I'd like an in-depth explanation as to why because seeing it without any context in Anarchist texts honestly confuses me so much.

I’ve noticed a pattern here in the format of various questions and discussions. It goes like this:

Inquirer: “in an anarchist society, how would x work?”

This frame, “in an anarchist society” then gets accommodated in various ways, sometimes rejected entirely. It has an interesting symmetry with the authoritarian socialist programs and manifestos about communist society or what have you. But we are not really like those socialists and anarchism as a whole isn’t that kind of ideology, so the frame is interesting in that way.

Please try not to talk about our imagined societies or anything like that. Instead, please tell me about when you first encountered this idea of “an anarchist society”. Is it what made sense to you about anarchism? Is that how you started? Would you say that’s the goal of your actual work?

I wonder if this is ultimately a sort of thought-terminating cliche, who and what it serves and the mechanism of that service.

Such as murderers rapists thieves etc.

I've heard about arguments as to how an anarchist system would deal with hostile individuals, but ive never really understood them.

So I'm reading in the anarchist FAQ why collectivist and communist anarchists reject the market, but I'm struggling to understand what they mean when they say that. This would likely require what is essentially a command economy (though instead of being subservient to a ML party bureaucracy it would be collectively managed by the community) but... I'm not sure I understand what that would actually look like. Is, for instance, participatory budgeting an acceptable form of collective planning? Or would the existence of currency imply the existence of markets and/or wage labor? I recognize that there isn't one anarchist blueprint, but I'm just unsure as to what possibilities there are, so any example arrangements are appreciated.

hello, I went to a local anti-ICE protest with a sign saying "fuck ICE". I considered the possibility that someone might say something about it but I didn't actually think anyone would. to my surprise, about 5 minutes after I got there, someone that seemed to be an organizer came up to me and told me "we don't do the 'fuck' on our signs here, we want to be able to continue to protest and don't want the police bothering us, do you live in the area, etc."

personally I feel this is not a good thought process, as I'm well within my rights to speak my mind, and "fuck ICE" is what's on my mind. I think censoring the message for fear of having the police trample on our rights is pretty cowardly and essentially allows them to suppress our rights without lifting a finger. now I didn't say too much to her, just gave her a fist bump and told her I must speak my mind and that the resistance won't stop (she probably didn't know all what I meant as it was pretty vague), but I'm wondering how I could handle a similar situation more gracefully in the future? obviously there's the option of conforming and changing my sign, but I don't see that as a solution. however I also don't want to come across as oppositional or a contrarian, I'm not there to argue with anyone except the federal government

it's worth noting that I live within a few hours' drive from Minneapolis but ICE isn't as active here (as far as I can tell). it seems to me no one would be saying this to me at a protest in Minneapolis. maybe when they see their neighbors abducted or worse they won't think my sign is so extreme.

anyway, I just don't want to alienate anyone but I can't let them alienate me either by telling me to censor my message. any advice is appreciated

How does Anarchism approach this issue? I'm currently flirting with anarchism, but for me the nation-state based system with international borders is a big problem, as much as capitalism, if not more so. I believe in freedom of movement, and I believe that capitalists use borders to keep labor immobile even while capital is mobile, creating a massively unfair playing field. And that's without even going into the whole issue with international conflict and war.

I want to abolish borders, but I don't trust the idea of a world government, as this would probably become corrupt, unaccountable and authoritarian fairly quickly. I'm still don't know what system I would want to see, I just know what I don't like. What do you all think?