Are you an Anarchist? The answer might surprise you!
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I’m digging anarchists’ more hands on, pragmatic approach to politics
I saw this post from /all...
But isn't the entire point of anarchy no government, how exactly do you think thats "hands on"?
Or is this one of those things where people have invented new definitions for existing terms like saying the USSR was communist?
Please See rule number 4 of this community and if this was really a naive question than please educate yourself about the very basics of Anarchism before posting in this community.
Oh and despite all its failings the USSR never claimed to be communist.
No worries, I'll just block this community.
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Many of the early anarchists weren't looking to "no government" as the ideal, but rather a different kind of government. One where any authority that exists is granted by those over whom it is exercised. An example would be a federation of local village and neighborhood governments. Every official is chosen directly by the people they will serve, not appointed from above by someone whose authority comes from something like their birth, wealth level, popularity with people outside the community, and so on.
This was in the context of a world that was still ruled by royalty and nobility, with a developing bourgeoise capitalist elite alongside them. They would agree with the socialists (and were mostly allied with them until the Bolshevik betrayal) about dealing with noble and capitalist elites, but disagree about replacing them with a centralized top-down party elite lead bureaucracy.
How the fuck is it NOT hands on if there's no government in the way? Whose hands do you think we're talking about?
The best libertarian left anarchism-compatible modern critique of capitalism has been put forward by libertarian left economist David Ellerman. He himself is not an anarchist, but his critique was cited in the anarchist FAQ. He also explains why capitalist economists defense of capitalism is besides the point.
A link to a short article where he explains his argument: https://www.ellerman.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Council_DemocracyCaseForWorkplaceDemocracy.pdf
His book where he completely details his anti-capitalist argument: https://www.ellerman.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Ellerman-Property-and-Contract-Book.pdf
(this is all philosophy)
learn Marxism op!!! or trip on Deleuze, and then add Tiqqun's Cybernetics
Zizek's Sublime Object of Ideology is one of my favorites.
Nick Land's Fanged Noumena is fucking insane if you're curious about accelerationism and the singularity.
Mark Fischer's Capitalist Realism is a cool starting point to organize with.
you can search these topics on instagram or youtube to get a quick understanding. it's well worth your time.