You have many excellent and valid points here. As an anarchist myself, I feel that most anarchists are trying too hard to follow "anarchist rules" rather than live an actual anarchist life. I've only written a few posts so far on Steem, but 2 of the 3 relate directly to your all-encompassing point: We HAVE to change ourselves, and the way we look at things.

Admittedly, I have much more of a "Terence McKenna" viewpoint towards the transformation of society. We need to take back our minds. We need to look far beyond the pony show of politics and begin asking ourselves "What direction are we heading and why?" I'm talking about a radically massive change in perspective. Instead of obsessing over congress's position on healthcare or gay marriage, we need to be worrying about truly taking the next step as a species. We need to be looking at and deconstructing the conundrum of how we got here today, and how we can move toward living as a species whom utilize our wonderful minds to create rather than destroy.

Thanks for this post, a lot of people need to hear this.