Anyone here, deep in their heart, an Anarchist?

[joshcryer]

76. That's due to pragmatism and politics.

Technically anarchists are anti-political. For an anarchist to be political they must chose a party. Choosing the lesser of evils (that have a chance of actually being elected) is a nobrainer.

I support the Democrats because generally speaking the largest criticism of the Democrats comes from the authoritarian left whom I have as much disdain for as Libertarians (large L). The anti-authoritarian left is anti-political, their criticisms are largely missing, because politics does not concern them. Hell, they only come out once every 4 years to express distaste in the parties (at the DNC and RNC conventions; last DNC we were called agent infiltrators!).

As far as active party support is concerned, though, it's non-existent. I'm an independent. The only time I ever actively campaigned was for Dean in 2003, and I didn't vote again until 2008 (I lived in a Southern State, my vote had no impact on Kerry).

Despite being an anarchist I do enjoy, quite a lot, politics, and political rhetoric. It's fun, it's exciting. People may be confused when I "come out in support of Obama" but "show disdain for Chavez" and such, making it seem as if I'm some sort of DLC Democrat or Blue Dog. Yet no one has ever seen that my support for Obama only goes so far as support him as a person and as a political persona, and not his actual policies, which are still miles better than any Republican could offer.