> so, tell me something, wouldn't the same principle that applied to the USSR
> apply here? in the USSR, it wasn't property theft that became a crime but
> other things. under anarchism, it would seem to me to be whatever went
> against the grain of anarchism, since it would rely so strongly on
> socializaiton and informal judgment of one another to make sure that people
> all agreed with everyone else that voluntary community service was hip and
> kewl.
There would be no "under anarchism." This is a big distinction that differentiates anarchists from other political philosophies. The goal is to get rid of the state, political hierarchy, capitalism, patriarchy, and all that other nasty stuff, so that *people* can have control over their lives. Anarchists do not aspire to take over governments or create a planet full of anarchists.
My goal is to create enough positive social change so that I can stop being an anarchist.
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An American soldier in a hospital explained how he was wounded: He said, "I was told that the way to tell a hostile Vietnamese from a friendly Vietnamese was to shout ‘To hell with Ho Chi Minh!’ If he shoots, he’s unfriendly. So I saw this dude and yelled ‘To hell with Ho Chi Minh!’ and he yelled back, ‘To hell with President Johnson!’ We were shaking hands when a truck hit us."
(from 1,001 Ways to Beat the Draft, by Tuli Kupferburg).