Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said during a Saturday press conference there are believed to be “no survivors” from Friday’s powerful explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems facility in Tennessee. He did not confirm how many fatalities there were, but he previously said 18 people were missing on Friday.

Accurate Energetic Systems specializes in the “development, manufacture, handling, and storage of a diverse array of energetic products and explosives for military, aerospace, and commercial demolition markets,” according to its website. The Associated Press reported that the company has sold to and had been awarded military contracts with the U.S. Army and Navy.

The powerful explosion at the facility occurred early Friday around 7:45 am local time, and was felt more than 15 miles away.

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    I literally was spamming black flag (🏴) emojis, I literally have a Circle-A as the top banner on my profile, “anarchist” is the literal first word in my bio…of course I’m an anarchist 😆

    Anarchist are delusional kids who think everyone is going to magically work together.

    That assumption is neither sufficient nor necessary for anarchism to work. We don’t need absolutely everyone to magically work together all the time. We can handle our disagreements without establishing systems of domination over others. If anything, these systems of domination simply amplify existing disagreements.

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      So when you have a “disagreement” and the other side says fuck you, what’s your plan?

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        Depends on the nature of the disagreement and the reasonability of the other side. Preferred solutions are, in decreasing order of preference:

        • Come to an agreement through compromise and debate
        • Proactively demonstrate why the other side is wrong by doing the thing and showing them why it works
        • Agree to disagree (i.e. tolerance of diversity)
        • Tell the other party to fuck off (i.e. freedom of dissociation)
        • Worst case scenario, the minimum defensive violence necessary to protect ourselves

        We’re at the bottom bullet point with respect to capitalists. We’ve been at the bottom point since capitalism was established, because it was established through violence and has been a continuous source of violence against humanity. But for most other problems, the other possibilities are better alternatives.

        When push comes to shove we’re just gonna have to play it by ear, as has always been the case, but anarchism provides a framework to rule out certain possibilities because they do not reflect the future we desire (i.e. prisons, police, states, standing armies, etc.) and therefore are ineffective methods for bringing about a liberatory future.

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          You’re at the bottom, but don’t want to be armed… I’ll ask again how the fuck do you plan on telling the other party to fuck off if the other party is armed and you have just strong words…