3 Anarchist Communes Have Been Established In Greek Capital

Ah, no it didn't 'work'.

 

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That is not a given. Revolutions are part and parcel of the fabric of society. The arbiter is the tipping of the scale to the point of no return. That mechanism is far from predictable.

 

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What troubles me is, I can't think of any successful revolutions in the past where the leaders of the revolution didn't also become the leaders after the revolution. Maybe I wouldn't like the government in Greece either, if I spent some time living there, but I doubt I'd be much happier being bossed around by some violent kid with a gas mask and Molotovs, whose claim to authority rests on his underground popularity as editor of a local college newspaper.

 

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Man: I *told* you! We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune! We're taking turns to act as a sort of executive-officer-for-the-week--

Arthur: (uninterested) Yes...

Man: But all the decisions *of* that officer 'ave to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting--

Arthur: (perturbed) Yes I see!

Man: By a simple majority, in the case of purely internal affairs--

Arthur: (mad) Be quiet!

Man: But by a two-thirds majority, in the case of more major--

Arthur: (very angry) BE QUIET! I *order* you to be quiet!

Woman: "Order", eh, 'oo does 'e think 'e is?

 

I am not necessarily in support of revolution or anarchy, I am pointing out that the mechanism thereof is largely unpredictable.

 

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You'll get no disagreement from me on that one. But one thing that is pretty highly predictable: whoever the loudmouth knowitall in charge of a revolution might be, expect them to demand a big cut of the "profits" from whatever society emerges in the aftermath.