>Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
>>If you want to explain to your kids the virtues of socialism, you first need
>>to make them first-hand experience the notion of society and social
>>solidarity, as opposed to private exclusionary clubs and gangs that are the
>>dominant form of social organization in the US, if we take the federal
>>government out of the equation. Have them live abroad for a year or two -
>>Europe, Latin America, Israel - where they can truly experience the "social"
>>in "socialism." My ex and I made that effort and send the kid to experience
>>other countries (Europe, Cuba), even when money was really tight. But
>>inoculating the kid from the virus of US-style individualism and localism
>>was worth every penny of it.
>
>Some of us call what you are talking about "anarchism."
I'm with you on this, but anarchism (the word) has an image problem as bad as socialism. When the masses hear the word "anarchism," they think of mass disorder, not mutual aid. So I think Woj has a point here, and that socialists and anarchists need to work on getting the solidarity idea out there - and, at the same time, we'd be promoting more solidarity among ourselves (red, pink, black) at the same time.
Doug