Re: Can someone educate me on anarchism?
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A real study of anarchism requires a great deal of study into logic, economics, and philosophy.
95% of the "anarchist" you meet don't know what they believe in. Teenage angst.
Also, sometimes you'll come accross a "anarcho-socialist". These people are not anarchists. Rather, they are socialist that realize socialism doesn't work but aren't ready to admit it yet.
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Firstly, one can dismiss this as absolute ignorant (or purposely misleading) nonsense. Almost every voice of anarchism in history has professed to some sort of socialist position. Bakunin was a libertarian-socialist, Goldman gave numerous speeches on behalf of the libertarian socialist movement, Proudhon was a socialist, Kropotkin was part of a socialist movement... please ignore anyone who dismisses these writings to suit their own warped reality of anarchism. Anarcho- capitalism/ right wing libertarianism philosophis are almost entirely unique to America.
Man, a guy comes on and asks about anarchism and all he gets in response is some filtered close-minded ACist diatribe. One could argue ACism is not 'real' anarchism as it proposes an authoratarian doctrinal system- something anarchism is supposed to oppose. But hey, I have mantained on these forums an open-mind and interest in others ideas. Maybe it's just teen angst...
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