I do not
question my anarchist convictions because I am not actively breaking the
law. Belief in the decency of doing
useful work to honor my social contract—as I interpret it—does a great deal of
good for the furthering of my individual goals.
And as an anarchist, I believe that individuality should reign over
politics.
Although I
venture to say that I needn’t brazenly defy the law, for the sake of
revolutionary ideals, I do not make argument against these ideals. People do a great deal of good for liberating
the masses by opposing unjust circumstances through defiance, and law
breaking. I applaud their passion and
commitment. I believe, however, my own
liberation from injustice which—thrust upon me—has given me a duty to a
different path.
I have been
to jail for the fight of my own autonomy, independence, and liberation. Jail has been home to me four times. But I did not go to jail for political
reasons. Incarceration was my only hope
at independence as I fought a battle with the strange forces of psychosis. I tried homelessness—but did not last.
Anarchy has
to be about personal autonomy for all people.
And some of us find freedom in simple labor, or doing service based
work. Please do not isolate anarchist
ideals from the people whom our revolution is to serve; if we do let this
happen, we will have no revolution which will serve the people who inspired it.
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