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I will explain my username

Some of us anarchists want radical change now and will not settle for anything less, as in the slogan "if voting changed anything, it would be illegal!"
But I am a patient anarchist.
I vote in elections, because democracy is closer to anarchism than dictatorship is.
My paycheque goes into a credit union, because a credit union, ultimately run by members, is closer to anarchism than a bank is.
I shop at the locally owned grocery store in preference to the big corporate one, and the workers' coop health food store in preference to both, because local is closer to anarchism than corporate, and a workers' coop is anarchism in practice on a small scale.
I dream of a transformed world of free cooperation. I don't expect to see it in my lifetime, but I try to live in that direction.
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Miram · 31-35, F
Evidently, you can't explain nuanced to those who think in binary. It always irks me how Americans especially read a label and decide an entire identity. Whether that's a communist, capitalist, socialist, anarchist, feminist...etc.


Labels help navigate a spectrum towards goals, not meant to shorten an already short attention span.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Miram Human beings are far more complex than a one word or one phrase label.. Except some Americans. They believe one thing with all their heart and soul to the point of their own destruction...😷