[lbo-talk] When is private property NOT?

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Sat Jun 25 09:30:21 PDT 2005


Jim Devine wrote:


> and since I didn't know your self-definition exactly, I didn't know
> how to interpret this. (If you had written "fetish of," it would have
> clearer, at least to me.) I had guessed you were some sort of
> anarchist (since you say stuff like "fuck god"), but the line between
> anarchism and free-market "libertarianism" is sometimes permeable.

No, it's not permeable. Anarchists are anti-capitalists. We oppose free market nonsense.


> I wasn't seeing things in terms of a "liberal" vs. "conservative"
> duality. There's a third option, socialism, and there may be more.
> (BTW, I tend to see anarchism as a radical form of liberalism.
> Anarchists often have a better sense of humor than liberals, too.)

Anarchism is not a form of liberalism or leftism. Anarchism is another political tradition which doesn't fall along the right-left spectrum. Anarchists oppose states, which is fundamentally different than liberalism, which sees the state as an important instrument in running the economy and society.


> what if eminent domain is employed by a democratically-controlled
> state? for example, I'm sure that the Paris Commune used its power to
> take some private property.

I would be uncomfortable if some anarchist group decided it could demolish somebody's home in the community. I think our goal should be to *work things out* so that an equitable arrangement is found between parties.

Chuck



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