American_Crow Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hello, I made a commitment at the start of this year to be as honest as possible. Significantly, it wasn't long after that, while killing time on YouTube, I happened upon one of Stefan's current events videos. Intrigued, I watched a couple more and have been hooked ever since. I have learned a great deal to help me to make progress on my commitment, and have discovered ways that I hadn't realized that I was being dishonest. I have been an anarchist for several years now, though for a long time I was a socialist. At a certain point I realized that 1) the state is fundamentally violent and can only, inevitably, escalate that violence until it collapses, and 2) humans have lived quite well without states longer than there have been states, and some still do. More than a decade ago I read Bakunin and Thoreau, and had come to think that anarchy was the ideal society. When I finally came to my senses about the state, I already understood the concept of anarchy. I am currently living in Oregon, going to therapy, and working hard on self-knowledge so as to equip myself to step out of the dysfunction that I was taught in my childhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter1984 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I'm in Portland grew up in Medford. Where you from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American_Crow Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Grew up in North Portland, University Park neighborhood just a few blocks from the Collumbia Villa ghetto. Currently living in Milwaukie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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