anarchism

• what is a general anarchist view on the state?

  the state is immoral, power of the state must be resisted, democratic voting is fraudulent behaviour designed to deceive people into thinking they are making decisions.
• what are the three aspects of the state?

  government, authority, power
• what are the different ways in which the state can be overthrown?

  • direct action - Bakunin
  • establishing a moral society (education would create 'perfect humans' who could be relied on to exercise their judgment well) - Godwin
  • peaceful and gradual abolition of state - Proudhon
  • withdrawing for society to become an autonomous individual - Thoreau
• what is an egoists view on liberty?

  Stirner advocates unrestrained, individual liberty free from all constraints, with some voluntary associations but only for personal interest
• what is an anarcho-communists view on liberty?

  Kropotkin argues liberty absolute, but that freedom is achieved through mutually supportive communities in which members attain individual liberty by sharing concepts of natural law, making imposed laws redundant
• what is a mutualists view on liberty?

  proudhon sought to balance individualism and collectivism to create a condition of complete liberty
• what is an individualist anarchists view on order?

  individuals should act freely without legal, political, social, moral, or religious constraints - this will promote rationalism, autonomy and self interest to ensure social order
• what is an anarcho-communists view on order?


  capitalism undermines altruism. Cooperative behaviour encourages altruistic behaviour which maintains natural order
• what is an anarcho-capitalists view on order?


  free market enables individuals to make decisions in their own best interests, establishing natural order.
• what is a collectivist anarchists utopia?

  removing capitalism. Common ownership, economic equality, and mutual aid will foster altruism
• what is a individualist anarchists utopia?

  one in which the state is completely removed with no social or economic organisations to allow autonomy to flourish
• what is an anarcho-capitalists utopia?

  stateless society based on natural economic competition.
• what is an individualist anarchists view on human nature?

  rational, individual, autonomous.

  The state is commanding so the individual cannot be autonomous in making decisions

  the state is controlling so the individual cannot fully explore their individuality
• what is a collective anarchists view on human nature?

  humans are rational, BUT emphasise that human nature is altruistic and cooperative.