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Most people don't understand much about it which means Remember Me Dec 2011 #1
Here is a good start: Taverner Dec 2011 #3
I'm pretty much in the same boat as you, which has its ironies.... mike_c Dec 2011 #5
Anarchism is a wonderful, beautiful theory that's completely impractical and mostly useless. TheWraith Dec 2011 #72
Without a state to hold the 1% in check, what hope does the 99% have? WonderGrunion Dec 2011 #77
I'm fascinated by many aspects of it such as these: FarLeftFist Dec 2011 #2
Works great until population reaches excessive level, which is 2. n/t dimbear Dec 2011 #4
lol Capn Sunshine Dec 2011 #6
That one... Cid_B Dec 2011 #7
It should not be tied to OWS. Countdown_3_2_1 Dec 2011 #8
Just as post #1 predicted. themadstork Dec 2011 #11
There is a huge difference between Anarchy and Anarchism Taverner Dec 2011 #13
Go read up on Anarchism before you spout ignorant nonsense. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #16
No, it's the agent provocateurs that vandalize and provoke the pigs. backscatter712 Dec 2011 #18
Actually there are plenty of "moderate" anarchists involved in starting the Occupy movement. Leopolds Ghost Dec 2011 #20
OWS is tied to anarchism, not the other way around. joshcryer Dec 2011 #23
OWS is an example of left-wing anarchism. Selatius Dec 2011 #33
Well said Owlet Dec 2011 #35
But this typifies the Tyranny Of The Majority. Ikonoklast Dec 2011 #36
Typically, the assemblies operate upon consensus, as opposed to simple-majority rules. Selatius Dec 2011 #68
Um, no it's not... brooklynite Dec 2011 #57
In this case.... AntiFascist Dec 2011 #79
Having been involved in what might be called "anarchic" or "self-organising" groups... sibelian Dec 2011 #9
There are ways around the no assholes thing. n/t Leopolds Ghost Dec 2011 #21
I am curious. sibelian Dec 2011 #30
Well, I'm only a moderate left-libertarian. Leopolds Ghost Dec 2011 #42
Outvote the assholes Taverner Dec 2011 #50
Have you read "The Dispossessed", Taverner? sibelian Dec 2011 #67
Government of some sort is necessary. That's reality. Edweird Dec 2011 #10
Juvenilia. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #12
succinct and accurate. nt Codeine Dec 2011 #43
Anarcho-capitalism is bad! AntiFascist Dec 2011 #14
aka FrightWing anarchy. FarLeftFist Dec 2011 #15
"anarcho"-capitalism joshcryer Dec 2011 #24
I'm a socialist with some Anarchist leanings. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #17
Anarchy was abolished by early hunter-gatherer societies bhikkhu Dec 2011 #19
I think you're confusing left-libertarianism (aka Thomas Jefferson) with Nihilism. Leopolds Ghost Dec 2011 #22
A more moderate example would be classical (d)emocracy, Leopolds Ghost Dec 2011 #27
Hunter gatherer societies are not post-anarchy. joshcryer Dec 2011 #26
Ahem... Cid_B Dec 2011 #34
Heinlein earned his living as a specialist. Ikonoklast Dec 2011 #37
Having a profession... Cid_B Dec 2011 #38
He was a novelist. None of the other stuff paid the bills or put food on the table. Ikonoklast Dec 2011 #40
You do understand the difference between specialization and being a specialist? malthaussen Dec 2011 #65
Oops, thanks for the correction. joshcryer Dec 2011 #61
Any unchecked power is dangerous... anarchy is the greatest tool by which powers rise. Fearless Dec 2011 #25
Most anarchists are small-d democrats. They are left-libertarians by definition n/t Leopolds Ghost Dec 2011 #28
I don't really know what you mean by this. sibelian Dec 2011 #31
In society there are two or more pieces to a properly balanced puzzle Fearless Dec 2011 #45
Your model seems to ignore differences on the left and right themselves. Selatius Dec 2011 #69
The graph represents the location of power... gov't or private. Fearless Dec 2011 #74
My main objection is the notion that capitalism is synonymous with "free market" Selatius Dec 2011 #88
holy crap, this is astoundingly ill-informed themadstork Dec 2011 #73
Mighty strong statement without supporting evidence. Fearless Dec 2011 #75
true, and point taken themadstork Dec 2011 #76
Let me give you an example of elements of anarchism. Selatius Dec 2011 #32
Society, at it's most basic level, is or should be an agreement among people Warren DeMontague Dec 2011 #29
Inadequate. blindpig Dec 2011 #39
I'm never quite sure what is meant by the term Marrah_G Dec 2011 #41
It seems to me that anarchy is a form of eveyone out for themselves and there is no one to protect jwirr Dec 2011 #44
There is a difference between Anarchy and Anarchist Theory Taverner Dec 2011 #49
That is good to know. jwirr Dec 2011 #64
Hegel to Bakunin to Marx to Chomsky to Goldman to...Gandhi and Tolstoy. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2011 #46
I think anyone who says they have both anarchist and socialist ideas muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #47
I guess a clarification would be that I am a Socialist receptive to Anarchist Theory Taverner Dec 2011 #48
Taxes are necessary for social services that require monetary recompense. joshcryer Dec 2011 #60
That would mean all their inputs would have to be free too muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #66
I'm a libertarian socialist Warren Stupidity Dec 2011 #86
Anarchism requires a better quality of human than we currently have available... saras Dec 2011 #51
Anarchists are libertarians who forego police protection from their slaves. Chichiri Dec 2011 #52
I would LOVE anarchism... RevStPatrick Dec 2011 #53
anarchism as agrarian socialism BOG PERSON Dec 2011 #54
the syndicalists of spain in the 30's would laugh at that. Warren Stupidity Dec 2011 #82
they murdered nuns and priests in cold blood BOG PERSON Dec 2011 #85
Well that is one history. Warren Stupidity Dec 2011 #87
I'd write you a detailed response, but...... izquierdista Dec 2011 #55
Until and unless a dynamic and sustainable culture illustrates that it can work LanternWaste Dec 2011 #56
just like Libertarians Matariki Dec 2011 #58
I like Chomsky's description of his version of anarchy Capitalocracy Dec 2011 #59
I appreciate it's strands that incorporate a great deal of syndicalist thought into the fold, Puregonzo1188 Dec 2011 #62
Anarchism is what casts the shadows on my Platonic wall cave. arely staircase Dec 2011 #63
Democratically principled anarchism sounds fine (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #70
The anarchists I've met at Occupy Denver are actually pretty cool folks. backscatter712 Dec 2011 #71
As long as wealth and property exist in any form, Anarchy is doomed to failure WonderGrunion Dec 2011 #78
decentralized democratic socialism - also known as libertarian socialism - Warren Stupidity Dec 2011 #80
What I don't get - Anarchist groups who hate corporations chrisa Dec 2011 #81
left libertarians view the corporate state as a continuum Warren Stupidity Dec 2011 #83
You're not the boss of me! Magoo48 Dec 2011 #84
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