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Do I Need To Be An Optimist To Be An Anarchist?

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"Need you be an optimist in regards to the human condition to be an anarchist? In short, not at all."

"You can recognize that if there will always be people who wish to harm others, that the sensible conclusion is to tear down any system that could be used by any human to commit harm on an even more massive scale than they’d ever be capable of doing on their own. "

"Anarchism is not only about removing or reducing people’s ability to do harm, but also increasing people’s ability to address and challenge harm when it happens."

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