Transformation?

Thus central planning should not only be rejected because it does not handle informational complexity well, but also because it is prone to technocracy, bureaucracy, and takeover by authoritarian forces.

After getting used to self-organized conflict resolution, the processes will become more common and easier to digest.

They provide information, transparency, analysis, research, and suggestions, and facilitate decision-making and conflict resolution but they do not enforce decisions on others.

the federation is no power structure

It creates networks of responsibilities in which nodes have specific functions and responsibilities and pass important information in aggregated form to each other.

That way, the monolithic task of planning is broken down into manageable subtasks, increasing the chances of successful complexity handling and meeting self-defined goals.

It is colonial thinking to assume one way of living and organizing fits everyone or one central unit can decide about the needs of everyone.

The complexity and fragility can be reduced by methods of decentralization and encapsulation, allowing everyone to understand the relevant parts of economics.

The capitalist way of doing economics has led to a severe climate crisis and huge social injustices.

For scarce consumer goods, individuals and communities with a higher need (e.g. medical conditions, regions that suffered more under capitalism) should be preferred in the distribution.

Let's build many anarchist economics oases, bridges, and networks within the capitalist desert until the wildflowers start growing all over.

Capitalism and patriarchy tell us that we have to fit certain beauty standards and gender norms.

Let's rather face these issues of the world, society, and ourselves together, in solidarity.

It's okay to improve self-love and mental health while being in a relationship.

The anarchist utopia is not dependent on everything being available in abundance.

No one had paid any attention to the water meters for a long time - after all, water, like everything else, was freely accessible and metering was therefore irrelevant.

Bo didn't have to worry about anything else.

Cybernetics is not about control in the authoritarian sense but about control in the sense of self-regulating and self-organizing, i.e. anti-authoritarian systems.

Decentralization does not mean isolation or rejection of modern technology.

I'm suggesting the use of optimization as an optional tool for multi-level decentralized planning, creating non-coercive suggestions as a decision support tool.

The individualists did not have a huge impact on the solidarity economy.

Let's live in relationships that are good for us and undermine dominance structures.

Never let someone tell you, you would not be able to "really" love someone.

Polyamory might not be for everyone but the skills you learn are.

Strive for the removal of all causes of war.

Some pacifists support the idea of "peaceful military missions", others (like the anarcho-pacifists) do not.

It should not be the responsibility of BIPoC to explain racism to white people.

Race does not exist, but race matters.

Racism can lead to severe psychological damage.

Why are we told this toxic story about love?

Not every problem someone has with his girlfriend is necessarily due to the capitalist mode of production.

Polyamory or Relationship Anarchy might not be for everyone but the skills you learn are

Hold on for this ride back in history that still feels like science fiction.

In complex systems, central control is not viable.

Beer explains why only decentralized organizations can cope with complex environments.

It is a source of inspiration for decentralized anarchist economies.

However, being locked in a prison inside of a prison is not the solution.

When you have to fear being deported every day, you don’t really worry about climate change.

Migration due to climate change might increase and it should not be illegalized.

That way, each community can decide about their balence between freedom and security and define for themselves the meaning solidarity in times of pandemic.

However, if it turns out that the pandemic can't be stopped with decentral diversity, there might be a need for a global decision.

This is not one idea, pattern or blueprint of free and solidary societies, but rather a framework, in which multiple diverse ideas of living together and organizing can co-exist.

Thus the power stays decentral and local, always focused on the needs of the people while still being able to make decisions globally.

These rules are only worth the time needed to agree on them as a group if the group takes the responsibility to stick to them.

The idea of anarchist societies is not based on the idea of all people wanting the same, but on the idea of decentral groups each acting in their way as long as it does not affect others. In such a society separation from one group and joining an other or even traveling through some groups would not be a sign of failure of the first group or the individual but a chance for personal and group development.