anarchy
Anarchism is possibly the most misunderstood
political philosophy ever.
Anarchy can work, and HAS worked, but right now probably wouldn't work with the state the world is in right now (drugs, gangs, civil wars, etc.)Anarchy is not chaos, as laws are uneccessary anyway, even when there is a government to enforce them. As
Ammon Hennacy said, "Oh, judge, your damn laws, the good people don't need them and the bad people don't follow them, so what good are they?" Like I said before, if
anarchy were to happen right now chaos would probably ensue, but this largely due to how fucked up our governments have let the world become.Government is an unneccessary evil. The idea that people should be bound by agreements their ancestors made is absurd. I believe I am
better fit to run my own life that George Bush is.If you ever see
anny dumbass in an anarchy shirt from hot topic,
scribbling it in textbooks at school, I want you to ask them to explain anarchy to you. Chances are they have no fucking clue as to what they're talking about and will tell you that they want chaos so that they can blow things up and drink. Punch them in the face for me.Anarchy would be a very bad idea to try right now.
In times like these anarchism is better left as an ideal for people who do get it. It's not something worth arguing about over the internet, because anarchy is not going to happen on a large enough scale to matter in anyone's lifetime who is alive today, and if there was anarchy, there probably wouldn't be an internet for very long ;).
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by scalva_Ts on Oct 04, 2011 08:44:23
anarchism is the only way to respect people. It is based on self-knowledge: when you deeply
know yourself and you're in contact with your nature, you have a perfect contact with other human beings and you can understand everyone's needs. Other lifestyles are offensive for human beings, cause they admit that we cannot manage our lives by ourselves but we need a chief, a boss, a
head of state and so on... so we admit that we need someone to tell us what to do. It's offensive for our intelligence.
Anyway, we love to be stupid slaves so anarchy cannot work.
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by Cian on Dec 15, 2004 03:33:33
A system of governement where there is no governement.Many punks say they want anarchy without knowing what it is.Most do this as their punk heroes said it who
heard it from
the Sex Pistols.While it works
in theory(everyone helps each other, no authority) it will not work in real life as with a lack of government, humans will run riot.People will be terrified and band together for protection.Therefore tribes will spring up who will then ally and become towns.Society will start all over again
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by Gary Destruction on Sep 02, 2003 02:37:29
1. From
the political left, anarchy is a state of complete freedom characterized by unity, peace and equality all in the
absense of a governing force.
2. From the politcal right, anarchy is a state of complete chaos and disorder.
Anarcho-capitalism is an example of right-winged anarchy.
3. Politics: A radical form of direct democracy
Example:
1. Some people believe that anarchy could work.
2. Street
punks believe in right-winged anarchy (chaos)
3. Depsite being an
alleged lack of authority, some anarchists believe in anarchy as direct
democracy.
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by P_money on Jan 08, 2008 23:50:44
Essentially, a society without government or any other form of central leadership.
Theoretically, along with Communism, an Anarchy is a society in which all members live freely and peacefully with one another.
Realistically, humans are generally selfish beings and are not content with being
on a level plane with everyone else; thus Anarchies and
Communisms rarely work out as planned.
Example:
A boy in
my History class once told me that Communism was the form of government in Heaven.
At first I took his word for it, but, after a little bit of research, I discovered that, under the assumption that Heaven presents the epitome of happiness, Anarchy is a
better fit. As long as all members are content with being equal, they will
regulate themselves and restrictions will not be required.
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by 21stCenturyRebel on Sep 03, 2007 14:34:10
A
plausible social system involving no government, and no
hierarchy. Society is a collection of non-hierarchical groups of people
voluntarily cooperating. With the internet complex deals between groups could be made more efficient in a short period of time.
Example:
Many people say anarchy will never work. But if you think about it if man's nature is inherently corrupt why trust man to rule over man? It would be better to have a society with a general understanding that using force or
coercion against somebody who isn't threatening
your person is always
unjustified. Any struggle to achieve an anarchist society would essentially involve education about how the new society would function, so the goal of creating a society with this common ethical understanding would definitely be achieved if an anarchist struggle ever succeeded. And government is basically the institution that has a general monopoly on force in a given territory. It doesn't hold up to reason that force used in a given circumstance would be right for the government, but wrong for an individual or private group.
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by Beeanarchy on Oct 25, 2010 14:46:16
Theres a
real simple definition of the term anarchy that everyone seems to lack an understanding of;or aleast the majority of people defining the word on this site. Its pretty obvious that all anarchy can ever really be (unless the world started over) is an idea, a dream or a belief system that selfish, capitolistic and murdering fools were not able to
run shit.
Reason being, the government is too powerful and too witty to ever overthrow.
Its obvious that a true anarchist wants to be peaceful,but you just cant get what you want without
strength in numbers, money, and power. O and the abilty to kill, torture, or
incarcerate anyone who disagrees with you. Thats what the government has. HOW BOUT YOU!
And the reason theres misguided youths running around wearing black and causing mayhem should be crystal. Subconciously, they know somthing is wrong with the way we are governed,unfortunately theres just no one around to sit them down and explain to them the real reasons shits so fucked up. Come on; these kids get lied to on a daily basis on just about everything thats going on around them.and until they get past puberty and have lived a little, they wont understand why they are
lashing out, but their time will come, hopefully without the law intervening. Hopefully its on their own terms and realizations. These are actually really smart kids. They just recieve alota wrong information and hidden truths.
Example:
Theres literally millions of people that are
anarchist and have never even heard the word. I wonder why. why is it that our prisons and jail systems are packed with people of poor communities. Its all about
capitolism and oppression. The only way to fight the system is with your mind. You cant take action agaisnt anything as powerful as a
goverment. Hence my definition, notice I said MY DEFINITION, of anarchy as being an idea, a concept, nothing more than a dream. Unless you wanted a war. And who wants that?
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by radium on Dec 26, 2004 22:48:44
The well-thought-out philosophy of drawing the letter A with a circle around it on traffic signs, getting all your political information from punk rock songs, and moaning about your conformist parents who won't let you go skateboarding until you've done the dishes. They like, totally don't understand you man because they're just
cogs in the corporate machine and you're so original and against conformity with your
trucker hat,
studded belt and ripped girl's jeans. I bet they just believe everything they hear on Fox News. They should listen to more NOFX instead. Fuckin' dad!
Oh yeah, property is theft and as long as there are employers we will never be free. Down with capitalism....and stuff.
Yeah, man. You're deep.
Rage on.
Example:
Anarchy is the dream of many rich, male, spoiled white kids from the safe, secure suburbs (in other words, the core demograph of punk rock fans).
The Anarchist was dumbfounded when his teacher told him that she wanted more
credible sources of information than
Dropkick Murphys and
Bad Religion lyrics for his term paper explaining what anarchy is.