#anarchist education

[fertbutt]

playing fallout new vegas and having to listen to caesar complaining about travelling and getting to study the languages of various communities living in the wasteland and calling it a waste of time while irl the humanities are constantly disregarded and getting a higher education and opportunities to study anthropology hands-on costs tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and requires so many connections and he was just getting that FOR FREE from the followers but that wasnt cool enough for him so he decided to use the education he was given to start his little fascist larper group and enslave people

#the followers are so fucking cool man #the way they just take in jerry the punk without needing any money or like references or anything. and can make him an archival assistant #like aside from being anarchists and stuff the way they just openly and freely share as much of their knowledge theyve preserved #thats what makes them so cool to me #considering that in todays world education like that is so fucking expensive #and knowledge is only appreciated when its seen as 'useful' and exploitable like stem studies #i wanna be an anthropologist man #fnv #followers of the apocalypse #fallout new vegas #fallout #caesar fnv #caesar's legion #talking

[mueritos]

I find it funny you post things about the wrong people becoming therapists yet you want to be a social worker and actively defend rapists and abusers 💀

CW: mentions of SA/cycles of abuse.

you must think you're really clever. the therapy industry has a huge amount of problems (like any other industry built on service to other humans, like the medical industry), and i think even the people who want to work within the therapy field (whether as a psychiatrist, a counselor, a therapist, a social worker, a sex therapist, etc) can still critique the many issues within it, mainly the racism, eurocentrinism, and the individualistic values that much of talk therapy promotes. I don't know where you got the second part of your statement, because not only is it widely inaccurate of what I was thinking of doing in social work, it also is just not a great idea to hold about people who work with people who do harm.

there are therapists/social workers who work exclusively with cops/law enforcement, and ethically those people CANNOT work with people who are victims of law enforcement or people who "break the law" (incarcerated folks). It just doesn't work, because if you work with both, it can create a conflict of interest. this is the same with people who work with victims of assault (SA or not). these therapists/etc who work with victims of assault/abuse CANNOT work with abusers. The same is vice versa, as in people who work with those who do serious harm cannot work with their victims.

I think your self righteousness is misplaced. You clearly have a lot of work to do in regards to removing your own feelings and judgement from the work that many therapists and social workers do. I don't know if you know this, but everyone (yes, even people who do serious harm) are deserving of basic human necessities, like oh i don't know. Housing, healthcare, or therapy. It is not my job as a future social worker to judge people, that is wickedly different from holding someone accountable. Judging is like sending someone to prison for 25 years, further removing them from the communities and resources that could generate accountability. Further, no one can hold anyone accountable unless said person consents to being held accountable. There are different procedures for whether they do or not. My job, as a future social worker, is to help people, because I believe all people deserve to ask for help and receive the help that they need.

Not sure if you know, but I'm against incarceration/punishment. I believe we hold punishment as the way to "teach people a lesson", but if you do not work with people and actively step in and disrupt cycles of trauma (housing crisis, hunger, substance abuse, interpersonal abuse, racism, ableism, etc), you will only find that people re-offend unless they are given the resources they need to be better. Yes, there are people who genuinely want to do harm, but harm does not exist in a vacuum, and if you are unwilling to acknowledge that, then I genuinely wish compassion to anyone who slips up around you and shows you that anyone is capable of any level of harm.

People who do serious harm are victims of the same cycle abuse as everyone else. You white knuckling your self righteous black and white morality is the reason why you cannot understand that even the worst kinds of people deserve the same access to care as victims of harm. You think that people who work with individuals who do harm as them defending them, when the reality is many of us with the brains built to do this kind of work want to stop this harm and correct abusive behavior. Unfortunately for you, people are capable of change. No one is asking you to like anyone or their actions (because I don't have to like the people I work with either, freak), but what people like me are asking you is to accept the fact that all people do harm, and when people are given the community and resources to, they can change for the better and recognize the serious harm they have caused.

