A-Infos (en) Bulgaria, FAB: "Death of the bourgeoisie" or of the "System" that gave birth to it? (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

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Theory, Goals ---- On May Day, a post appeared on the Telegram channel 
"Autonomous Action" with a photo from subscribers of the channel from 
Perm. The photo shows a poster hanging over a city highway with the 
words "Death to the Bourgeois" with the letter "A" inscribed in a circle 
on one side of the sign and a hammer and sickle sign on the other. There 
are currently about 70 approving likes under the Telegram post.

"Death to the Bourgeois"?!....Seriously? Of course, it is good that in 
Perm there are activists, apparently, of anarcho-communist views. And 
such shock agitation is, of course, much better than nothing. However, I 
wish I could, as they say, "smother" and understand this May Day 
promotion. Anything is better than being ignored.

One could, of course, describe such a "radical" formulation of the issue 
as most likely youthful maximalism or a desire to attract attention with 
"radicalism." It seems, however, that there is nothing radical in such a 
slogan, but only class hatred is visible, even rather personal, because 
"death to the bourgeois" is perhaps against a specific bourgeois.

But even the Bolsheviks never declared the need for the physical 
destruction of the representatives of the "bourgeois" class, but spoke 
specifically about the destruction of the capitalists as a class in 
society for a progressive change in the social structure.

It's possible, of course, that this slogan is just juvenile banter. But 
we must understand that this teasing happens in public space and affects 
society in a very specific way, regardless of the intentions and mood of 
the activists. Will such a slogan appeal to the common man? And what 
will the owner of a good cafe think about this, taking out a business 
loan in the hope of freeing himself from wage labor, in accordance with 
current trends in society? What will opponents of war think when they 
see calls for murder? What conclusions will liberal activists draw?

There are many slogans that correctly express the contemporary social 
contradictions and aspirations of the anarcho-communists. There is no 
feedback address or directions to an information resource on the poster. 
No explanation of the position. There is no call for cooperation to 
replace "bourgeois" relations. As a result, the effect seems to be 
rather negative for the excitement of the local population, does not 
reflect the essence of social problems, does not form a positive agenda, 
but rather causes rejection among the disengaged population.

Anarcho-communism is, in many ways, primarily an ethical doctrine, and 
such a slogan does not reflect its essence, much less is it relevant in 
the modern world. Most modern "bourgeois" are an active part of society, 
following its trends. And it is those experienced in economic activity 
who can become activists for collaboration and delegation when and if it 
becomes mainstream.

I would like to wish the Perm activists philanthropy and common sense in 
their social struggle, fighting the system, not the people.

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