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[–] RogerByam [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Thank you.

Yes, the article is strangely hostile to the alt-right, which is why I was hesitant to share it. However, it's kind of "modern radical", which I thought is a nice break from some of the more orthodox or hipster anarchism that I come across.

I'm not entirely sure about anarchism breaking existing social bonds, but I kind of get what you're saying and understand it is a concern.

And absolutely the system can be used to promote Anarchy; just have to be smart about how one promotes it and shows fortitude, thus not allowing the state to subvert/integrate the cause.

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[–] alalzia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The alt-right is a useful tool and playing full revolutionary dogma instead of choosing a political step by step approach fucked us hard in the past. I know many fellow anarchists hate that but societies are slowly moving beasts and we have to adapt .

I feel that a directly democratic non platform party (zero policy) with frequently rotating PMs (who don't speak in the parliament or the press) that do exactly what their members say in neighborhood and webpage level can use the current structures to introduce the idea of community administration . After the centrist parties are gone and alt-right has disintegrated the feeling that a central government can provide solutions we can use this party to shed all authority to the people without any revolution .

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[–] RogerByam [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Alt-right had a big help from the corrupt media and politicians this time, otherwise their ideology may have alienated a lot of people

I actually really like the idea of community administration and feel it is one of the most effective "outcomes" of anarchism. Direct democracy would be one way to go about affecting this change, though I've always thought of two problems with that: the technological risk of online communities and online voting (risk of hacking, echo chambers, doxxing, etc...) and; that half the population is below average IQ and even more wouldn't bother putting in the time to research the issues.

In my opinion, if those two issues could be addressed, then self-rule at a community level is really possible.

Perhaps town halls need to become a thing again. No internet, and the people whom put in an effort to get out of their house and show-up to vote either have a stake in the current issue/s or care enough about the community in general, or both.