Not everyone who goes into this work wants to aim their energy into the "socially acceptable" work. I think social justice morality and the sanitization of revolutionary politics has rotted our brains into believing that we must do and be the most "woke" person ever, channeling our energy into victims of harm. But what we fail to recognize through that is that some people would rather divest their energy into de-radicalization of fascists, or others want to put their energy into theory, others want to learn how to connect with the land and be sustainable, and others want to learn how to help others. And just like them, there are people who are willing enough to use their skills and compassion for conflict/resolution, accountability practices, and to help those who have harmed. Because, unfortunate for you, activists should NOT be juggling being the theorist, farmer, therapist, spiritualist, leader, mediator, protestor, rioter, etc and etc. Some people are simply built to put their energy into what they are good at. This doesn't mean that the farmer does not encourage the theorist to continue thinking and writing their theory. And I am sure the theorist, one who cannot farm and till, is grateful for the skills the farmer brings once dinner comes around.

it's funny really because I still am not sure about what I want my focus to be in social work, and for you to assume that I am "defending" abusers/rapists by thinking about working in extremely hostile, tense, and exhausting environments in the attempt to disrupt cycles of violence is me "defending" these individuals...it just reveals more about you than myself, anon. Many people already work with abusers/rapists (many of those therapists being victims of abuse/SA as well), so you may as well call the ones who are actually doing the work rn "defenders" of abuse. see how that bodes for you.

that's all I have to say.

#muertoresponds #hope that helped for anyone else to understand #for further context im an anarchist who is also an existentialist #and those two codes of living have greatly affected the way i think and interact with the world #if anyone else has any questions feel free to ask them #someone somewhere has to do the dirty work #you dont have to like it or like the people who do it #but there are spaces and communities where these people are needed and necessary to disrupt cycles of abuse #words r important as well so take my usage of the word harm as a general term for all systems and cycles of harm #but harm may not be abuse #as in that it is cyclical and intentional and pre-meditated cycles of abuse #like man i havent even started doing social work training or education yet and youre already on my ass #anyway if anyones interested my MSW intership is with immigrant children and families so no i am currently not working in restorative justi #but who knows i could be one day idk #anyway #thats all

[theanarchistscookbook]

#malice #Michael malice #anarchist #education #long game #Prussian system

[isawthismeme]

#this is why we can't have nice things #lies and the lying liars who tell them #fight the patriarchy #empathy education #smash the patriarchy #empowerment #woke is wonderful #republicans ruin things on purpose #republicans destroy #republicans want to end democracy #republicans hate democracy #republicans don’t care #republicans only care about money #history is repeating itself #republican assholes #why do republicans #republicans hate america #republicans are for sale #republicans are domestic terrorists #republicans are evil #republicans are the problem #republicans are hypocrites #every conservative accusation is a confession #republicans are traitors #republicans are anarchists #republicans tear down progress #republicans are eugenicist #republicans hate progress #republicans ruin everything #get republicans out of government

[eudaiii-mo]

What triggered your mental illness?

What contributed to the trauma underlying it?

What caused the circumstances such that you couldn’t get better?

It’s capitalism, baby.

#anti capitalism #capitalism #mental illness #leftist #anarchist #anti psychiatry #statist education system #capitalist education system #education system #neoliberalism #anti neoliberalism #politicize mental illness #mental health #anarchism #anti statism #capitalist realism

[bfpnola]

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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[indigosfindings]

always thinking about a video i saw years ago arguing that professional film critics are More Correct than the layperson because they're More Objective, and the example given was that a Professional might remark on things like contrast/affinity. the intended takeaway was that critics base their observations on Objective And Quantifiable Facts, unlike puerile commoners (whose opinions have nothing to do with the contents of the movie)

and like. there are a lot of things one could say about this, but what i keep thinking of is the sheer flimsiness of the argument. remarking on contrast is in fact not a qualitative observation! noting whether a shot is high-contrast says literally nothing about your opinion on it!! as soon as you tack on "...and that's a good thing," you're making a subjective statement! what function is served by claiming that certain opinions are ~Objective~, other than defending the idea of a Superior Intelligent Elite that the Uneducated Masses should look to for The Correct Opinions like a dog begging for table scraps

#the funniest part is that the video was by a self-professed anarchist #like yes let's defend the current academic institution as the sole vector of legitimate learning #and bifurcate all analysis into 'educated = objective = superior' vs 'uneducated = subjective = inferior' #this is an anarchist opinion.

