mae, I'm 19, and I never fucking learned how to read

main blog: @lockyle-and-skull

*all likes and follows will appear to come from there, even if we interact here*

about me: name: Mae or Ames age: 19 pronouns: ae/aer, it/its, she/her queer?: aroace + agender :3 why am I like this™?: autism, ocpd, bpd, ocd, adhd, anxiety, depression, alexithymia, aphantasia, dyspraxia, sometimes nonverbal & semiverbal, pots, tic disorder, sometimes agere (9-13ish) MBTI: ISTP :) aesthetic: here! :D element: water (duh) hogwarts house: slytherin ;) (I actually hate hp but I'm proud of my house) favorite colors: blue, green, purple nationality: american (canadian + german parents) shit I like: kpop: Lunarsolar, Xdinary Heroes, Ateez, Yena, Bibi, others more casually music: hardcore punk, punk, hard rock, symphonic metal, alt rock, nu metal, power metal, glam rock, hyperpop, Elliot Lee, Andrew Polec, Meat Loaf, Sick Puppies, In This Moment, Black Market Kidney Surgeons, Anti Flag (fuck justin sane), Iggy Pop, Car Seat Headrest musicals: Sweeney Todd (1982), Newsies, Ride the Cyclone, Bat Out of Hell, The Lightning Thief, Bonnie & Clyde, everything Starkid (but especially Starship, Black Friday, and Trail to Oregon) movies: The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence, Velvet Goldmine, Star Wars prequels, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Narnia, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets tv shows: Lockwood and Co, Julie and the Phantoms, Haikyuu, The 100 games: Palworld, The Enchanted Cave 2, BATIM, YTTD, Children of Silentown, The Mortuary Assistant, Little Witch in the Woods, Until Dawn, The Quarry, SCP Foundation, Project Kat, definitely more stuff I'm forgetting other stuff: wet specimen taxidermy, punk diy, collecting weird shit, tornadoes, alchemy, statistics, photography, The Council <3, insects, being a non-theistic satanist (inspired by LaVeyan satanism), being punk, being an anarcho-communist tech support: op tag: #oh mae oh my pfp: Bronté Barbé as Katherine in Newsies UK header: MUU (ex-LUNARSOLAR) - Shooting Star MV not safe for littles tag: #nsfl - BLOCK IF NEEDED

let me know if you want anything tagged differently!!

FAQ:

why are u reblogging/interacting with therian/DID content? because I am very close with a system that has therians and non-human alters :)

what do you use this blog for? this blog is mostly for irl, kpop, bpd, other mental disorders, anarchy, aroace, agere, vents, and anything else I feel like doesn't fit on my main :)

no DNI, just don't be a dick.

[tharizdun-03]

anarchist: "if we need glasses, we'll make glasses. we will figure out a way to do it voluntarily and without coercion."

tankie: "no, I want slave labor so i can buy glasses and enslave glasses-makers. you anarkiddie. you anarkkkist. you—"

People always love asking about the production and distribution system for every single good or service in anarchism, instead of ever, once, just reading the numerous anarchist texts proposing working models of production and distribution.

Sure, you can first try asking an anarchist who actually knows something about glasses. I don't. Or you can read. You can read the Economy chapter of Anarchy Works and see how that would apply to the production of glasses.

You will probably find that it’s more complicated than the above meme (someone who likely does not know much about glasses either). That it involves people recognizing their mutual interest in sourcing raw materials, making tools, passing on lens-making skills, etc.

The good news is: societies that are not driven by profit (but by mutual interest in the well-being of all people in the society) are just as capable of doing complicated things, or more capable.

Nobody has ever thought about that or written about it since anarchism's inception, and neither have there been past examples of anarchist projects where people actually did that shit.

Congratulations, you just dismantled our entire political ideology.

And even then. If there are such miserable "jobs" that nobody wants to do and nobody considers important enough to endure, then in a liberated world without coercion they would simply disappear, yes.

Authoritarians make fun of this because they inherently don't want a free world, they need to coerce people to do jobs. But the simple matter of fact is that if there are jobs that aren't important enough to endure, then we wouldn't do it.

Contrary to some state forcing us to do it or we'll starve on the streets. And if it's really important that, for example, sewers are cleaned (because we want to be able to poop in toilets and be able to flush), I think that will be important enough for people to do.

