Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
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Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
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Re: Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
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Re: Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
#3Another question: do you consider yourself neither left nor right on the political spectrum, because you believe that society is fundamentally broken and both sides just further consumerism in different ways (the right supports big business directly, and the left tries to create equal opportunities for everyone to further consumerism)?
If so, then you may be an anarchist.
Re: Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
#4The terms anarchist and libertarian are both really misunderstood (or misused?) today. At least in the US, most people seem to think libertarians are anarchists and anarchists are terrorists that want to lice in The Purge.
I guess that does kind of make sense though. We also don't use the left/right spectrum the way most other cultures do and we've totally redefined what it means to be liberal or conservative.
Well looky there, I must be an anarchist too?
Re: Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
#5Why do anarchists write programs using functional languages? Because they're stateless.
Re: Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
#6Why do anarchists write programs using functional languages? Because they're stateless.
Fellow programmers of the world, unite and overthrow the oppression of the StateT monad!
Re: Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
#7the best example for a anarchist state is Japan
Re: Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
#8Another question: do you consider yourself neither left nor right on the political spectrum, because you believe that society is fundamentally broken and both sides just further consumerism in different ways (the right supports big business directly, and the left tries to create equal opportunities for everyone to further consumerism)? If so, then you may be an anarchist.
yup yup
Re: Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
#9well what are the real pros and cons of anarchist? is it good for the society?
Re: Are You an Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You by David Graeber (2000)
#10The terms anarchist and libertarian are both really misunderstood (or misused?) today. At least in the US, most people seem to think libertarians are anarchists and anarchists are terrorists that want to lice in The Purge. I guess that does kind of make sense though. We also don't use the left/right spectrum the way most other cultures do and we've totally redefined what it means to be liberal or conservative. Well l…
Originally libertarians were anarchists, and they were roughly synonyms. And in many parts of Europe still are.
In USA these terms were co-opted by right wing to come up with anarchocapitalism and right-libertarianism.