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“No Kings?,” How About “No Presidents!” (itsgoingdown.org)

submitted 1 month ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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As momentum builds under the banner of “No Kings!” liberals and other activists in the U.S. should consider the real question of how we got here and how we can move forward and away from Trump’s authoritarianism altogether. The question isn’t about monarchy versus presidency, but about the myth of representation itself.

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[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Well yes, but the people must be alienated from the decisions that shape their lives somehow. What is your proposal, if not aristocratic jingoist celebretism in the trappings if not official title of a monarch?

Feeding all of our conversations into a new llm, to be trained on the nsa's most recent surveillance data on the first of each year?

Or something involving dice?

Doesn't seem much better, if you ask me. Which you shouldn't; speak only to my attorney.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Flat, answerable governance. That's all. People only need alienation from terrible decisions. The insulation/alienation from the outcomes of their decisions are what allow them to make such horrible decisions easily.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

people only need alienation from terrible decisions

But what if they get some amount of pride and start acting like mature adults!?