A year and a month after I posted "Dawin Award at Anarchist Cafe" comes news of its sad demise
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“A coffee shop in Toronto called "The Anarchist" that describes itself as "an anti-capitalist cafe, shop and radical community space on stolen land" is closing its doors after just one year in business. You just hate to see it.
In the commie cafe's full announcement on their website, in which they boast of not serving police officers or members of the military, the owner blames "the lack of generational wealth/seed capital from ethically bankrupt sources" for the shop going belly-up. LOL.
Here’s the failed entrepreneur’s sorrowful announcement of the closing :
It's been an amazing experience, connecting with so many great community members, sparking desperately needed debate, raising the blood pressure of Conservatives (that includes you, "anarcho-capitalists" and "Libertarians"), fulfilling the dream of most service workers by not having to tolerate the presence of professional class-traitors (pigs and military), and experimenting with living and working in ways that don't enthusiastically embrace the pure misanthropy of Capitalism. Unfortunately, the lack of generational wealth/seed capital from ethically bankrupt sources left me unable to weather the quiet winter season, or to grow in the ways needed to be sustainable longer-term.
…. The Anarchist has been a huge success in every way I hoped, and has given me so much inspiration and education that I plan to put to use in future projects. Keep an eye on the instagram page to see what I end up doing next!
Fuck the rich. Fuck the police. Fuck the state. Fuck the colonial death camp we call "Canada".
Solidarity
Gabriel a.k.a The Anarchist
As the headline of my original post suggested, “Darwin Capitalism Award for Anarchist Cafe”, I was dubious about this project’s long-term viability, but I’ll give it this: it lasted six months longer than I’d predicted:
… [H]ow’s our budding capitalist doing? Well, as of now, he has just one employee: himself, but no Indians have shown up to reclaim their stolen land (nor has he offered to give it back or pay them rent), so that’s a start; so so far, so good. However, he may discover that old killjoy von Mises looming over his shoulder when he conducts his first workers (worker) committee meeting to discuss giving himself a pay raise.
I’ve marked my calendar to check back on this project in September.