Then you can organize so that everyone cleans their part evenly, so instead of in a coercive world where a small group of plumbers do it so they don't starve and go homeless, each person has to clean one maybe once per month, and the entire system is kept clean.As has been practiced and experimented with during anarchist projects.

Stuff like this is also why if we did have the same end goal, then 99% of anti-anarchist arguments are also anti-communist arguments.

This is why we say that anarchists and communists don't have the same end goal even if communists might say we do.

"Are you two friends?"

Communist: "Yes"

Anarchist: "No."

When communists, for example, make fun of anarchists for saying that people won't do particular jobs they hate (and don't find the gain from it important enough to endure), it's because communists don't actually want a coercive-free world. They don't want a stateless world.

If they did, maybe they wouldn't ridicule us describing such a world cause then we should agree on the end goal but not the method there, right? But they don't.

It's okay to find the above meme silly (it is!), but you think you'd at least see communists give more realistic models of how it'd work in a stateless society then, but they don't.

They make fun of the very act of imagining being able to produce and distribute glasses without coercion because they don't have our end goal of a coercive free world.

There's lots of nonsense all around.

Anarchists do explain this. All the time. It's a majority of anarchist writings. Every single major anarchist text has several sections about how an anarchist world would work (principles rather than prescription, as it'll have to adapt slightly differently to wherever you are).

Nothing about our standards of living is sustainable in any way, but you don't care. You don't want to grow ideologically, but simply find justifications to keep the oppression and exploitation necessary for your way of life.

Authoritarians are anti-liberation and have never dreamt of a better world.

[rotting-in-your-arms]

Some introductory reading (ordered by aescending complexity) to learn about Marxism and Anarchism

-Marxism-

The Principles of Communism by Frederick Engels (1847) - essentially an early FAQ on communist theory

Value, Price and Profit and Wage Labour and Capital by Karl Marx (1847) - short pamphlets written for the average worker that discuss the structure of capitalism and its effects on all classes

The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism by Vladimir Lenin (1913) - The different facets of Marxism and why they're important (philosophy, economy, and politics)

The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara (1992) - the story of Che Guevara before he became a Marxist revolutionary; link is an incomplete transcript, full book can be found elsewhere

Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin (1917) - a 92 page pamphlet discussing how capitalism always progresses to imperialism

Das Kapital: Chapter One by Karl Marx (1867) - the first chapter of the first volume of Marx's Capital, which proposes several critiques of capitalism

-Anarchism-

To Change Everything: an anarchist appeal by CrimethInc. - an appeal and introduction to basic anarchist thought

Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! by David Graeber (2000) - an introduction to anarchism using simple everyday situations

Anarchy 101 by "dot matrix" (2012) - an FAQ for Anarchist beliefs

An Anarchist FAQ: Section A - What is Anarchism? by "Anarcho" (1996-2023) - another FAQ that's much older but still being updated

Listen, Marxist!, an excerpt from Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin (1986) - a chapter criticizing Marxist theory from the perspective of an anarchist

Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos (2010) - answers common objections towards anarchism with real-world historical examples of anarchist societies

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J.7 What do anarchists mean by social revolution?

In anarchist theory, social revolution means far more than just revolution. For anarchists, a true revolution is far more than just a change in the political makeup, structure or form of a society. It must transform all aspects of a society — political, economic, social, interpersonal relationships, and so on — and the individuals who comprise it. Indeed, these two transformations go hand in hand, complementing each other and supporting each other. People, while transforming society, transform themselves. As Alexander Berkman put it:

“there are revolutions and revolutions. Some revolutions change only the governmental form by putting a new set of rulers in place of the old. These are political revolutions, and as such they are often meet with little resistance. But a revolution that aims to abolish the entire system of wage slavery must also do away with the power of one class to oppress another. That is, it is not any more a mere change of rulers, of government, not a political revolution, but one that seeks to alter the whole character of society. That would be a social revolution.” [What is Anarchism?, p. 176]

It means two related things. First, it means transforming all parts of society and not just tinkering with certain aspects of the current system. Where political revolution means, in essence, changing bosses, social revolution means changing society, a transformation in the way society is organised and run. Social revolution, in other words, does not aim to change one form of subjection for another, but to do away with everything that can enslave and oppress the individual. Second, it means bringing about this fundamental change directly by the mass of people in society, rather than relying on political means of achieving this end, in the style of Marxist-Leninists and other authoritarian socialists. For anarchists, such an approach is a political revolution only and doomed to failure. The “actual, positive work of the social revolution must … be carried out by the toilers themselves, by the labouring people” as “the worse victims of present institutions, it is to their own interest to abolish them.” [Berkman, Op. Cit., p. 189 and p. 187]