[evildilf2]

Where tf does the idea that anarchists want unregulated medicine even come from 😭😭 everytime I see posts that are like “guys… we will need doctors who know what they’re doing & insulin after da revolution…” all I can really say is no shit??

#I’ve seen anarchists arguing for more accessible medicine & more accessible healthcare education #I haven’t seen anarchists argue against standards of care #ive seen anarchists argue against obtaining healthcare through narrow and exploitative means #but not against the production of life saving medication #all my little words

[nando161mando]

Announcing the Bay Area Anarchist Free School, with classes happening across the bay area of California.

More info here:

#bay area #bay anarchist free school #free school #free #california #free education #education #usa news #usa is a terrorist state #usa politics #usa #american indian #american #america #education should be free #anti capitalism #antiauthoritarian #antinazi #anticapitalista #antifascist #antifascismo #antifaschistische aktion #antifaschismus #anarchism #anarchist #anarchopunk #anarchocommunism #anarcho syndicalism #anarchofeminism #anarchy

[mercette]

i'm whipped i can take it

#i like educational podcasts actually #i would suggest him this anarchist history podcast i've been listening to recently ♡

[niishi]

I fucking hate white liberals so much. not a single one of you has any clue what you're talking about. God forbid you read any actual books or do any actual critical thinking. white liberal: "oh these stupid white liberals are going to install a dictator by accident" as if the American government hasn't actively been converting into an authoritarian dictatorship for decades. as if you actually have a choice. y'all don't understand how the MIC works or how America as the country it's known as, is even able to exist under it's own ruling. y'all are fence sitters. be aggressive but not TOO aggressive. don't want anyone to make a call out post for you bc you punched a wall over genocide, and made other privileged white liberals uncomfortable. I genuinely fucking hate you performative goons. the fact that you think you're smarter than conservatives is hilarious. y'all are just picking 2 different important topics to focus on and in doing so, you lose all critical thinking and you lose sight of the overall big picture. y'all are sheep falling in line, and you choose the line based off of your own insecurities and which group will enable your inability to critically think and grow the most.

#the way white liberals talk with their chests out #nose high #full of confidence and condescension #all while being completely fucking stupid and wrong #and all theyre doing is supporting white supremacy #and the worst part is #they have no clue theyre supporting white supremacy #bc they refuse to educate themselves outside of tiktok and Instagram informationals #bc they refuse to listen to non white anarchists #and theyre so delusionally emboldened in their opinions based on social pressure #that if u try to get them to see nuance #theyll get defensive and immediately jump on the liberal defense mechanism of attacking your morality #its their only defense bc theyre just trying to assert dominance by any means necessary even if they're completely wrong

[prognostik-a2]

thinking about him ( anarky )

#♱ ⁺ . ⋆ ˙ * 𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰. #lonnell ‘lonnie’ machin the character and my oc of all time #i want to add him on here so bad but i post a forty paragraph meta on him and anarchist philosophy i will sound like the most annoying - #person on earth . #also. a lot of people just. have a very bad understanding on anarchism and left-leaning ideologies as a whole #and there’s an obvious reason 2 that. ( red scare; demonization of leftism; etc ) #plus there’s rly no reason to go into lonnie’s character without engaging in the political aspect. bc bro is quite - #literally an anarcho-communist #AND the comics and arkham games have done him so fucking dirty #like. lonnie was literally created to educate others on anarchism and to deliberately go against the ‘molotov throwing anarchist’ archetype #he still does ‘questionable’ stuff but frankly the people he does it to completely deserve it #and other dc media have just completely bastardized him entirely #never forget the r.ed hood v. anarky comic where lonnie decides to endanger innocent people #like why the fuck would he do that !!!!!! he works IN FAVOR of gothamites not AGAINST them #nobody understands him like i do. im tired of living like this #anyways if i add him on here his vibe will be mostly influenced by the batman (2022) + other noir and thriller media

