>> For the anti-capitalist movement to achieve real change it
>> will have to do so through a confrontational approach to
>> liberal democracy. This could involve the setting up of
>> social forums throughout Europe, at local levels, creating
>> direct links with local communities in struggle. These,
>> organised in a federal structure - but respecting local
>> autonomy - would undermine and ultimately make obsolete the
>> earth-destroying, authoritarian and oppressive governmental
>> structures that currently control the planet.
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> Do you (or any other anarchists around) agree with this? Instead of
> engaging with the state and other institutions of power, can people just
> opt out and build around?
Sure, in fact, lots of anarchists have argued for things like dual power institutions. If the power of government rests on the consent of the governed, the use of force, and the belief that government is necessary, than if we go off and form alternatives we would be undermining the power and legitimacy of the state.
Chuck0
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