Anarchy is individual and collective. Individuals are free to associate. Collectives of individuals work together because “apes strong together”. Hierarchies are horizontal. Violence is decentralized.
If you got “no true Scotsman” out of that, then you missed my point.
My only interest in a claim to anarchism is whether or not it’s practical, which is to say, whether ir not it includes ideas or positions that are innately authoritarian and will inevitably lead to the reestablishment of an institutionalized hierarchy.
And the simple reality is that most do. Authoritarian habits and presumptions, whether conscious or not, are just too widespread and deeply engrained.
And you left out “No rulers doesn’t mean no rules.”
Never met a “no true Scotsman” anarchist.
Anarchy is individual and collective. Individuals are free to associate. Collectives of individuals work together because “apes strong together”. Hierarchies are horizontal. Violence is decentralized.
If you got “no true Scotsman” out of that, then you missed my point.
My only interest in a claim to anarchism is whether or not it’s practical, which is to say, whether ir not it includes ideas or positions that are innately authoritarian and will inevitably lead to the reestablishment of an institutionalized hierarchy.
And the simple reality is that most do. Authoritarian habits and presumptions, whether conscious or not, are just too widespread and deeply engrained.
And you left out “No rulers doesn’t mean no rules.”