The Power Theory

There are in my opinion two ways of looking at power:

1) The absolute perspective

All totalitarian ideologies fall under this category. Here, the government sees power as an end in itself. It wants more of it, all the time, and therefore ends up abusing it and exploiting its citizens. We get Gestapo police, bureaucracy and divisions among people.

2) The instrumental perspective

All anarchist-derived ideologies have got an instrumental view on power. This means that they don't see power as an end in itself, but as a method. This is where the Power Theory comes into play. It says that all power that serves no purpose for a community of people as a whole, should be removed. It's an anarchist thought that we should let go of power no one needs. We can't escape power, because it's always there, and governments that historically tried to "end" power, like the Soviet Russia, ended up oppressing people worse than ever.

What we can do is to see power as a method. We use it to attain goals. With the Power Theory, we avoid abusing power. We don't become obsessed with it. We use it only when it's necessary, and always for the benefit of the anarchist community.

What is Your opinion on power in an anarchist society?

America And EU Want To Create Global Surveillance Empire

Europe should consider sharing vast amounts of intelligence and information on its citizens with the US to establish a "Euro-Atlantic area of cooperation" to combat terrorism, according to a high-level confidential report on future security.

The 27 members of the EU should also pool intelligence on terrorism, develop joint video-surveillance and unmanned drone aircraft, start networks of anti-terrorism centres, and boost the role and powers of an intelligence-coordinating body in Brussels, said senior officials.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/07/eu.uksecurity

Globalisation is threatening to turn us all into slaves for the global western empire. Their talk about terrorism is just a way of stealing our individual liberties and push through totalitarian policies. Only anarchism and decentralisation of all political and economic power can solve this.