OK, so it’s the “Quote of Last Friday”…
In response to the occasional disagreement/dispute/argument/flamewar that arises between anarchists of different stripes on teh interwebz, at Polycentric Order, Michael comments on Why I’m Not a Voluntaryist:
Anarchism is such a radical break with the present order – in fact, so theoretical in nature (the meager handful of historical examples aside), and society itself so complex with almost an infinite number of inputs, contexts, and situations, that envisioning not only what should be, but what is sustainable and what will work, to be next to impossible.
I agree, Michael. It’s stupid to spend our time debating what is essentially unknown.
The problem is that the other people always assert that they do know how things will be, or how they ought to be. And they like to accuse those with whom they disagree of being evil or exploitative or class-traitors, etc.
It’s hard to sit back and take that lying down.