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Erik L. Midtsveen πŸ΄πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡³πŸ‡΄
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@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza  Β·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"Of course, the ultimate point of socialism and thus the ultimate point of Anarchism is the self-abolition of the working class. The self-emancipation of the working class requires the end of all relations of subordination between classes and thus of class society entirely since class stratification cannot exist without class domination.

However, Anarchists have largely agreed with Marx's formulation that the historical subject which carries out the abolition of class society is the working class (this is what it means for the working class to abolish itself). This is because the working class is the only subordinate class in history which is brought together in association with a unified set of interests poised against the interests of the ruling class by the process of social production itself.

This means the working class is uniquely historically disposed to realize its interest in the abolition of the market forces and property relations which force them to earn their subsistence by working under the orders of someone else through collective action. In short, Anarcho-Syndicalism stands in no need of supplement."

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Erik L. Midtsveen πŸ΄πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡³πŸ‡΄
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@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza  Β·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

I’ve lost a lot of respect for Andrewism after his recent upload. It feels disconnected from the reality of working-class life and from anarcho-syndicalism as it actually exists.

This response is a worthwhile read. It doesn’t romanticize work or the working class, but it doesn’t drift into abstract alternatives either. It sits with the fact that we don’t want to be working class, but we are, and that contradiction isn’t something you escape with theory.

I strongly relate to what’s being said.

https://redandblackanarchists.com.au/we-dont-want-to-be-working-class-but-we-are-reply-to-andrewism/

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We Don't Want to be Working Class, but We Are: Reply to Andrewism

Anarchist YouTuber Andrewism presented something of a critique of working class centered politics in his most recent video, naming Anarcho-Syndicalism in specific as a form of working class politics which could serve certain important functions in the liberation of humanity from the domination of work, but would have to be
Erik L. Midtsveen πŸ΄πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡³πŸ‡΄
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@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza replied  Β·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"Of course, the ultimate point of socialism and thus the ultimate point of Anarchism is the self-abolition of the working class. The self-emancipation of the working class requires the end of all relations of subordination between classes and thus of class society entirely since class stratification cannot exist without class domination.

However, Anarchists have largely agreed with Marx's formulation that the historical subject which carries out the abolition of class society is the working class (this is what it means for the working class to abolish itself). This is because the working class is the only subordinate class in history which is brought together in association with a unified set of interests poised against the interests of the ruling class by the process of social production itself.

This means the working class is uniquely historically disposed to realize its interest in the abolition of the market forces and property relations which force them to earn their subsistence by working under the orders of someone else through collective action. In short, Anarcho-Syndicalism stands in no need of supplement."

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#Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSynsicalism

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