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<P>ha ha that's very funny Volodya, yes it is masochistic to be an anarchist in this society...seriously though, we all grew up in this hierarchical system from parents and older or bigger siblings and friends, schoolteachers, bosses, etc, pushing their weight around and us bending to save our skins, we're all socialised that way. We may decide to act differently but the old indoctrinated default is still there acting often below our conscious or voluntary control... I want to make the comment about how the way this society is set up it leads to sadomasochistic attitudes and behaviour in everyday life, which is why it is so hard for anarchism to gain a foothold.<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Volodya <Volodya@WhenGendarmeSleeps.org></I><BR>To: <I>List - London Anarchist Forum <laf@lists.aktivix.org></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [LAF] Next meeting?</I><BR>Date: <I>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:16:10 +0100</I><BR>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<BR>>Hash: SHA1<BR>><BR>>Joy Wood wrote:<BR>> > Oops! Scrap that, I spelled Sonia wrong!! OK, let's start again, here<BR>> > it is:<BR>> ><BR>> > BOOK REVIEW by Joy Wood, of Sonia Johnson and Jade DeForest's "Out of<BR>> > This World. A fictionalized true-life adventure." To be followed by a<BR>> > discussion of one of the main themes of the book, the sadomasochism of<BR>> > everyday life.<BR>><BR>>I'm sitting here and thinking, i'm going to rampART tomorrow and they'll probably ask
how<BR>>is this relevant to their politics... maybe i'll explain that anarchism in today's society<BR>>is masochistic. q;-)<BR>><BR>> - Volodya<BR>><BR>>- --<BR>>http://freedom.libsyn.com/ Voice of Freedom, Radical Podcast<BR>>http://freeselfdefence.info/ Self-defence wiki<BR>>http://www.kingstonstudents.org/ Kingston University students' forum<BR>><BR>> "None of us are free until all of us are free." ~ Mihail Bakunin<BR>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<BR>>Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2
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