Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Your thoughts on the philosophy of Anarchism... [View all]Matariki
(18,775 posts)58. just like Libertarians
most people would pee in their own drinking water if they 'ruled' themselves.
Yeah, I'm cynical, but optimistic that perhaps humanity will evolve to the point where Anarchy (self rule) is possible.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
88 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
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