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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not sure I entirely agree with that. FOSS is an excellent example of what Anarchism could look like; experts and those doing the work are the ones who make decisions, but anyone can fork it and there's no actual power being held by devs over users. That's not really a government.

Decentralized, horizontal structures are still structures, but can be fully Anarchist. Anarchism isn't just the absence of structure, it's a complex web of flat structures.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Voluntary association isn't anarchism by itself. That's just a club or volunteer organization. Anarchism specifically advocates for the replacement of the state with voluntary free association. No, your book club isn't necessarily "Anarchist".

Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including nation-states,[1] and capitalism. Anarchism advocates for the replacement of the state with stateless societies and voluntary free associations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Yes, you're partially correct, but speaking through me rather than to me. There are countless forms of Anarchism, Mutual Aid for example is a structure proposed by Anarcho-Communists. People can freely associate and work together to create FOSS style software. I didn't say FOSS was Anarchist, but that FOSS is an example of how Anarchism might look.