In a message dated 8/14/2 2:08:26 AM, you wrote:
>Anarchism also has a vision of the society it would like to create. If
>non-coercion, anti-authoritarianism, and anti-heirarchy become core values
>for people, then that is a pretty good check on any instances of hierarchy
>and statism that might develop.
>
><< Chuck0 >>
I'm sorry, but I can't help but notice how similar this is to the propaganda model of Stalin's USSR. Stalin maintained that socialism could be achieved in a single country, if only its citizens became "good socialists" and "anti-imperialists." This, Stalin maintained would, keep Capitalism "in check". The foundation for revolution rests on subjective moral imperatives and willpower, rather than actual material considerations. If only a universal ideology of "good", where people adopt a prescribed course of "core values", can be forced onto the masses from without, then "it's all good."
-- David