My friend Jenny forwarded this article to me, written by Josh Breitbart, about the response to Hurricane Katrina. Its a good overview of a lot of different news sources, and worth reading. Breitbart states something that I've been thinking about a lot:
My friend Greg asked me in an e-mail, "How would an anarchist society deal with such a
Time and again in Katrina's wake, we saw people in positions of official authority thwart the initiatives of everyday people that would have saved lives and alleviated suffering.
calamity?" and I guess, looking at things now, I would say that it would deal with the calamity in the same way that people, abandoned and left to their own devices, did in our society - with a surprising amount of compassion, ingenuity, and community.
posted by geoff on 10/02/2005 11:14:00 AM
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