i've got piles of my own notes re: the opportunities to "unite the tribes" of the various anarcho-* branches ;)
I'm a firm believer in that. I think I have some old nostr notes about it somewhere bac...
Anti centrism is a little more nuanced than "unite the tribes"
its like bitcoin itself - some level of cohesion even in an adversarial environment. Everyone __hates__ each other , and still things happen.
The point is the friction. The point is to make a hardcore stand, wherever it is. It is, as Deleuze and Guattari would say - "to become animal, to become imperceptable". James Scott, in his framing is to become illegible, and embody the "metis"
If ancomm actually is actively hostile to divergent approaches, you say "Yes. That is the point. And I love you for it. Now we fight to the death."
Mountains are not built from calm flows. They are built from a violent friction.
its like bitcoin itself - some level of cohesion even in an adversarial environment. Everyone __hates__ each other , and still things happen.
The point is the friction. The point is to make a hardcore stand, wherever it is. It is, as Deleuze and Guattari would say - "to become animal, to become imperceptable". James Scott, in his framing is to become illegible, and embody the "metis"
If ancomm actually is actively hostile to divergent approaches, you say "Yes. That is the point. And I love you for it. Now we fight to the death."
Mountains are not built from calm flows. They are built from a violent friction.
