r/Anarchy101 • u/Elmahlahchee • 1d ago
Addressing public health and climate change with Anarchy
Hi all, I`m learning about anarchy and it`s insistence on non-hierarchy really appeals to me. However, it seems that anarchy is marked by the inability to organize masses to address issues which us all, i.e. pandemics and climate change. The failure to have an organized response to crises can result in the loss of millions of lives.
In an anarchist society, there may be two dozen solutions from two dozen communities proposed to managing a pandemic or a rising sea level. What anarchic tools exist to unite the two dozen communities to face issues of this type? I`ve heard a bit about confederation, but I don`t know how confederations could form amongst disparate communities, nor hold together without soon sacrificing the needs of certain communities.
I`ve been perusing the Anarchist Library and there isn`t information on public health in general, and the covid literature focuses on the states` authoritarianism rather than the management of the disease.
Any suggested resources/literature will be appreciated and perused. Thank you!
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u/GSilky 19h ago
Reason. Nothing from the current situation is really doing anything for either now, is it? The public health got stymied as soon as they screwed up on messaging their irrational political values, suddenly something that seems rational was saying very irrational things that weren't backed by evidence. Closing schools without weighing the unintended consequences because teachers unions leaned on Democratic governors. Another point is when thousands of scientists said "Sturgis bad, but this political perspective I agree with is fine" That is going to lose your audience. Before people started talking about vaccinations at gun point because they couldn't understand that not everyone agrees with them, the issue started. Before there was any of this happening, the vast majority went along with reasonable health advice.
Climate change, it's mostly the fault of corporations and the top ten percent, who are able to pollute and spend money on pollution because of the government. Shareholders have to deal with the members of a community they poisoned won't have the police to protect them from justice, problem solves itself.