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A general discussion of texts from The Anarchist Library.

How would the various public agencies be replaced under anarchy?

Hi. I was wondering how public agencies such as the ones responsible for providing weather forecasts and warnings of natural disasters would be replaced under anarchy. These agencies are huge and involve hundreds of thousands of people and they are (ideally) responsible for saving uncountable lives by providing warnings or relief aid during hazardous weather. I am aware that in marginalized communities, the people are the ones saving each other's lives, but ideally, these agencies should indiscriminately help save lives and avoid disasters.

egoism - anarchism vs archism

hey. has anyone come across any articles from an "egoist" standpoint arguing why one has no reason to dominate others (or that dominating others leads to bad consequences, etc)? i'm asking this because i recently read sidney parker's "archists, anarchists, and egoists" - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sidney-e-parker-archists-anarch… - where sidney lays out that any egoist has a good reason to dominate if they perceive it to be advantageous.

Speciest text on the site

I am very confused by the inclusion of the following text on the site: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/johann-most-the-vegetarian?v=17…

Certainly speciesm is one of the forms of hierarchy/oppression we should be fighting.

Without context or a discussion, this text could convince people new to the ideology that veganism really is bad for workers, which is complete nonsense.

The arguments in the text are both weak and outdated. So why even post it?