I love the phrase 'I chose active hope over fear' & love that you characterise Anarchism in that way. I think you are right. - Anarchism is choosing hope, and the conditions for hope to flourish, Hierarchy is choosing fear, fear of the power behind the hierarchy, its potential to hurt you, and the fear of being without its dubious claim of protecting us.
I love the phrase 'I chose active hope over fear' & love that you characterise Anarchism in that way. I think you are right. - Anarchism is choosing hope, and the conditions for hope to flourish, Hierarchy is choosing fear, fear of the power behind the hierarchy, its potential to hurt you, and the fear of being without its dubious claim of protecting us.
Absolutely, I see it in the same light. And I put emphasis on hope as an action, as opposed to what became known as "hopium," a passive act of waiting for saviours and surrendering yourself to an abstract wish that things will somehow work out.
I love the phrase 'I chose active hope over fear' & love that you characterise Anarchism in that way. I think you are right. - Anarchism is choosing hope, and the conditions for hope to flourish, Hierarchy is choosing fear, fear of the power behind the hierarchy, its potential to hurt you, and the fear of being without its dubious claim of protecting us.
Absolutely, I see it in the same light. And I put emphasis on hope as an action, as opposed to what became known as "hopium," a passive act of waiting for saviours and surrendering yourself to an abstract wish that things will somehow work out.