But was the black bloc really violent? It was mostly just property damage
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Replying to @Porku_Main
they threw some rocks at cops. Even the property damage does more harm than good
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Which was probably in retaliation to tear gassing. I also fail to see how a few broken windows and a limo constitute much harm
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And what happens when that property is owned by small business owners who live in & serve the same community?
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Or the poor workers & community folk who come out the next day with brooms and dustpans, clearing up the damage?
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Unless you're a fucking child or being attacked by riot police, there is absolutely no reason to destroy property
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Its pretty powerful symbolic gesture fam
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Issue is most anarchists have very few fully-formed ideas of what will replace the system they destroy. Or how.
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Fam you do know anarchism is a pretty long lived political theory right?
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Capitalism exists with inherent conflicts, getting angry at people for responding to that conflict is misplaced
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not misplaced if you genuinely encourage responding through more effective channels
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Is it more effective though, non violence against institutions that have a monopoly on it seems fairly dicey
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Starbucks has been violent to the left? That limo / its owner have? Political change IS possible without violence
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