@bike >I'm reading the quote by Ursula K Le Guin on the wikipedia page for the dispossesed and she's talking about nonviolent anarchy. when I read "tear it all down" I have trouble squaring that with nonviolent anarchy?
At the risk of sound pithy, you should…actually read the book?
Maybe give the person who has actually read it and suggested it the benefit of the doubt, instead of reading the 1st paragraph of the wiki article and deciding it’s irrelevant to the topic at hand?