General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: someone help understand Anarchy. How does it work as a government? Is it just libertarianism? [View all]anigbrowl
(13,889 posts)I've always thought one of the major failures of the Occupy movement was the rule they had in place from the outset that you needed a 90% consensus for the General Assembly to adopt anything as policy. As soon as I heard that I knew the whole enterprise was doomed to be nothing more than a talking shop. Indeed, I've often wondered just who put that requirement in place because it was so obviously going to lead to organizational paralysis that it looked like sabotage to me. Even the Wobblies had a 2/3 majority for decision-making, and the Wobblies weren't exactly famed for their pragmatism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World
I have little respect for anarchists. Their diagnosis of the problems that come with group organization are often spot-on but they would rather sit around and talk than get anything done, unless you count flyposting as an agenda. Also they all seem to listen to punk rock which is reason enough to dislike them by itself.