That is not to say that an anarchist social revolution is not political in content — far from it; it should be obvious to anyone familiar with anarchist theory that there are political theories and goals at work within anarchism. With an analysis of the state which proclaims it to be an instrument of minority class rule, designed to exclude participation by the many, it should be obvious that we aim to abolish it. What we are saying, however, is that anarchists do not seek to seize power and attempt, through control of law enforcement and the military (in the style of governments) to bring change about from the top-down. Rather, we seek to bring change upward from below, and in so doing, make such a revolution inevitable and not contingent on the machinations of a political vanguard (unsurprisingly, as we noted in section H.3.3, Lenin dismissed talk of change exclusively from below as anarchist and saw the need for change from above by government). As Durruti argued: “We never believed that the revolution consisted of the seizure of power by a minority which would impose a dictatorship on the people … We want a revolution by and for the people. Without this no revolution is possible. It would be a Coup d’Etat, nothing more.” [quoted by Abel Paz, Durruti: The People Armed, pp. 135–7]

For anarchists, a social revolution is a movement from below, of the oppressed and exploited struggling for their own freedom. Moreover, such a revolution does not appear as if by magic. Rather, it is the case that revolutions “are not improvised. They are not made at will by individuals nor even by the most powerful associations. They come independently of all will and all conspiracies, and are always brought on by the natural force of circumstance.” [Bakunin, The Political Philosophy of Bakunin, p. 323] Revolutions break-out when the conditions are ripe and cannot be artificially produced (by, say, a union leadership proclaiming out of the blue such-and-such a day for a general strike). However, the actions of individuals and associations can make revolution more likely by their propaganda, struggles and organising so that when the circumstances change, people are able and willing to act in a revolutionary manner (by, say, spontaneously going on strike and their unions expanding the struggle into a general strike). This means that there is no mechanical, objective, process at work but rather something which we can influence but not command. Revolutions are a product of social evolution and of the social struggle which is an inevitable part of it:

“the oppressed masses … have never completely resigned themselves to oppression and poverty, and who today more than ever show themselves thirsting for justice, freedom and wellbeing, are beginning to understand that they will not be able to achieve their emancipation except by union and solidarity with all the oppressed, with the exploited everywhere in the world. And they also understand that the indispensable condition for their emancipation which cannot be neglected is the possession of the means of production, of the land and of the instruments of labour.” [Malatesta, Anarchy, p. 33]

Thus any social revolution proceeds from the daily struggles of working class people (just as anarchism does). It is not an event, rather it is a process — a process which is occurring at this moment. So a social revolution is not something in the future which we wait for but an process which is occurring in the here and now which we influence along side other tendencies as well as objective factors. This means that “evolution and revolution are not two separate and different things. Still less are they opposites … Revolution is merely the boiling point of evolution.” [Berkman, Op. Cit., p. 179] This means how we act now matters as we shape the future by our struggles today. As German Anarchist Gustav Landauer put it:

“The State is not something that can be destroyed by a revolution, but it is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of human behaviour; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently.” [quoted by George Woodcock, Anarchism, p. 421]

This does not mean that anarchists do not recognise that a revolution will be marked by, say, specific events (such as a general strike, wide scale occupations of land, housing, workplaces, actual insurrections and so on). Of course not. It means that we place these events in a process, within social movements recognising that they do not occur in isolation from history nor the evolution of ideas and movements within society.

Berkman echoed this point when he argued that while “a social revolution is one that entirely changes the foundation of society, its political, economic and social character” such a change “must first take place in the ideas and opinions of the people, in the minds of men [and women].” This means that “the social revolution must be prepared. Prepared in these sense of furthering evolutionary process, of enlightening the people about the evils of present-day society and convincing them of the desirability and possibility, of the justice and practicability of a social life based on liberty.” [Op. Cit., p. 180–1] Such preparation would be the result of social struggle in the here and now, social struggle based on direct action, solidarity and self-managed organisations. While Berkman concentrated on the labour movement, his comments are applicable to all social movements:

