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In reply to the discussion: Your thoughts on the philosophy of Anarchism... [View all]Taverner
(55,476 posts)48. I guess a clarification would be that I am a Socialist receptive to Anarchist Theory
Bakunin's thoughts on collectivization are more fleshed out than Marx's - and in my opinion more organic.
Also I do think Social Anarchism is a good thing - that is, authority is earned, not simply given by fiat.
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Anarchism is a wonderful, beautiful theory that's completely impractical and mostly useless.
TheWraith
Dec 2011
#72
Actually there are plenty of "moderate" anarchists involved in starting the Occupy movement.
Leopolds Ghost
Dec 2011
#20
Typically, the assemblies operate upon consensus, as opposed to simple-majority rules.
Selatius
Dec 2011
#68
Having been involved in what might be called "anarchic" or "self-organising" groups...
sibelian
Dec 2011
#9
I think you're confusing left-libertarianism (aka Thomas Jefferson) with Nihilism.
Leopolds Ghost
Dec 2011
#22
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
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
My main objection is the notion that capitalism is synonymous with "free market"
Selatius
Dec 2011
#88
Society, at it's most basic level, is or should be an agreement among people
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2011
#29
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
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
Until and unless a dynamic and sustainable culture illustrates that it can work
LanternWaste
Dec 2011
#56
I appreciate it's strands that incorporate a great deal of syndicalist thought into the fold,
Puregonzo1188
Dec 2011
#62
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