Anarchists are not Leftists

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Historically, anarchism has been closely related to the left

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism#History

'Libertarianism' might be said to approach it, but the problem is, on an American political board, the word tends to make you think of the US Libertarian Party, which is all about laissez-faire capitalism, property rights, and as little personal regulation as possible. But when Proudhon (as Wikipedia puts it, the first self-proclaimed anarchist) says "property is theft", you can see that definition of libertarianism is way different from anarchism.

Yes, the video is instructive about fringe movements; but in the people it's based on, you'd have found people answering to 'anarchist' and 'leftist', but not 'libertarian'. Well, I say that, but there is the curious case of the Spiked/Living Marxism crowd, who seem to have decided to Follow the Money into libertarianism and climate change denial when the Soviet Union folded. See http://www.democraticunderground.com/10883647 .