The nature of anarchism (Lefty Despair etc.)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 27 09:06:10 PDT 2002


Gordon Fitch wrote:


>The theory is that whatever social structures the anarchists
>set up will be voluntary and transparent and that people
>will adhere to them because they wish to, not because they
>are compelled to.

And doesn't this take 100% consensus? In a crowd of 1000, all you need is one wiseguy to cause trouble. Suppose you have a crowd of 300 who don't agree with the other 700? This model of anarchism sounds like a fantasy of perfect transparency and harmony - a completely impossible fantasy.

Doug



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