[rustchild]

speaking as someone definitely anarchist-adjacent, who is also from the southern USA. There’s something so deeply weird to me about seeing online leftists advocate for returning power to “the community” in abstract without reckoning with the fact that in many places and for many people “the community” is the church

#Like no actually reducing state power and giving power to local communities is not always a good #Sometimes communities are bound together by xenophobia as much as by shared wellbeing #’abolish public schools and let communities educate their children’ you know who would love that? #people who want to teach kids that the world is 6000 years old #I’m sure there are anarchist theorists out there who have addressed these concerns #but #the Online Discourse has not caught up to them #It’s just so weird seeing people talk about The Community as if The Community was always a positive force #and never ostracized anyone #or fought the state for the right to commit mob murder #Politics #we should work to establish systems of mutual care outside of the state #and we should work to hold the state accountable for systems that are antithetical to life #But #even though many public schools have Many Many Problems #and the system should definitely Change #getting rid of it would just… are you prepared for an even more sizable information gap? #for an even larger chunk of the country to be raised on biblical literalism? #’let communities decide’ I have bad news for you about existing non-state power structures and what many communities want #Disk horse #leftist infighting

[your-god-empress-lavender]

as an anarchist, i feel that my advice to kids who are going through a tough time is rarely considered enough. Like, i personally think i'm totally being reasonable when my solution to "my parents are being assholes and not letting me read" is "question their authority, blatantly violate their rules and see how they react. See exactly what punishments they are able to inflict and find ways out of them (eg. if they take away your electronics, but aren't physically strong enough to take them out of your hands, don't give them over; if they try to ground you but aren't physically able to keep up with your running pace, then just sprint out the door any time you want to go out). If their punishment is physical and hurts you, you can either run away [gives very detailed instructions on how to do so], or [proceeds to explain how to make various poisons, explosives, and how to make it look like an accidental death]." But unfortunately my friends and the mods on the discord server think that i'm all unreasonable and shouldn't be allowed talk to kids. to be perfectly clear, i'm not saying these things to a 7 year old or anything, i try to be as """normal""" as i can with kids under 10, and not recommend anything illegal for kids under 15. am i in the wrong? probably not, right? maybe i should refrain from suggesting lethal solutions. that said, parents should definitely be held to a higher standard as they've been entrusted with the wellbeing and task of raising someone right

#anarchist issues #talking to kids is hard #adults are the worst thing to ever happen to kids #kids should raise themselves #but also definitely get outside education #idk #the things i'm saying in the tags aren't super well thought out #but definitely adults are not good for kids #the only way adults can help kids is by staying out of the way #the number of times an adult has hurt a kid is multiple orders of magnitude more than the times an adult has helped a kid #parents are probably disproportionately responsible for the pain #non-parents probably do the majority of the good things #kids don't declare war #kids don't do genocide #kids are lovely and wonderful creatures #90% of bad traits that kids have are learned from adults #saying that an adult is acting “childish” is 100% a complement #the only times a kid acts badly is if they're acting like an adult #and yes i am an adult #i would be sorry for ranting #but i'm not beholden to anyone so yeah

[unimatrix-420]

#anarchy #anarchist #anarchism #socialism #communism #antigovernment #capitalism #anti capitalism #climate change #climate crisis #higher education #free education #futurism

[communitas-goodman]

"Education is a natural function and occurs inevitably, since the young grow up on the old, toward their activities, and into (or against) their institutions; and the old foster, teach, train, exploit and abuse the young" - Paul Goodman

#education #pedagogy #anarchist pedagogy #Paul Goodman