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Are there any other anarchist on this site?

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Anarchist100

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couldn't find any, mostly liberals or conservatives. (this is a joke question, but really are there?)
 
Anarchist100 said:
couldn't find any, mostly liberals or conservatives. (this is a joke question, but really are there?)
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Anarchy. Right. Back to a state of innocence, a Garden of Eden.
You can find people who agree with damn near anything you propose to them. I'm sure you'll find an anarchist or two here.
 
I doubt anyone knows what anarchy means.
 
Anarchy i see more as an ideal lense. In the anarchist left tradition, it means no unjustified dominance hierarchy where the burden of proof for being worthy of power lies in the one who wishes to be at the top of the hierarchy, not on those at the bottom.
 
Anarchist100 said:
couldn't find any, mostly liberals or conservatives. (this is a joke question, but really are there?)
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I do not support anarchist philosophy in the sense that i would want it to become a reality. Mainly because it just would not work in the present state of the world. Anarchism is more a philosophical ideal rather than a politics to support.
However having said that, i would also point out that i would argue in favour of nihilism and communism as well. Again on the same platform as an ideal rather than a political influence.

Not to mention it is just good fun to point out just how ignorant most americans are on these subjects.
 
I have been called an anarchist. I enjoy the political chaos happening and hope for the government to lose a lot of power and confidence. I don't actually want us to be ungoverned savages with no rule of law, though.
 
dex4974 said:
I have been called an anarchist. I enjoy the political chaos happening and hope for the government to lose a lot of power and confidence. I don't actually want us to be ungoverned savages with no rule of law, though.
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When there is political chaos, it is the poor, working class, and ordinary people who pay the price and the thugs take over.
 
Anarchist100 said:
couldn't find any, mostly liberals or conservatives. (this is a joke question, but really are there?)
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There’s a few self-described libertarians on here. Most of them appear to be rabid Trumpists though.
 
/YES, I am a comunist, a fascist, a socialist and an anarchist. I have been informed of this by those that tell me that PC is bigotry.
 
Grand Mal said:
Anarchy. Right. Back to a state of innocence, a Garden of Eden.
You can find people who agree with damn near anything you propose to them. I'm sure you'll find an anarchist or two here.
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Many people believe that they are questioning things when really they are questioning what they have been raised to oppose: Democrats and republicans.
 
Anarchist100 said:
couldn't find any, mostly liberals or conservatives. (this is a joke question, but really are there?)
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Depends how you define anarchist.

Personally, I do not believe that anyone is really an anarchist.

Of course, I base that on Anarchists being utterly opposed to any form of government.
 
People who don't know what a communist is and can't or won't correctly pluralize "socialist" as "socialists" have incorrectly told me that I'm both.
 
If you are an anarchist make your case. Messing around and trying to get attention only hurts your cause.
 
Only on Thursdays am I an anarchist.
 
Anarchist100 said:
couldn't find any, mostly liberals or conservatives. (this is a joke question, but really are there?)
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Anarchy could only work if everyone respected each other's rights/work/property, and there is zero chance in hell of that.
 
The Mark said:
Depends how you define anarchist.

Personally, I do not believe that anyone is really an anarchist.

Of course, I base that on Anarchists being utterly opposed to any form of government.
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And there we have it. the common mistake nearly always made.
You have just failed, as many do, to differentiate between anarchy and anarchism. The former is a simply a state of lack of government where as the latter is a philosophy of minimalist governance.

And this is why such a debate will be a waste of time on this board. Because most peoples understanding is no better or deeper than the worn out cliches they see on the back of a toilet door.
 
soylentgreen said:
And there we have it. the common mistake nearly always made.
You have just failed, as many do, to differentiate between anarchy and anarchism. The former is a simply a state of lack of government where as the latter is a philosophy of minimalist governance.

And this is why such a debate will be a waste of time on this board. Because most peoples understanding is no better or deeper than the worn out cliches they see on the back of a toilet door.
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I prefer to think of minimalist government as minimalist government, and reserve the terms anarchy and anarchism to reference a lack of any government.

Also, it seems like bullshit that anarchy would mean no government and anarchism would mean minimal government.

How could such a unreasonably confusing word usage come about?
 
soylentgreen said:
Yeah1 And one could say the same for capitalism.
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How will anarchy stop conglomerates from amassing monopoly power and abusing workers/consumers? Corporations will still exist even without the government, they just will lack government regulation....
 
Cameron said:
How will anarchy stop conglomerates from amassing monopoly power and abusing workers/consumers? Corporations will still exist even without the government, they just will lack government regulation....
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Your assuming that capitalism will still exist.
And it probably will to some extent much the same as royalty still exists despite the fact that kingdoms no longer do.

Another word for anarchism is socialist libertarianism. What your describing is the influence of the right wing libertarianism that is popular among some americans where laissez faire capitalism is the economy of the country.
 
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