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Jul 24Liked by Peter Gelderloos

“So say it loud, say it proud: democracy is a militaristic system of government that innovates new methods of social control, that was founded the first time by elites whose power came from slavery and commercial empires, and founded the second time by elites whose power came from chattel slavery, commercial empires, and modern colonialism. It has never been anything else. It has never belonged to us, so talking about “reclaiming it” is either naïve or dishonest.”

This is what I’ve not seen a single iota of since Biden stepped down and the crazy love in for Top cop Kamala began. Congrats on 20 years of published material as well! Speaking on zine culture, last year at the local anarchist book fair, a lot of people were starting to publish short stories and speculative fiction in zine form. I thought that was an interesting way to get yourself out there as a fiction writer. I still have my big old box of zines. I should dig through there at some point…

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that's so exciting!

and yes you should!

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Jul 25Liked by Peter Gelderloos

This is so needed today, I just bought your book! Thank you for your efforts.

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thanks, I appreciate that

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