“In the daily struggle of the proletariat such an organisation [a syndicalist union] would be able to achieve victories about which the conservative union, as at present built, cannot even dream … Such a union would soon become something more than a mere defender and protector of the worker. It would gain a vital realisation of the meaning of unity and consequent power, of labour solidarity. The factory and shop would serve as a training camp to develop the worker’s understanding of his [or her] proper role in life, to cultivate his [or her] self-reliance and independence, teach him [or her] mutual help and co-operation, and make him [or her] conscious of his [or her] responsibility. He [or she] will learn to decide and act on his [or her] own judgement, not leaving it to leaders or politicians to attend to his [or her] affairs and look out for his [or her] welfare … He [or she] will grow to understand that present economic and social arrangements are wrong and criminal, and he [or she] will determine to change them. The shop committee and union will become the field of preparation for a new economic system, for a new social life.” [Op. Cit., pp. 206–7]

In other words, the struggle against authority, exploitation, oppression and domination in the here and now is the start of the social revolution. It is this daily struggle, Bakunin stressed, which creates free people and the organisations it generates “bear … the living seed of the new society which is to replace the old one. They are creating not only the ideas, but also the facts of the future itself.” Therefore (libertarian) socialism will be attained only “through the development and organisation of the non-political or anti-political social power of the working classes in city and country.” [Bakunin On Anarchism, p. 255 and p. 263] Such social power is expressed in economic and community organisations such as self-managed unions and workplace/community assemblies (see section J.5) and these form the organisational framework of a free society (see section I.2.3).

Anarchists try and follow the example of our Spanish comrades in the C.N.T. and F.A.I. who, when “faced with the conventional opposition between reformism and revolution, they appear, in effect, to have put forward a third alternative, seeking to obtain immediate practical improvements through the actual development, in practice, of autonomous, libertarian forms of self-organisation.” [Nick Rider, “The Practice of Direct Action: The Barcelona Rent Strike of 1931”, pp. 79–105, For Anarchism, David Goodway (ed.), p. 99] While doing this, anarchists must also “beware of ourselves becoming less anarchist because the masses are not ready for anarchy.” [Malatesta, Errico Malatesta: His Life and Ideas, p. 162]

So revolution and anarchism is the product of struggle, a social process in which anarchist ideas spread and develop.“This does not mean,” argued Malatesta, “that to achieve anarchy we must wait till everyone becomes an anarchist. On the contrary … under present conditions only a small minority, favoured by specific circumstances, can manage to conceive what anarchy is. It would be wishful thinking to hope for a general conversion before a change actually took place in the kind of environment in which authoritarianism and privilege now flourish. It is precisely for this reason that [we] … need to organise for the bringing about of anarchy, or at any rate that degree of anarchy which could become gradually feasible, as soon as a sufficient amount of freedom has been won and a nucleus of anarchists somewhere exists that is both numerically strong enough and able to be self-sufficient and to spread its influence locally.” [The Anarchist Revolution, pp. 83–4]

Thus anarchists influence social struggle, the revolutionary process, by encouraging anarchistic tendencies within those who are not yet anarchists but are instinctively acting in a libertarian manner. Anarchists spread our message to those in struggle and support libertarian tendencies in it as far as we can. In this way, more and more people will become anarchists and anarchy will become increasingly possible (we discuss the role of anarchists in a social revolution in section J.7.4). For anarchists, a social revolution is the end product of years of struggle. It is marked by the transformation of a given society, the breaking down of all forms of oppression and the creation of new ways of living, new forms of self-managed organisation, a new attitude to life itself. Moreover, we do not wait for the future to introduce such transformations in our daily life. Rather, we try and create as many anarchistic tendencies in today’s society as possible in the firm belief that in so doing we are pushing the creation of a free society nearer.

So anarchists, including revolutionary ones, try to make the world today more libertarian and so bring us closer to freedom. Few anarchists think of anarchy as something in (or for) the distant future, rather it is something we try and create in the here and now by living and struggling in a libertarian manner. Once enough people do this, then a more extensive change towards anarchy (i.e. a revolution) is possible.

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Obligatory FAQ!

Sex-Favourable Graysexual, Romance-Oscillating Grayromantic / Aegofictoromantic, Grayplatonic, Pansensual, Cassfamilial, Panaesthetic, Panalterous Agender, Librafeminine, Genderqueer, Non-binary Queer, Ambiamorous Arolovic, Lovequeer, Lovepunk / Amatopunk / Cupiopunk Any Pronouns and Identifiers (🥰: Ze/Zer/Zir/Zirs/Zemself, M.)

I'm not completely out to my family, but they are the only ones that know I'm queer (I told them I was Bi). Feel free to introduce yourself with your pronouns.

