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2022: Creating a Lexicon of Future
A is for Anarcho-Pacifism
Anarcho-pacifism, also referred to as anarchist pacifism and pacifist anarchism, is an anarchist school of thought that advocates for the use of peaceful, non-violent forms of resistance in the struggle for social change. Anarcho-pacifism rejects the principle of violence which is seen as a form of power and therefore as contradictory to key anarchist ideals such as the rejection of hierarchy and dominance. Many anarcho-pacifists are also Christian anarchists, who reject war and the use of violence. Anarcho-pacifists do not reject the use of non-violent revolutionary action against capitalism and the state with the purpose of establishing a peaceful voluntarist society. ~ Wikipedia
Anarchy does not call for lack of order, but instead a structure that is not that of hierarchy; a system that works from the grassroots level, from the bottom-up, rather than the top-down. Equality is unattainable through hierarchy, fundamentally, and even though a democratic republic can be adjusted to work in favor of the masses, it will always be systemically flawed. Anarchists believe it is unnecessary, in fact wholly negative, to be told what we can or cannot do, or how to live our lives…told so by individuals or groups of individuals who have gained power over the masses, and who reinforce that power through threats of, or use of…
