Doug the Bass sends over this was an 'off the cuff' response by Brother Noam Chomsky, during a public talk, to an audience interruption asking "...what are you talking about? Fascism? Anarchy? Define your terms."
"Fascism is a system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership togetherwith a belligerent nationalism."
"Anarchism is not just a romantic fable but the hard-headed realization, based on 5000 years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. It is founded on the observation that since few people are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to ruleothers."
The secret word is Hope
(And, of yeah, Andy and I had a pretty satisfying show last night – mainly thanks to Francine.)
MANUEL ARCHS MAKES IT CLEARER
ReplyDelete"Anarchist ideas are based on freedom and love, and make all that Nature provides and all that human intelligence can produce available to all."
From a letter to his 7 year old son Ramon the day before his execution with 3 other anarchists, Barcelona 17 May 1894, for (false) involvement in the assassination attempt on General Arsenio Martinez Campos.
What did your daddy tell you?
I didn't have a daddy, but my mommy told me you can't trust men.
ReplyDeleteSome have taken me for a longer ride than others, but in the end I've found she was spot on.