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Date Posted: 11:24:24 01/30/00 Sun
Author: AM
Subject: Anarchist, I think. Therefore, you are. ;-)
In reply to: GF 's message, "Minarchist or Anarchist?" on 04:13:45 01/30/00 Sun

I explained my position, that I believe that , if government should exist, it should
only exist on a community level. Whether I'm an anarchist or a minarchist depends upon
whether you consider a fairly small bunch of people getting together every once in awhile
to deal with stuff, a government.

She said it depends upon what I think they should talk about.

LOL, LOL, yep, a high IQ she has indeed. Right to the heart of it.

� Do we hang him now, Jake, or wait till Leroy gets here
with the Official Hanging Rope ? �

My vision of anarchy seems very similar to yours Zenman.
Small communities with accepted leaders and rules, and if you
don�t like it leave. A community of white people who hate blacks,
could live peacefully next to a community of black people who hate
whites, if the Principle of Non-Aggression was an enforced paradigm
of both.

I think the Principle of Non-Aggression must be an internalized axiom,
of almost everyone in a region that functions well without government.

It must be the central foundation of the Culture.

Respect for property in general, I would say is the second most important
requirement for a successful Anarchist society. A Communist community may
function well within an Anarchist society, however. ( if one can anywhere ).

But, how do we get from here to there ?

That is where I get disgusted with �minarchists�,
their reason, logic, and compromise seems to do
nothing but make we who want Freedom think
that something is being done to achieve it. They
serve as a pacifier for the angry and thereby become
a useful tool of the state.

A War has been fought between Collectivists and Individualists
and the Collectivists have Won it. We are part of the Resistance
to the occupation forces and should adopt successful tactics for
continuing the fight. I�m starting to wonder if these groups I�ve been
supporting as allies are actually on my side. Maybe they are just a
standard part of the pacification process.

They are, at least, fighting the �last war� with the same tactics used
by the winners. Gradualism.

I don�t think it will work, we need a New war, and a new Strategy.
And as the Pilgrim preached, many times, we may already have both.

AM

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Replies:

Communist and Capitalist Anarchists hand in hand -- GF, 11:19:59 01/31/00 Mon
Ya see, here's The Thing. -- bnimble, 08:18:40 03/26/00 Sun
- Home Owners Associations -- GF, 07:26:46 03/27/00 Mon
  - Some stuff on Home Owners Associations and profits. -- bnimble, 04:00:23 03/28/00 Tue
    - value-for-value relationships -- GF, 07:59:23 03/31/00 Fri
      - I like value. Who doesn't? -- bnimble, 06:10:09 04/01/00 Sat