CrashCourse: *A World Without Governments?
#Anarchism Explained*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Ibq-9wulQI must admit (as an anarchist) that this is pretty good. Remember that
#CrashCourse is part of
#PBS, the US public broadcaster. Therefore I'm worried about their future under the Trump-regime.
But yes I have some criticism and that's about their attempt to have some criticism. At the end they give some bad examples of anarchism, as part of the criticism that because of a lack of central control, everyone against the government can call themselves anarchist. Yes of course everyone can, but that doesn't mean that they are.
Let me explain. Anarchism is not only about anti-government or anti-state. Anarchism is about no authority, therefore no hierarchies and against authoritarianism. As a result anarchists are against every form of
#oppression, including economic oppression like
#capitalism, gender oppression like
#sexism and the
#patriarchy,
#racism,
#fascism,
#LGBTIQIA-hate, oppression against
#nature and
#animals (
#ecocide), and yes also against nation
#states (and their oppressing tools like the
#police, the
#military and
#nationalism) and of course their governments.
Some call this
#intersectional, some call it total liberation/struggle. Our tools are mutual aid, direct action and
#prefiguration.
