TOTW: ACAB Means Who?

I recently came across a video mocking online Leftist positions. Many of them were funny, such as "Can we not yell at the outdoor demo, it may lead to sensory overload" or "theory is ableist." Yet there was one I was shocked to hear: "Therapists are included in ACAB." Again, this was mockery, so of course, OP meant he disagreed with that statement. The top comment was "But, therapists are included in ACAB?" and subsequent replies disagreed with or mocked the commenter. One comment said, "No, but psychiatrists are def in ACAB" and explained how all the therapists they knew were progressive and anti-capitalist. Ignoring that many anti-capitalist, progressive people can be Coppish as fuck, I want to explore this issue a bit.

TOTW: Anarchy and Trauma

I know that, before I had ever encountered critical discourse or radical politics, before I'd attended my first protest or meeting, before I had debated anyone on political theories either face to face or on the Internet, my first experiences of disenfranchisement towards the state, capitalism, civilisation, etc., and desires to rebel came from direct personal experiences that were mostly, in some way or another, traumatic. The trauma of childhood poverty, of bullying teachers in school, of family members dependent on drugs and alcohol, these all left me with a feeling of "I hate this shit", long before I had read anything on economics or anarchism.

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