Twelve Reasons We Need to Strike Syria Now:

[Fantastic Anarchist]

150. You're 52, right?

You cannot be that dense. It's just not possible.

I'll indulge. I believe in the theory of anarchism, I believe in its philosophy of getting rid of exploitation, abolishing capitalism, destroying hierarchy, preservating the environment, economic justice, solidarity, community, etc. That world doesn't exist today. I have to live in the world that exists. I can spread ideas and do my part to affect change towards a stateless and classless society. Even though I'm an anarchist, I do have to live under the government as it exists now. I can still follow government in the abstract and absolute sense (we govern ourselves) - they are not necessarily mutually exclusive, though one is desirable and the other is undesirable to me. So, I have to believe that there is a government. I'm not going to deny its existence; since it does exist. I can't deny that we have a system of exploitation that exists and is manifest within capitalism and the state anymore than I can deny the existence of lightning or of gravity.

In short, I advocate for and hope that a classless, stateless society does come to be, but I have to accept the realities that exist in the here in now. I have to accept that there is a government <state>, however oppressive and exploitative it may be.