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Why are you an anarchist? (piefed.zip)
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Hey all, I'm hoping this is the right comm for this kind of post. I'm really interested what brought my fellow lemmings to anarchism (or just radical politics in general). Was is a youtube video? A book? A conversation IRL or on the internet? For me personally it was a friend IRL who introduced me to an local anarchist collective.

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

books

but i was young before internets contaminated every corner of every skull

do people ever anarchise in older ages? Can a 40 year old start thinking that maybe we can be better off living in societies without archs?

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm 30-something and I'm just now figuring it out lol

In my younger years I was a "libertarian" before figuring out capitalism was also a huge part of the problem.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I found Bakunin, Kropotkin, Goldman, and Bookchin all around my 30th year. We can always change and advance.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Check out That Dang Dad on YouTube. Not sure his exact age or ideology, but he was a cop and proud of it until a few years ago and then came to his senses in a big way. He has some great videos discussing that transition.

[–] Smookey4444@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 week ago

Of course you can. Age doesn't matter. Anyone can get into anti authoritarian ideas at any age