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anarchism is the opposition to hierarchy and centralized government (the state). the first anarchist was Pierre Joseph Proudhon. he along with Karl Marx, Robert Owen (the first communist before Marx) was one o the first socialists. his views were taken and expanded by Mikhail Bakunin. Bakunin rejected Marxism saying that any marxist party that took over would be oppressive and never move from socialism into Communism he supported going from capitalism to communism. bakunin’s views were expanded by Prince Peter Kropotkin. into the ideology known as anarcho-communism.
later anarchists came up with individualism, or complete self government by the individual. conflict between anarchist socialism and anarchist individualism continued, many anarchists on both sides came up with anarchism with out adjectives, in which the individual would choose the community best suited to him. a communist would move to or create a commune, a individualist would create an individualist town. different ideologies would compete for members.
examples of anarchist behavior in modern society include getting into a line at a store. as it is hierarchically, spontaneous and contains no outside coercion. also note zipper lanes. Wikipedia, an example of an anarchist economy. free sharing of goods for mutual profit. and allot of stuff on the Internet.

The Nature of Anarchism

by Dan Clore

(The following is a bit of "boilerplate" that I use to answer questions about anarchism. It is intended to provide a concise explanation of anarchism. Any suggestions as to how to improve it would be welcome.)

There is a great deal of misunderstanding of the nature of anarchism.

Anarchists (also known as libertarians or libertarian socialists, in the original sense of socialism as worker-ownership-and-control of the means of production) oppose illegitimate authority and hierarchy, and therefore oppose capitalism and the state; anarchists do not oppose all organization: anarchists favor voluntary, non-hierarchical, self-organization. Anarchists do not oppose all rules and laws; anarchists oppose rules and laws imposed involuntarily by illegitimate authorities, such as the state, and favor voluntarily-agreed upon rules and laws.

"Anarchy 101", an excellent introduction to anarchism, can be found here:

http://tinyurl.com/2fq4d2

"An Anarchist FAQ", giving an in-depth treatment of anarchism, can be found here:

http://www.anarchistfaq.org/

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News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:

http://tinyurl.com/4nptw

anarchism is the opposition to hierarchy and centralized government (the state). the first anarchist was Pierre Joseph Proudhon. he along with Karl Marx, Robert Owen (the first communist before Marx) was one o the first socialists. his views were taken and expanded by Mikhail Bakunin. Bakunin rejected Marxism saying that any marxist party that took over would be oppressive and never move from socialism into Communism he supported going from capitalism to communism. bakunin’s views were expanded by Prince Peter Kropotkin. into the ideology known as anarcho-communism.
later anarchists came up with individualism, or complete self government by the individual. conflict between anarchist socialism and anarchist individualism continued, many anarchists on both sides came up with anarchism with out adjectives, in which the individual would choose the community best suited to him. a communist would move to or create a commune, a individualist would create an individualist town. different ideologies would compete for members.
examples of anarchist behavior in modern society include getting into a line at a store. as it is hierarchically, spontaneous and contains no outside coercion. also note zipper lanes. Wikipedia, an example of an anarchist economy. free sharing of goods for mutual profit. and allot of stuff on the Internet.

Pity you cannot award stars to your own answer. Why did you even ask?

The question is : To what extent is anarchism merely an extreme form of free market liberalism?

Now, I think I’ve locked down the Individualist anarchist debate however, I have no idea to what the other side of the debate is or who argues it! HELP! is it the Liberals? Collectivist anarchist?

thanks

Well, anarchism can be split into two parts, economically right anarchism, and economically left anarchism. The ones in the mid to far right are anarcho-capitalists. The ones on the mid left are just anarchist or libertarian socialists, they have the same meaning, and the one on the far left are the anarcho-communists. Then there are the Anarcho-centralists who are in the economic center. I am a libertarian socialist, so I know these things. Far down (on the social scale) capitalists are the Anarcho-capitalists, so the American Libertarian would be a Minarcho-capitalist, just a couple points above the anarcho-capitalist on the social scale, while people like Noam Chomsky and I would be Libertarian Socialists, and people like Peter Kropotkin would be Anarcho-Communists. If you don’t know anything about Kropotkin or Chomsky, please look up their views on Anarchism to get a deeper understanding.

Why must always the best minds and human genius live in extreme poverty and persecution whilst the dummies and most corrupt individuals get always all the power and all the privileges. The answer is because the system is anti-human and corrupt; this is the nature of capitalism and what we have to destroy.
Capitalism is a sick system that devours the people, turning the whole of humanity into a sick humanity. All the capitalists are extremely sick individuals and have sociopath personalities.

The people have always paid a heavy price, called slavery; people are lead everywhere like sheep to the slaughter (exploitation). The people are turned into slaves to serve the rich rulers. The people are the slaves working for others profit, the moderrn slave. This slave democracy is a tragic joke; capitalism is a form of slavery, a very primitive social relation that must be dismantled as soon as possible.
The money-state-nation system must end, unless we want to continue this global and historical mass torture. The rich just want to rule us and keep the capitalist system running on borrowed time, we must rebel and insurrect against this. We want to be free now not tomorrow, we want to be free whilst we are still alive not when we are dead.

