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iVol4Life

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I thought this might be an interesting thread to have, since I'm probably the only one here. I won't respond to insults in this thread, so try to keep it polite. :hi:
 
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Why do you hate 'merica so much?

Kidding. Are you full on anarchist or does the buck stop at anarcho-capitalism?
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Why do you hate 'merica so much?

Kidding. Are you full on anarchist or does the buck stop at anarcho-capitalism?
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I'm a left-anarchist, although frankly I don't agree completely with any one school of anarchist thought, as far as I know. Nor do I think that only one kind of anarchism would exist in an anarchist society.
 
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iVol4Life said:
I thought this might be an interesting thread to have, since I'm probably the only one here. I won't respond to insults in this thread, so try to keep it polite. :hi:
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You're not the only anarchist. There are 3 or 4 of us now.
 
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I think you are the only one coming from the left. Are you the socialist type or are you the anti-oppression type?
 
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n_huffhines said:
I think you are the only one coming from the left. Are you the socialist type or are you the anti-oppression type?
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I am both anti-oppression and socialist, just by nature of what left anarchism entails. I'm admittedly not very familiar with anarcho-capitalism or other right anarchists.
 
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Anarchism was popularised by a terrorist movement and hasn't got saner since. In reality it will simply not work. Even the most anti-government intellectuals such as Friedman and Sowell understood the need for the state to act as a "referee" and "umpire" to ensure a fair environment was kept.

Unfortunately human nature requires this referee, it also requires the state for defense. That is the main function of the state and defense would be nonexistent or limited at best in an anarchist system.
 
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alexmanu said:
Anarchism was popularised by a terrorist movement and hasn't got saner since. In reality it will simply not work. Even the most anti-government intellectuals such as Friedman and Sowell understood the need for the state to act as a "referee" and "umpire" to ensure a fair environment was kept.

Unfortunately human nature requires this referee, it also requires the state for defense. That is the main function of the state and defense would be nonexistent or limited at best in an anarchist system.
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How could they be the most anti-government if they aren't anarchist? Friedman's son is an anarchist intellectual, btw.
 
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alexmanu said:
Anarchism was popularised by a terrorist movement and hasn't got saner since. In reality it will simply not work. Even the most anti-government intellectuals such as Friedman and Sowell understood the need for the state to act as a "referee" and "umpire" to ensure a fair environment was kept.

Unfortunately human nature requires this referee, it also requires the state for defense. That is the main function of the state and defense would be nonexistent or limited at best in an anarchist system.
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Human nature is plastic and non-universal. There are some core characteristics of course, but there is no reason to think that we are incapable of change. In fact, how well we've adapted to a quickly changing world the last century or so is interesting.

On the issue of defense: See Revolutionary Catalonia. From my understanding, they did quite well for themselves given the circumstances.
 
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iVol4Life said:
Human nature is plastic and non-universal. There are some core characteristics of course, but there is no reason to think that we are incapable of change. In fact, how well we've adapted to a quickly changing world the last century or so is interesting.

On the issue of defense: See Revolutionary Catalonia. From my understanding, they did quite well for themselves given the circumstances.
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Your utopia requires the rest of the world to change. Grow up.
 
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Yeah. Friedman is one of my heroes but he's dead and technology is/will continue to make government obsolete. A referee is nice but government doesn't have to be the referee. Also, the concept of a referee can be replaced by something better. In a hundred years the world will look nothing like it does today.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Your utopia requires the rest of the world to change. Grow up.
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Human beings change. This is something you just have to accept. The world will continue changing long after anyone posting on this board is gone. I just want it to change a certain way. Frankly, if you have any political opinions at all, you want the world to change in certain ways too. Telling me to grow up is hypocritical.

Edit: Further, anarchism isn't supposed to be easy. It isn't. That doesn't mean it isn't worth striving for, however.
 
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iVol4Life said:
I am both anti-oppression and socialist, just by nature of what left anarchism entails. I'm admittedly not very familiar with anarcho-capitalism or other right anarchists.
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Perhaps you could explain what your stances are as a left anarchist. They would help so we can ask better questions.

We've pretty much beat the An-Cap subject to death on here, but the Left-An or An-Soc (are those the proper terms?) is probably a mystery to many.
 
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I don't understand how you can be An-Soc. Socialism is based on the belief in redistribution of wealth, such redistribution would NEVER happen in an anarchist society, most (if not all) parties wouldn't consent.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Perhaps you could explain what your stances are as a left anarchist. They would help so we can ask better questions.

We've pretty much beat the An-Cap subject to death on here, but the Left-An or An-Soc (are those the proper terms?) is probably a mystery to many.
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Left anarchism is an interesting topic, even if you disagree vehemently with everything it stands for. I think this is the most basic way to look at left anarchism:

We are opposed to unjust hierarchy and oppression, and seek to dismantle such hierarchy at all levels of human interaction. This includes the state, and for left anarchists, capitalism. Other kinds of hierarchy and oppression that most left anarchists oppose would be that of religion, patriarchy, imperialism, racism, homophobia, sexism, etc. Anarchism is not static. It is a process. As such, it requires hard work and cooperation by a lot of people.
 
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iVol4Life said:
I thought this might be an interesting thread to have, since I'm probably the only one here. I won't respond to insults in this thread, so try to keep it polite. :hi:
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Thoughts on the consistently lower amounts of cookies per box of girl scout cookies?
 
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iVol4Life said:
Left anarchism is an interesting topic, even if you disagree vehemently with everything it stands for. I think this is the most basic way to look at left anarchism:

We are opposed to unjust hierarchy and oppression, and seek to dismantle such hierarchy at all levels of human interaction. This includes the state, and for left anarchists, capitalism. Other kinds of hierarchy and oppression that most left anarchists oppose would be that of religion, patriarchy, imperialism, racism, homophobia, sexism, etc. Anarchism is not static. It is a process. As such, it requires hard work and cooperation by a lot of people.
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Okay, thank you.
 
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