# Andrew Sage I want to learn and explore as much as possible :) Over 2,000 subscribers Andrew Sage @andrewthesage I want to learn and explore as much as possible :) based in Trinidad & Tobago. Andrew Sage 3 [2.5K+ subscribers](https://andrewthesage.substack.com/profile/subscribers) ActivityPostsLikes & RepliesReads (12) Latest post [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=p-201781775)Jun 15 [Andrew Sage](https://andrewthesage.substack.com/) How To Build Radical Community 79 23 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=c-279704832)[4d](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage/note/c-279704832 "Jun 20, 2026, 11:50 AM") Don't confuse a crabs in a barrel mentality for radical accountability. 86 8 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=user%2F200021808) restacked [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=user%2F200021808)[May 31](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage/note/c-268383260 "May 31, 2026, 5:30 PM") Replying to [Violence Dogood](https://substack.com/@violencedogood/note/c-268135784) You’re out of your depth. The recurring issue that you and other wannabe critics of anarchism keep stumbling into is a discursive closure that renders the distinctions necessary to grasp the theory unintelligible. If you refuse to understand the difference between authority, expertise, and reputation, that is your limitation. But at no point did I oppose expertise. I argued that the existence of positions empowered to cage, judge, and compel others creates incentives that attract those who seek t… See more 17 1 4 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=c-267254203)[May 29](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage/note/c-267254203 "May 29, 2026, 1:37 PM") incoherent babble. you talk about “oppressors” and “oppressed” like they are eternal identities instead of positions (re)produced through state power, property relations, and social hierarchies. you do not understand the anarchist critique of domination because you do not understand domination structurally. you reduce it to a question of w… See more [aidan](https://substack.com/@adstalinum?utm_source=c-267254203) [May 29](https://substack.com/@adstalinum/note/c-267034825 "May 29, 2026, 6:04 AM") appreciate this essay for it's genuine explanation of our differences. you oppose the domination of the oppressors by the oppressed? ok then you're the enemy. thanks for clearing that up ile Marxist organisations focus on building their understanding of class consciousness among workers, the “class consciousness” that anarchists aim to build is a distinctly anarchist consciousness which identifies and opposes all relations of domination within society.\ \ ile Marxist organisations focus on building their understanding of class consciousness among workers, the “class consciousness” that anarchists aim to build is a distinctly anarchist consciousness which identifies and opposes all relations of domination within society.\ \ Andrew Sage](https://andrewthesage.substack.com/p/anarchism-on-its-own-terms?selection=b4352dea-14df-4ee4-a5de-67e1c703dfc8) 267 11 31 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=p-199636916)May 28 [Andrew Sage](https://andrewthesage.substack.com/) Anarchism On Its Own Terms 172 12 34 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=p-196899403)May 8 [Andrew Sage](https://andrewthesage.substack.com/) Can We Abolish Debt? 53 3 10 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=c-251655399)[Apr 30](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage/note/c-251655399 "Apr 30, 2026, 1:08 PM") [there are no objectively correct definitions of terms. The meaning of words is something socially constructed, shifting and developing over time with usage. When we argue for one definition over another, we do not do so by arguing over what is right or wrong, but over what is better or worse in terms of consistency, clarity, historical continuity, honesty, etc.\ \ there are no objectively correct definitions of terms. The meaning of words is something socially constructed, shifting and developing over time with usage. When we argue for one definition over another, we do not do so by arguing over what is right or wrong, but over what is better or worse in terms of consistency, clarity, historical continuity, honesty, etc.\ \ JudgeSabo](https://judgesabo.substack.com/p/anarchism-against-all-authority?selection=8ecd7b74-05e3-4153-80ad-8f689b8df0c4) 66 3 5 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=c-251606912)[Apr 30](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage/note/c-251606912 "Apr 30, 2026, 11:37 AM") LLMs will have to pry em dashes and rule of three from my cold dead hands before I give them up idc idc 317 6 25 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=c-251388095)[Apr 30](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage/note/c-251388095 "Apr 30, 2026, 12:45 AM") 💯 Workerist nostalgia for the high point of trade unionism must confront the real conditions workers are facing in the 21st century. It’s not just legal obstacles and corporate interference that limits unionising efforts. People are unemployed, underemployed, on precarious contracts and gig arrangements, tied to BS jobs they want to get … [Luke McGowan-Arnold](https://substack.com/@irregularnotes?utm_source=c-251388095) [Apr 29](https://substack.com/@irregularnotes/note/c-251086317 "Apr 29, 2026, 12:23 PM") “Shoplifting isn’t a real political strategy” is the oft repeated refrain of some socialist who has a strategy consisting entirely of making fun of “identity politics” on Substack and jerking themself off to Zohran videos. I actually watched the video of Tolentino and Piker. They argue basically repeat the same boring adages of the onlin… 132 3 21 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=c-246579693)[Apr 20](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage/note/c-246579693 "Apr 20, 2026, 6:52 PM") [I was terrified that I, too, would one day grow up and forget what it was like to be a child, and would also stop taking other children seriously. So I swore to myself I wouldn’t forget - I chose the phrase “Don’t forget, I’m a person!” and deliberately sent it up the chain across my older selves by regularly meditating on the phrase and the importance with which it was carried. I’m an adult now, but I have not forgotten what it was like to be a child. \ \ I was terrified that I, too, would one day grow up and forget what it was like to be a child, and would also stop taking other children seriously. So I swore to myself I wouldn’t forget - I chose the phrase “Don’t forget, I’m a person!” and deliberately sent it up the chain across my older selves by regularly meditating on the phrase and the importance with which it was carried. I’m an adult now, but I have not forgotten what it was like to be a child. \ \ Aella](https://aella.substack.com/p/chattel-childhood?selection=ec4a2302-340a-40ce-9c2a-441456879e0f) 145 17 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=c-246579510)[Apr 20](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage/note/c-246579510 "Apr 20, 2026, 6:51 PM") [Every culture throughout history has justified the abuse of treating their children as property by arguing this is good for them and good for civilization.\ \ Every culture throughout history has justified the abuse of treating their children as property by arguing this is good for them and good for civilization.\ \ Aella](https://aella.substack.com/p/chattel-childhood?selection=37925749-acbc-4a5e-b839-39afad468de2) 81 9 [Andrew Sage](https://substack.com/@andrewthesage?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=p-194399073)Apr 16 [Andrew Sage](https://andrewthesage.substack.com/) No Masters, No Mobs? 64 3 14