Something about myself
So, I thought I'd tell a little about myself, how I became an anarchist and so on. Well, it's actually quite simple. I always was one, now that might sound arrogant to some, but it's the truth. Ever since I was able to think I was a non-conformist, never wanted to fit in, always looked for ways to be different, not to think like most people, I always felt like something wasn't the way it was supposed to be. Even back in grade school I was always kinda different then the other kids. As I grew older, I realized that I simply can't fit in anywhere, there was a time I asked myself whats wrong with me, why am I so different.
Then when I turned 18, I was supposed to go to the military, because that's obligatory here where I live. I was sent to the 3 day recruitment. In these 3 days they're trying to figure out who fit's and who doesn't. I knew beforehand I wasn't gonna accept their imposed authority, so I disobeyed every order they gave me and acted stupid on purpose. After I spit on a generals boots, he went crazy and I was sent home. For my disobedience I have to pay military taxes, so basically they steal my money because I didn't want to go to the military. I realized how strange it is, how I don't even have the choice to say no to them and their taxes. I have to pay them, since otherwise they'd punish me, take my stuff or even throw me in a cell. I knew that wasn't right, but I kept being a statist, I kinda believed that not everything the government does is bad, that it would not murder it's own people. I thought I can't change anything, so I was like; not all politicians are lying crooks. How naive. Anyway, so after the years passed, I kept realizing how much I hate this system of coercion and exploitation (and still do). I went into lots of discussions with the local tax offices and it got me into financial problems, in which I still am today, and it was one of the reasons why my long relationship with a woman ended. So not only does this system ruin people, it creates problems everywhere.
Then I heard the words of Emma Goldman: "Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. It stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals…"
When I read these words it was like somebody ripped them out from the inside of my head, it lit a rebellious fire, which was already burning since the day I was born.
But now I realized "Thats it!". So I bought myself her book "Anarchism and other essays", I read it and I agreed with everything Emma wrote in that book. Everything she said, I mean literally everything suited my nature. So I started educating myself more and more and still do, I read Bakunin, Kropotkin, Tolstoi etc.
I came to the conclusion that the government can oppress us, they can exploite us, they can rob us, kill us, harm us, they can do whatever they want, because we give them that power, but they can't kill an idea. Especially not, if that idea is the truth and the only philosophy which is true to our nature. Anarchism is bulletproof. We are all anarchists, aswell as atheists, since we are born. But then we go through the state indoctrination, we get poisoned, we start thinking that obedience is a virtue, we start believing in and obeying an imposed authority, we don't question the system, we are simply transformed into sheeps. And the rulling class does everything to keep us like that. Governments don't want a well-educated population, capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept their imposed authority, their laws, their exploitation, their robbery etc and to believe that voting a new master every few years into office is gonna change anything. The more stupid their citizens are the merrier for them. Anarchism doesn't promise heaven on earth, but it promises the only real social order, which is true to our nature and of course not everything will be perfect, but if the majority of people accept the principles that are necessary to live peaceful and respectful together, everyones lifes will become much better, when the governments and states are abolished. The reason why we don't kill each other on every corner, evey second, is not because we are afraid of some man-made laws, written on a piece of paper. Laws failed to make people more peaceful. Mankind has reached the stage, where we truly are capable of acting and working voluntary together, for a peaceful future, without some lying and corrupt politicians who seek power. Anarchism has worked in the past, and it could work in the future. I started a facebook page by the name of "Anarchy Man", which purpose it is to reach a bigger audience and make people rethink their statist belief.
I think I already wrote way to much, so there you go, now you know a little bit more about myself.
Keep fighting brothers and sisters, we are here to make a difference, to try and wake people up.
As Malatesta said; "We anarchists do not want to emancipate the people; we want the people to emancipate themselves.
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