“We see ourselves as inhabiting a complex social world that has some capitalist things going on in it as well as some socialist ones, some communist ones, and many where economics are not separated out of the broader fabric of life (such as sharing and gift giving, and mutual support).” WorldGivingWellsSocialSupportEconomicsComplexesMutualCommunistCapitalistFabricSocialistGift GivingFabric Of LifeMutual Support Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“The way we get past capitalism is by building on the healthy non-capitalist aspects of our world while we also do pitched battle with the capitalist ones that we have a fair chance of winning against. In that way we build a better world and shrink the destructive capitalist practices that are part of the social fabric.” WorldWayPastWinningSocialChancePracticeBuildingHealthyBattleCapitalismFairsAspectDestructiveOur WorldCapitalistFabricShrinks Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“Anarchism as the name for an ideal total social form is a really complicated question. I have never found satisfying answers from anarchists about the definition of the state they are opposed to. Most are opposed to coercive forms of state power. Questions about large scale systems of organization and how they will be funded - those are questions it's hard to get anarchists to give good answers to.” GivingHardStatesFormFoundNamesSocialAnswersIdealsOrganizationDefinitionsComplicatedScalesSatisfyingAnarchismAnarchistLarge Scale Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“You build movements and keep people in a struggle when it feels productive. Anti-capitalists have typically been the people in movements who have declared every gain to be a trick of the capitalist class to buy us off. That line isn't very inspiring, and it shows no sensitivity to how social movements actually succeed.” PeopleFeelsShowsSocialLinesClassStruggleMovementSucceedGainsTricksProductiveCapitalistSensitivitySocial MovementsVery Inspiring Author:Cynthia Kauffman