I call myself a Leftist but I have a few Right-Wing beliefs. For instance, more Gun Control is a nice idea if we also deal with the mental health crisis (which would honestly probably fix a lot of things wrong here) but I'll never agree with getting rid of guns entirely since self defense is important. People should have the right to own things (private property) but we definitely need a certain level of government oversight, especially for stuff like pro-abortion rights, education curriculum, disaster relief, equal rights, etc etc. Very pro-Freedom of Speech but also pro-Freedom of Speech doesn't mean Freedom of Consequences and pro-rather know someone's stance on certain things if we're gonna be interacting. We need to stay out of other countries if all we're gonna do is make things worse/babysit and when we have plenty of shit back home to deal with (cutting government spending isn't a bad idea when it's trimming the military budget and not funding Israel). Healthcare should not be privatized, higher taxes or not I dont care look at every other Western nation, and we should not have a fucking tax industry. I'm staunchly anti-Anarchy but maybe a Socialist. The Dems are only slightly better than the Republicans, and third party would actually win into office if people weren't obsessed with the establishment/the definition of insanity. I live in a permanent blue state but want to vote independent so technically both parties have my vote (it's unfortunately either Dem or Republican so as much as I hate it I have to pick one and I would never vote Right).

Being a Feminist is important to me, especially a Intersectional Feminist, because surprisingly all bigotry is connected and I'm a cis-passing AFAB who grew up being perceived as a girl (I also think this is why I identify as Librafeminine/Lunarian). I try not to be a misandrist, but I have a tendency to lean that way so I have no problems being called out or calling others out. I'm staunchly pro-bodily integrity, to the point where we'd probably get into unpopular opinion territory if I explained in detail. I believe in the idea of treating people with kindness until I'm given a reason not to. Not wasting my limited social interaction capacity on assholes, regardless if it's directed at me or other people. I'm Child-free and Marriage-free, though I don't necessarily dislike children or the concept of marriage. I actively dislike the focus on marriage and childbirth in the social and governmental sphere though.

I usually say I'm an Atheist/Agnostic Atheist but I'm more of a Spiritualist. I don't believe in or worship any God(s), take stock in any scripture or care for organized religion but I'm a big believer in the possibility of the Supernatural, the concept of Fate/Destiny and I have a peculiar fascination with the Pagan Triquetra (balance symbolism mainly). I wouldn't say I'm "anti-Religious" but I have a particular disdain for people who use religion to justify bigotry or try to force their beliefs on others. Existence is absolutely a lot more "magical" than most people feel comfortable enough to believe but people who treat scripture as historical truth are as annoying as your stereotypical Skeptic. I quite like Satanic Temple Satanism & Deism.

There is absolutely life out there in the cosmos, a belief I don't consider "supernatural" nor do I consider much of a "belief". I'm not self centered enough to think Humans are that special or unique. I really don't believe in any "alien abduction" or "gray alien" stories though.

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I am a legal adult and this blog will deal with 18+ content. If you're a minor, and you're uncomfortable with me following you, let me know. I am very willing to unfollow/block if asked in general (you don't have to have a reason!).

And lastly, I am a Neurotypical White American so feel free to correct me on shit. I'm all ears!

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Taylor Sheridan’s Net Worth: Career Success, Earnings, and Financial Milestones

Taylor Sheridan Net Worth has reached an impressive figure of $70 million as of 2025. This fortune comes from his multifaceted career as a screenwriter, director, producer, and investor, particularly in the Western-themed television and film industry.

Career Highlights and Earnings

From Actor to Acclaimed Writer

Sheridan's career began with acting roles in series like Sons of Anarchy and Veronica Mars. However, his breakthrough came when he transitioned to screenwriting. His scripts for Sicario and Hell or High Water earned him critical acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

The Yellowstone Franchise

In 2017, Sheridan co-created Yellowstone, a series that has become a cultural phenomenon. The show's success led to several spin-offs, including 1883, 1923, Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, and Special Ops: Lioness. These projects have not only solidified Sheridan's reputation but also significantly contributed to his wealth.

Lucrative Deals and Salaries

Sheridan's financial success is bolstered by his agreements with Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). In 2021, he signed a deal reportedly worth $200 million, covering multiple projects under his production company, Bosque Ranch Productions.Additionally, he earns approximately $1.3 million per episode for his work on Yellowstone, though some reports suggest a figure closer to $250,000 per episode.

