Anarchism?

Question

Anarchism promotes a totally free society without any law or government.

What is the importance of this kind of political theory?

Answer 1

It will make the masses submissive to law and government. In most cases I think for a very long time. People need to be shown a direction. This is a great argument for socialism.

Anarchy is generally not nation wide, but in small inbreed groups of people that simply have no clue how to operate outside of their know territory. They gain great acceptance and indoctrinate several people to their beliefs. This is a calling for education. Improve schools, teaching and grades

Answer 2

Well, for anarchists, it's obvious.

For non-anarchists, I'm not sure what they think but (1) it tests supposed justifications for the state, or other forms of violence and hierarchy. and (2) it introduces forms of free and equal organization.

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Anarchism, in a nutshell, supports free association, opposes the state, and opposes hierarchy. (At the very least, anarchists oppose involuntary hierarchy; anarchists often try to create egalitarian alternatives to the semi-voluntary hierarchies too).

There are several different traditions which respect these values, and usually recognize each other as forms of anarchism. These traditions borrow ideas from classical liberalism, from early socialism, from each other, and sometimes from other sources.

People depend on each other. People tend to create their own voluntary social order, including free association, reciprocity, mutual aid, and, if necessary, mutual defense. Once people create this order, a state, or any other criminal gang, is in trouble. So the state, to preserve itself, must preempt voluntary social order.

Highleyman, "An introduction to anarchism:"

http://www.spunk.org/texts/intro/sp00155...

"An anarchist FAQ:"

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/193... or

http://www.infoshop.org/faq/index.html (same text)

Answer 3

Anarchism has a profound impact on the development of political thought, it may seem a Utopian ideal or an undesirable extreme but the notion that each individual is sovereign can plant a seed of thought about complete government control being undesirable.

you can view it as a base line ideology where thought will devlop from, you either agree with the notion but find it extreme and move forward to liberalism, or you think its totally unviable and government control is always nessacary and move off towards conservatism and other idologies that will support some form of governement control.

Answer 4

There are different forms of anarchist theory.  There is the one that you described though few anarchist are for that. The most common anarchist view is to be controlled by the community only. In other words a small Communist city state as weird as that sounds.

Answer 5

Proper, complete freedom. No restrictions imposed on you whether you want them or not.

Answer 6

It is important to note the other extremity aside from totalitarianism.  All governments will adjust to the balance to their culture.

Answer 7

In the 60's, 70's, and 80's it gave the politically ignorant  a way to "rebel" against the system without actually any threat of change or idea for how the world should be run, aside from "differently".

Now those people just state they're libertarian.

Answer 8

the idea of true freedom

Answer 9

It defines a political extreme.  The extreme in this case is the total absence of government.  A true anarchy (despite the claims of some who call themselves modern anarchist) is the total absence of government.

Answer 10

Anarchy is not a free society - it is anything but.  Your neighbor having the right to come over and blow you away with a gun and steal all your property is not a good thing.

Best luck with that.