@codeawayhaley do you define anarchism as opposing illegitimate power? I think Noam Chomsky does that
@feli BY DISMANTLING & DIRECTING STATE I MEAN GETTING INTO THE STATE AND PARALYSING ITS ABILITY TO ENFORCE VIOLENCE WHILE THE WORKERS CAN GET ORGANISED AND TAKE BACK THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION BEFORE COMPLETELY DISMANTLING THE STATE< I BELIEVE IF ONE WAS TO NOT DO THIS THAT THE POLICE WOULD IMMEDATELY HEAD OVER TO DEFEND THE CAPITALIST AND MAKE THE TRANSITION A LOT HARDER BUT WITH A HANDFULL OF ANARCHIST & OTHER LIBERTARIAN COMMUNIST IN THE STATE PREVENTING IT FROM WORKING IT WILL HELP THE PROCESS
@feli OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT YOU STILL HAVE SOME POWER OVER THE POLICE THEREFORE CAN COMMAND THEM TO STAY OUT OF THE PROCESS AND ONCE THE TRANSITION IS COMPLETE THE STATE IS DISMANTLED> BUT IT MUST BE AVOIDED USING THE STATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DURING THAT STAGE IT SHOULD BE ALREADY GUTTED MOSTLY AND EXIST TO COMMAND THE POLICE TO STAND DOWN
@feli YES< BUT I ALSO MAKE A DISTINCTION OF ORDER IN WHICH ONE ADVOCATES DECONSTRUCTION OF ILLEGITIMATE POWER: LIKE I THINK ANARCHIST TEND TO LEAN TO TAKING DOWN THE STATE WHILE OR BEFORE OTHER HIERACHY IS DISMANTLED WHILE I TEND TO THINK THAT ONE SHOULD DISMANTLE THE STATE BUT AT THE SAME TIME DIRECT IT TOWARDS DISMANTLING OTHER HIERACHIES WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF DISMANTLING IT (MORE ALONG THE LINES OF LIBERTARIAN MARXISM) BUT I STILL BELIEVE THE STATE IS ILLEGITIMATE>