"post-leftism"

Joe R. Golowka joeg at ieee.org
Mon Aug 12 22:37:11 PDT 2002



> Isn't anarchism just anti-political science mumbo jumbo that
> developed in response to the ridiculousness of monarchism? If we're
> going to abandon categories we've 'inherited' from the French
> revolution why not abandon *all* the categories from that
> era????????? What makes the concept of anarchism so special given
> that monarchies pose no threat to citizens anymore; or is anarchism
> just a multi-contextual stand in for anti-statism?

Anarchism is a multi-contextual stand in for opposition to hierarchical authority. When all forms of hierarchy have been abolished then anarchism will have become obsolete, but not before then.

-- Joe R. Golowka Anarchist FAQ -- http://www.anarchyfaq.org

"By popular government they [the Authoritarian Socialists] mean government of the people by a small number of representatives elected by the people. . . [That is,] government of the vast majority of the people by a privileged minority. But this minority, the Marxists say, will consist of workers. Yes, perhaps, of former workers, who, as soon as they become rulers or representatives of the people will cease to be workers and will begin to look upon the whole workers' world from the heights of the state. They will no longer represent the people but themselves and their own pretensions to govern the people." - Mikhail Bakunin



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