How to "Fight" Fascism Without Fighting

As a libertarian and philosophical anarchist, it's quite the trip watching the left and the right literally brawl it out. Some of my fellow Austin unschool parents happen to associate with the far left, and find my lack of side-picking, and my lack of energy to "fight", to imply I somehow support Trump and fascism.

“Fascism should more appropriate be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” - Former Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini

I want to note that I do see that my safety is under attack politically (by both fascists and communists), that's precisely why I "fought" for so long. Politics, activism, exhaustion. I was left drained and depleted and not free from fascism. When it comes to battle, the side with the printing press (elite on both the "left" and the "right") will always have greater reserves.

What if you could combat fascism by not fighting at all? What if instead, we identified the ways in which we enable fascism and made the choice to stop.

Here are the ways I personally combat fascism:

1. Shop local at places like Wheatsville Co-op and avoid places who take massive subsidies and like Wal-Mart. Stop giving money to fascism! Any company who took a bailout from the US government should be avoided IMO!

2. Plant a garden and stop spending money on foods that require fossil fuel to reach your plate (gasoline = a fascist industry). Get a bike. Reduce your dependency on gasoline.

3. Raise your family in a tiny home with a life full of experiences/ relationships and VERY minimal possessions / emphasis on consumerism.

4. Buy clothing in natural fibers, second hand, or made by an artisan. My wardrobe is less than 5% synthetic (mostly cottons, linens, bamboo with minimal elastic). I received most of my wardrobe second hand.

5. Take care of yourself physically. If you are sick and unwell you may find yourself dependent on and contributing to the fascist medical industrial complex. You will also have a more difficult time bugging out if true civil war pops off and you need to gtfo.

6. Take care of your mind. Read books, study philosophy, spend time with people who have enlightened conversations - if you are not identifying the root of fascism, you may be blindly contributing to it. Stay sharp, be diligent, question everything.

7. Meditate. The truth of the matter is that we are all connected, you cannot heal others without healing yourself. The anger, the racism, the violence, the fascism - this lies within each of us and will continue to until we each place an emphasis on our own healing.

8. Stop voting for fascists.

9. Starve the beast. Maybe you stop paying taxes or reduce your tax burden. Search online for the "Don't Owe Nothing" tax strategy.

10. Get to know your neighbors and community. Say hi, offer help, spend quality time. If we do experience the extreme of racial violence, our neighbors may need eachother to survive.

11. Resist the temptation to engage in violence, work on yourself, set a good example, and show others the Way through your actions.

My foot print on this planet shrinks by the day as I learn to consume less and live more and shift my lifestyle to fit within my core principles.

There are so many little ways to combat fascism that do not include "fighting". The biggest changes are made through the way we live our daily lives.

The problems we face as a culture are problems we can only heal by looking within and resisting temptation to blame others.

Let's take responsibility for the ways in which we enable fascism instead of finger pointing and blaming.

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