Is Anarchism a valuable political ideology?

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Anarchy begins with the individual and ends in the community. As long as we are human, we cannot stay stagnant in that rebellious mode of truth seeking. Eventually we succumb, and plant ourselves in whatever ground we flow to, we grow and realize that we can't live alone. We need the sun, and food, and shelter, and most of all, we need love from other people.

 

[dust1n]

Anarchy begins with the individual and ends in the community.

Nope.

As long as we are human, we cannot stay stagnant in that rebellious mode of truth seeking. Eventually we succumb, and plant ourselves in whatever ground we flow to, we grow and realize that we can't live alone.

So we should stop being stagnant in the rebellious mode of truth seeking, and start being stagnant in the contempt mode of ... not seeking anything?

We need the sun, and food, and shelter, and most of all, we need love from other people.

I fail to see how any of those are incompatible with Anarchism.

 

[Satans_Serrated_Edge]

Anarchism? A society functioning without a parasitic state coersively extracting funds from those that actually contribute to society, in exchange for a lumbering inefficient bureaucracy and an poorly offered services for which they maintain an enforced monopoly? A society in which the free market offers the average person what they want rather than telling them what they need?

Perish the thought!

 

[whereismynotecard]

Yes! Anarchism!! Lets try it out! :danana:

 

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Even if you succeed in creating a Utopian society, eventually some ****** is going to want to capitalize on something. It's just not realistic to expect people to be good for the sake of being good. The ******* of the world are the ones who are born with some ambitious gene which causes them to want to be better than everyone, have more than their neighbor, and to control their environment. It's unrealistic to expect that these people should squash their inherent traits of assholishness. Perhaps this sort of anarchy will work with the so called "mentally ill". The freaks who wander the streets without a goal or agenda will probably be able to live in a Utopian society, but put someone like George Bush Senior in there and all bets are off. Back stabbing and social climbing are traits which are inherent to most humans.

 

[Satans_Serrated_Edge]

Even if you succeed in creating a Utopian society, eventually some ****** is going to want to capitalize on something. It's just not realistic to expect people to be good for the sake of being good. The ******* of the world are the ones who are born with some ambitious gene which causes them to want to be better than everyone, have more than their neighbor, and to control their environment. It's unrealistic to expect that these people should squash their inherent traits of assholishness. Perhaps this sort of anarchy will work with the so called "mentally ill". The freaks who wander the streets without a goal or agenda will probably be able to live in a Utopian society, but put someone like George Bush Senior in there and all bets are off. Back stabbing and social climbing are traits which are inherent to most humans.

A stateless society is not one and the same with the sort of egalitarian communism you describe. Ever heard of Austrian economics?

 

[dust1n]

I was wondering who said anything about utopia.

 

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This is what came to my mind when I saw this thread.

Main Entry: an·ar·chy
Pronunciation: \ˈa-nər-kē, -ˌnär-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek, from anarchos having no ruler, from an- + archos ruler — more at arch-
Date: 1539
1 a : absence of government b : a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority c : a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government
2 a : absence or denial of any authority or established order b : absence of order : disorder <not manicured plots but a wild anarchy of nature &#8212; Israel Shenker>
3 : anarchism

 

[Mathematician]

A stateless society is not one and the same with the sort of egalitarian communism you describe. Ever heard of Austrian economics?

Better yet, mutualism.