Anarchy gets a very bad look from communist larping as anarchist.
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Anarchy was the beginning of communism. The killing of the Romanov family created an anarchist movement organized under the Bolshevik party, That was later organized into the communist party under Lenin. Anarchy is to communism as a democracy is to republic.
None of that is anarchist. Precisely zero.
Also the anarchist movement in Catalonia. The anarchists in Italy under Mussolini. Anarchy has operated as a counter government movement for quite a while. It’s nothing new and you are not original for identifying as an anarchist. It literally means being responsible for yourself.
Bolsheviks opposed anarchists. Search about Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshevik%E2%80%93Makhnovist_conflict
Anarchism was the boogeyman to the ruling class before communism came along. Marx and Bakunin were rivals in the leftist movement. Bakunin said you can't abolish the state by first becoming the state because power corrupts and the ends don't justify the means. The communists had their chance and it failed thereby proving Bakunin correct posthumously.
Right. The Anarchist movement was never a formal government party, And many people followed this idea in many places. The Anarchist ideology was in Italy as a response to the fascist party and was largely the underlying pro communist movement but the communist party never made it far enough to gain power, As the fascists organized under Mussolini before they had a chance. The region of Catalonia has elements of Anarchic values built into their political system as opposition to the Catholic Church in Spain. Anarchy was never officially a government so it allows unorganized people to identify as such.
Anarchists are alive and fighting right now in Atlanta in the Stop Cop City protest. The authoritarians busted them up with RICO charges but not before they murdered a man named Tortugita who had his hands up inside a tent.
Also, there's an autonomous zone called Rojava in Syria who live by anarchist principles right now. These are the Kurds.
You won't hear about these in the MSM because it won't be televised.
Yeah, Murray Bookchin has a whole book on the people in Rojava. It is an idea, Not a government, And in my own mind Communism is organized Anarchy. There are anarchist cells all over America, Many people label them as “antifa” which is also an unorganized anti politically motivated movement, But these are all random people coming in and out of different places in life depending or not on each other. Great that it inspires people to think for themselves but fascism will always destroy movements of anarchy as they organize, And it is best for people participating in anarchist movements to take their own ideas and move on. Depending on other people participating in anarchy will always leave any person with too little and other people who are depending on their resources. It can never win but winning is not the goal of anarchy, More survival.
I hope the government just fades away because its not needed. I believe authority can only be legitimate if it tries to undermine itself. The best example is a teacher: a successful teacher works to ascend the pupil to his/her level thereby removing the authority.
Every employer should attempt to ascend employees to becoming a partner. If the employer works to keep the employee static in status while increasing their own wealth and status then it's an exploitative relationship.
I don’t think that is realistic. Most people are hired based on limited employment capacity. The majority of employment positions are meant for turnover and that is because only 20% of the American economy is considered essential. Most jobs are meant for employees to be expendable. Corporations create jobs that serve a large portion of society, And especially corporations offer move up opportunities, But with no potential for employees to reach parity with ownership because corporations are largely owned by banks. The best way to work your way up in America is to get an MBA, And find a job at an investment firm or bank, Especially one of the top four banks, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, US bank or Chase J.P. Morgan. This is basically the only chance of reaching the top of the corporate ladder. The intertwined relationship between corporations and the government makes a revolving door between these corporations and the political system. It will never end. It is possible to become independently wealthy but this is a far cry from Anarchy. Independents do have anarchistic traits, But play both sides of the fence to reach their ends. One foot in the corporate world, One food in the private sector. Anarchy is a total rejection of corporate and political ends. You might as well go live on a bare patch of land with your friends and grow your own food to survive. I think independent people tend to have the ability to do it yourself, Which Anarchism teaches, But it is not totally possible. The internet is dependent on corporations and bitcoin is dependent on the internet, It will always serve all masters.
I recommend reading power & market by Murray Rothbard. As long as people do not take responsibility for themselves and are willing to be dependent on the government it will exist, And create class division.
Anarchy implies freedom to do business with any people you want, ancoms oppose this therefore they can't be real anarchists
This exactly
You guys are letting yourself get sucked into the communist vs capitalist false choice propaganda all over again. The authoritarians (AKA the ruling class) win by dividing us libertarians.
Communists and Anarchists are (were) both leftist because they agree on the problem of the existence class and hierarchy. Anarchists disagree with Communists on the methods of abolishing class and hierarchy. The communists said you must become the state then you can abolish it. The anarchists said that isn't possible because power always corrupts and the ends don't justify the means. History has proven the communists incorrect.
I said "(were)" because we're apparently changing the meaning of the word "anarchist" now even though it was first used by the leftist anarchist Proudhon who was born in 1809.