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People often confuse anarchy with decentralization. But for months now, we on university campuses across Serbia have been showing the difference — not in theory, but in practice.

Anarchy is not the same as decentralization. Anarchy means the absence of authority and is often wrongly equated with chaos. Decentralization doesn’t mean disorder. It means rebuilding a system from the ground up. It’s when everyone has a voice, when we decide together, when there is no single center of power controlling everything, but instead a network built on trust and mutual responsibility.

That is exactly what we’ve been doing through plenums — the student assemblies that have been active for months at the Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Philology, FDU, the Faculty of Architecture, ETF, PMF, the Faculty of Mathematics, Faculty of Biology, arts academies and many other faculties. Decisions are made without leaders, without backroom deals, without commands. Everything is public, based on arguments and collective agreement. Plenums are the heart of the student movement. They are not perfect, but they are alive, free, and ours.

And then there are the blockades. These are not the end of something, they are a correction. Just like in a decentralized system, when an error appears in the chain, the network halts until it’s resolved. The blockades are a response to a malfunction in the system. We do not stop university life because we reject education, but because the system itself is no longer functioning properly. We halt the process until injustice is addressed, demands are met, and trust is restored.

Outside of the universities, people organize through assemblies — open, horizontal, and collective forms of resistance. It’s the same principle. No leaders, no party control, no passive spectators. Only accountability, care, and direct democracy.

The authorities try to portray us as chaotic and irresponsible. But the truth is, what we are doing is the most honest and orderly thing happening in this society — because it is based on openness, solidarity, and shared decision-making.

That’s why it’s important to understand that this is not anarchy. This is resistance to centralized power that wants to reduce us to silence and obedience. And in this struggle, we are like the Bitcoin network. There is no single server. There is no central node. There is all of us. Every plenum is one node. Every collective decision is one block in the chain. The blockades are proof that the network is reacting to an error. And just like no one can shut down Bitcoin because there is no single point of control, no one can shut down a movement that lives across dozens of faculties, in dozens of plenums, and in thousands of voices.

Our university is not a private company. It is a network of people who think, learn, and refuse to be deceived. That’s why we will not accept quiet sabotage, decisions made behind closed doors, or imposed catch-up classes without being asked. We are not asking for anarchy. We are demanding responsibility. And that no one — absolutely no one — decides without us.

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