Re: A Critique of Rothbardian Natural Rights (sorta long)
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As for the anarchism = no government thingy, that is...well...half true.
[/ QUOTE ]Anarchists have come to power, in History. in 1848, in Paris, France, also in 1937, in areas of Spain, etc. They have never abolished all government. They were anarchists, not fans of Jesse James. (Though some anarchists were ex-bandits.)
What they did is they tried to establish direct rule, i.e. participatory democracy, through the rule of local councils. They tried to have as much as possible participation of all classes of people except for priests, landlords, bosses and the like, but without any other restrictions as to sex, nationality, etc. Workers, peasants, and the intelligentsia were supposed to have an equal say with prostitutes in this. Of course, all preconceived, bourgeois notions of individual morality were trashed. Yes, the anarchists were serious about the slogan "All Power To The Soviets!" while the true-red Communists of the (official) communist party were certainly not. The Commies wanted all power to the party...
"Soviet" means "council", in Russian.
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