Real Estate Ventures

Sheridan's investments extend beyond entertainment. He owns several ranches, including Bosque Ranch in Texas, purchased for $413 million in 2013, and is part of a group that acquired the historic Four Sixes Ranch for $501 million in 2022. These properties not only reflect his personal connection to the Western lifestyle but also serve as filming locations for his shows, generating additional income.

Financial Takeaways

Diversified Income Streams: Sheridan's wealth is a result of his creative endeavors, strategic partnerships, and real estate investments.

Strategic Deals: His significant agreements with Paramount Global have provided financial stability and creative freedom.

Real Estate as an Asset: Investing in properties that align with his brand has proven to be both personally fulfilling and financially rewarding.

FAQs

Q: How did Taylor Sheridan accumulate his wealth?  A: Sheridan's wealth stems from his successful screenwriting and directing career, lucrative deals with Paramount Global, and strategic real estate investments.

Q: What is Taylor Sheridan's most profitable project?  A: Yellowstone and its spin-offs have been major financial successes, significantly contributing to Sheridan's net worth.

Q: Does Sheridan still act?  A: While Sheridan began his career as an actor, he now focuses primarily on writing, directing, and producing.

Q: What is Bosque Ranch Productions?  A: Bosque Ranch Productions is Sheridan's production company, named after his hometown in Texas, which produces his television and film projects.

Q: How does Sheridan's net worth compare to others in Hollywood?  A: With an estimated net worth of $70 million, Sheridan ranks among the more affluent creatives in Hollywood, though still behind industry giants like Kevin Costner.

Taylor Sheridan's journey from a small-town actor to a Hollywood mogul illustrates the power of creative vision combined with strategic business acumen. His story serves as an inspiration for aspiring filmmakers and entrepreneurs alike.

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☢ Anarchie ☢ — Yesterday at 16:23 i suddenly realized the maggi color scheme would look good on niiue and this is gender

"why is there a giant triangle" i keep using a triangle for niiue's mother 3 instrument due to the expectation of being silly and childish but it actually being also an orchestral instrument. it's meant a metaphor for being a team player. it's uh. giant because i looked up refs just in case i forgot what a triangle was and saw a giant one for folk bands and i am not immune to thinking that a giant triangle is funny but also really fun for aesthetics

"is that pink pony club Again" always has been wait wrong meme

"is that a fan nickname i don't know about" i don't want to say the thing and really won't judge you for saying the more recognized name

"why does this art have a FAQ" autistic overexplaining (:

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⭐️FAB FIVE WEEK PROMPTS ⭐️

Prompts for the fab five week are finally here! The main event will run from February 3-8 along with some bonus prompts for a catch up week!

🟊 PROMPT LIST 🟊

Day 1┆Feb 3: Vampire Titans | Captivity | Accidental Baby Acquisition | Multiversal Constant Day 2┆Feb 4: Road Trip Shenanigans | First Times | Then and Now | Speed Force Shenanigans Day 3┆Feb 5: Mentor Angst | Secrets | Omegaverse AU | Prince of Atlantis Day 4┆Feb 6: Soulmates | Titans Polycule/Relationship Anarchy | Ride or DIe | Creative Lasso Use Day 5┆Feb 7: Mentor Swap/Different Mentors AU | Late Night Conversations | SA Trauma Bonding | Abandonment Issues Day 6┆Feb 8: Free day!

We have a mix of general prompts and character specific prompts for both weeks! You're welcome to use the prompts in any combination you like — use only the general prompts, or only the character prompts, or mix and match the general and characters prompts! The world is your oyster!

And our catch up week will run from February 10-16, along with a mini event for Valentine's day!

🟆 CATCH UP WEEK + CUPID ROY EVENT PROMPTS 🟆

Day 1┆Feb 10: Transition to Nightwing Day 2┆Feb 11: Lost in the Speedforce Day 3┆Feb 12: Xenobiology Day 4┆Feb 13: Pictures around Titans Tower 💘 Day 5┆Feb 14: Lovestruck | Love Spell | "Dear Cupid" | Cupid's Lost Arrow | Stray Arrow 💘 Day 6┆Feb 15: DILF Roy Harper Day 7┆Feb 16: Undercover Mission

The theme of our Valentine's day event is CUPID ROY. It is a Roy Harper-centric event with its own unique prompts!

We're excited to see all the wonderful fanworks you come up with for this event! Happy creating! ♡

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