Comments on: As for the Not-So-Fine Nobel War Prize http://anarchywithoutbombs.com/2009/12/12/as-for-the-not-so-fine-nobel-war-prize/ Cooperation Without Coercion Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:25:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Less http://anarchywithoutbombs.com/2009/12/12/as-for-the-not-so-fine-nobel-war-prize/#comment-135 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:15:30 +0000 http://anarchywithoutbombs.com/?p=111#comment-135 I think there was a sense of solidarity that came from the shared belief that the foreign aggressor was illegitimate, and people were more comfortable openly opposing the Nazis when all their neighbors were doing so at the same time. Social proof is important when trying to influence people. That’s one reason it brings a free society closer every time another person says they’re an anarchist, even if they do nothing more than that.

I would never tell someone else whether or not they should risk civil disobedience. I do believe that the main goal right now must be educational: in my view, the best model is the manner in which Quakers and others ended slavery throughout the British Empire without any meaningful violence on the part of the abolitionists, or even much civil disobedience.

It is wrong for one person to own another. That message was accepted around the world in the 19th century. It is wrong for one person to own another, even if the owner is a government official. That’s the message to be spread around the world in the 21st century.

]]> By: Fraker http://anarchywithoutbombs.com/2009/12/12/as-for-the-not-so-fine-nobel-war-prize/#comment-134 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:11:15 +0000 http://anarchywithoutbombs.com/?p=111#comment-134 Actually, it starts with me, right? I should stop paying taxes and then shout it frequently and loudly (not literally ofcourse) to everyone else to ecnourage others.

]]> By: Fraker http://anarchywithoutbombs.com/2009/12/12/as-for-the-not-so-fine-nobel-war-prize/#comment-133 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:09:20 +0000 http://anarchywithoutbombs.com/?p=111#comment-133 This is a great review of the speech. What I’d like to know is how the Danish, Norwgian, and Dutch people were engergized to stand up fascism even with the threat of jail.

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