We need an anarchic revolution in our life time and we have to destroy the state, capitalism and religion immediately. Most people follow blindly their leaders and rulers, most people know nothing about the truths behind things like the nation-state and class, or the truth about capitalism and patriotism, the people are still very ignorant of reality and life.
This is why we did not have a revolution yet, this why capitalism and the state still thrives on the misery of the masses. But in the coming near future this condition can suddenly change, a leap from quantity to the qualitative. Humanity is going to wake up some day soon and rise in their might against authority and hierarchy and bring the whole system down for ever never to be repeated. This uprising is called the anarchic revolution orchestrated by the people and for the people. All decisions will be made only by us the people and no one else and who refuse to continue and remain eternal slaves of the system and servants to its masters. We are going to become totally free, for the first time in human history, it took a very long time to achieve, so much suffering and misery, so may horrors and tragedies but the end to all this is near. At last the whole people can live in dignity and richness and genuine material peace.

We declare the start of the anarchic revolution as from now, lead and directed solely by us and no one else. We must be careful of enemy penetration from all directions. The first step will be the termination of capitalism and the nation state, the second step we must make sure that we don’t become a pathetic anarchic movement dominated by rubbish people calling themselves with all sorts of anarchism. There is only one kind of anarchy; all the rest is a reactionary attempt to control our half clandestine anarchic movement.

1-The abolishing of money and leadership
2-The termination of the state and authority
3-The end of ownership of the planet by few individuals
4-Termination of inheritance and the ownership of land and property
5-The abolishment of class and hierarchy

The revolution is called the individualist communist anarchy and this will be replacing capitalism soon. We are against all kind of fake individuals calling themselves anarchists of a sick sort, trying to cash on a very successful movement. Be ware of all nationalism and chauvinism, capitalists and religious people, be ware of those searching for authority in one form or another in the name of anarchy. All infiltrations into the anarchist movement will be exposed and kicked out by me personally and by my fellow comrades. We don’t tolerate Nazis of any sort and in what ever disguise; they will be physically stopped and given a concrete massage. We should not allow these various reactionary groups take over the anarchic movement, they are desperate to do this, some are sent by the state and its security agency. Destroy the reactionary forces everywhere, anarchy will compel them to retreat to their caves and stay there till further notice.
The nightmare is already with us, if that is not understood then that is the revolution, and that is the solution to the problem, the only way out this nightmare is an egalitarian revolution.

I like your speech, but the problem is, is that it is too simplistic, and sounds like you paraphrased a famous anarchist’s speech. It sounds like the writing of an 8th or 9th grader, and with a speech of that level, most people will often misunderstand it, or just pass it off as the writings of a crazy person. You need to explain how illegitimate hierarchy is bad, how property and currency is bad, and how religion is bad. You need to explain how capitalism doesn’t work, in a little more detail, and explain a system to replace capitalism. You need to explain to people the true nature of capitalism and power. You need to reveal the faults and corruption of the state, workplace, family, and all other hierarchical institutions. You also need to explain how there is only one form of anarchism, and explain why the other forms such as anarcho-capitalism (the worst form in my view, and shouldn’t even be considered a form of anarchism) shouldn’t be considered anarchism. If you want, I can proof-read the literary work, and give some advice that can help the public understand your views better.

and what is anarcho capitalism??
wikipedia is an organization which frequently gets things wrong and the things it gets right just make you more confused

Individualist anarchism would be like the Vtech guy.

Anarcho capitalism would be laissez faire economics, which means no government intervention, as a result, no antitrust laws, no food and safety laws, no worker safety laws, no minimum wage, no child labor laws, no antidiscriminatory laws, no tariffs, no taxes, no federal banks, no federal standards for anything… police, firefighters, the military, schools… all would be privatized, because government pumping so much money into those areas is obviously intervening in capitalism.

What are the differences?
Explain so that a dumbass like me can understand, like use simple words if you can?

xD

Thanks in advance.
Anarchy is ‘chaos’ in the dictionary, but dictionaries have no room for theories…
Anarchists do not want ‘chaos.’

That much I do know.

Anarchism is the idea that we should organize our communities, and sometimes our workplaces, around free choice and equality.

Most individualist anarchists think markets will help; some other anarchists don’t think so, and others aren’t convinced either way.

Socialism means different things to different people. I think most anarchists would say that socialism is when most people, together, control their own workplaces and keep their own profits, instead of other people controlling most of the workplaces and keeping most of the profits. But there are lots of disagreements about the details.

What are the differences?
Explain so that a dumbass like me can understand, like use simple words if you can?

xD

Thanks in advance.
Anarchy is ‘chaos’ in the dictionary, but dictionaries have no room for theories…
Anarchists do not want ‘chaos.’

That much I do know.

Anarchism is the idea that we should organize our communities, and sometimes our workplaces, around free choice and equality.

Most individualist anarchists think markets will help; some other anarchists don’t think so, and others aren’t convinced either way.

Socialism means different things to different people. I think most anarchists would say that socialism is when most people, together, control their own workplaces and keep their own profits, instead of other people controlling most of the workplaces and keeping most of the profits. But there are lots of disagreements about the details.

and also what is anarcho capitalism????

The belief that no one should be in charge of you, including yourself.

Is individualist feminism in any way related to anarchism?

I think equity feminism is more-or-less another word for liberal feminism (i.e. it is concerned with legal and sometimes social equality between men and womyn). I don’t think individualist feminism has any one agreed definition, but some radical feminists are also individualist feminists. Voltairine de Cleyre was an individualist anarchist, and an influence on radical feminists. But some other, less individualistic, radical feminists have also been anarchists.

So some liberal/equity feminists are individualist feminists, but not all, and some individualist feminists are liberal/equity feminists, but others are radical feminists. Some anarchafeminists are individuaist feminists, but not all.

Where you consider yourself independent of government and society, and advocate regulations being imposed upon the vast bulk of humanity, yet not upon yourself.

Sort of like Individualist Anarchism except ONLY YOUR OWN self-interest is not constrained by any collective body or government authority.

i believe you would be a radical. lol