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communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Anarchists are not against government, they’re against the state, and these are two different things.

They are also not against rules, there’s no power vacuum because power is held by consensus. I don’t think you’ve ever read an anarchist philosopher, based on this take.

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MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion

gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Anarchy&define=Define&strateg….

Whatever you’re arguing for, I’d suggest using another word

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- communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yes, that’s a co-opted definition that doesn’t come from any anarchist philosophers. The definition has changed because people use the word differently. Note, anarchy is completely different from the political philosophy of anarchism.
  
  There is not a single anarchist philosopher that means that definition when they say they are an anarchist, the first anarchists did not use anything resembling that definition.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism
  
  Proudhon would be rolling in his grave if he knew people were saying that’s what anarchism was. There’s never been an argument made by anarchist philosophers in support of that, as it would be stupid and obviously terrible.
  
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