On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 07:48:56PM -0300, Juan wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:53:23 -0700 > coderman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:57 PM, grarpamp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ... > > > Anarchists are interesting... because they have an affinity towards > > > nothing, they're resistant towards everything, and proposing > > > anything. Perhaps that is worthy of certain degree of respects. > > > > authentic anarchists are not about "nothing"; that would be the > > nihilists. > > > > anarchism is about autonomy, personal responsibility, utmost liberty. > > delegating what should not be delegated to corrupt(ing) centralized > > powers is the source of great harm and suffering across humanity. the > > heart of anarchism is opposing centralized control and power, whether > > unitary or hierarchical, in all domains of life. > > > > anarchism has the potential to be most robust and most just, in the > > same way that well built fully decentralized systems are robust > > against classes of faults endemic in centralized structures. > > > > rational anarchy, however, does appear to require a higher class of > > human animal than currently populates the planet... > > > > "does appear to require a higher class of human animal" > > Maybe so. But I'm sure you know the next few lines in the play > =P > > If 'humans' are unable to solve their political problems by > means of individual cooperation, then a HUMAN and coercitive > government is going to make matters worse. > > People can't actually govern themselves but they can elect > other PEOPLE to...governm them. And delegate to their masters > an ability they don't have! Now that's some Pristine logic! > > > Sorry, gotta run. Something is burning! (I'm glad I have a few > gallons of gas to put the fire out)
And a great zine on all this is: Life Without Law -- An Introduction to Anarchist Politics http://www.tangledwilderness.org/life-without-law/
