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I am not trying to flame, just asking. Why are you an Anarchist? What made you become one?

I realized the true nature of authority as a force of violence and rejected the status quo. I guess I freed my mind a bit like in The Matrix.

I'm an anarchist because... the government in the US isn't doing a very good job, and other countries are even worse off. So let's not have any rulers at all! We can do better ourselves.

Dunno if that made any sense.

I'm not really an anarchist
I just believe in freedom

Freeeeeeeeeeeedom!!!

Because I'm a spoiled college kid who jumps on the bandwagon of whatever ideological trend is cool this year...

I also like to dress in black and smash windows; It makes me feel tough

OK, not flaming y'all, but...

You realize that in order to create an anarchy you must first replace the government with an anarchic (???) government. In order to have anarchy you must first have government.

Because I'm a spoiled college kid who jumps on the bandwagon of whatever ideological trend is cool this year...

I also like to dress in black and smash windows; It makes me feel tough
Now THAT is a good reason :)

not an anarchist..

but in today's political environment a classical liberal (see Jefferson for an obvious example) with libertarian sympathies, like myself, has more in common with anarchists than any mainstream political movement.

I admit it'd be cool to have no government, I could run around hacking people with swords. But since there is hardly any chance of the government falling (unless they are like all killed of something;a-bomb?) I've got to stick with collecting swords and hacking trees. *moan* I want to hack people to pieces. There is this one guy that really... Oh um. Anyways, I am a hopeful anarchist.

I admit it'd be cool to have no government, I could run around hacking people with swords.

You mean like the government does to people that disobey it?

Because I'm all about chaos and death and destruction, and being able to do whatever the fuck you want.

Word.

Anarchy is obscure, it in theory can't exist. As soon as two people get together and agree on a set of rules, true anarchy is dead. It's an implausible idea.

I'm an Anarchist? When did this happen? :eek:

Oh well.

http://onboard.no.sapo.pt/punk_-_anarchy_logo.gif

Does this mean I can dye my hair pink?* :D :cool:





* Apologies to any actual real Anarchists on this board whose political views are probably very dear to them and find this sort of stereotyping by ignorant people offensive

I prefer the term "Freedom Thinker" to Anarchist, like the term "Socially Aware" to Communist, or "Economically Righteous" to Capitalist.

And the reason I am an 'Anarchist' is because I've lost all faith in society, because society has lost all faith in me.

Anarchy is obscure, it in theory can't exist. As soon as two people get together and agree on a set of rules, true anarchy is dead. It's an implausible idea.
Well no Anarchist has done back. Many have written how they see an Anarchy working though. But those aren't rules, just hope.



You do realise that there are about as many theories of Anarchism as there are Anarchists right?

Well no Anarchist has done back. Many have written how they see an Anarchy working though. But those aren't rules, just hope.



You do realise that there are about as many theories of Anarchism as there are Anarchists right?

Oh yeah, I was just giving my opinion on how I see it.

im a lazy anarchist nid like to be more active but every1 else does that so seems rather main stream to me :) (well thats my excuse). why am i an anarchsit, because laws are effectivly based on the teachings of the bible but if god doesnt exist why bother following the bible and why bother following the law.

To the extent that I am at all, I am an anarchist because I am a pacifist and feel that the imposition of a state's authority over its citizens through the threat and use of force is incompatible with that ideal.

I'm an anarchist because I believe in the principle of direct democracy.

im a lazy anarchist nid like to be more active but every1 else does that so seems rather main stream to me :) (well thats my excuse). why am i an anarchsit, because laws are effectivly based on the teachings of the bible but if god doesnt exist why bother following the bible and why bother following the law.

Um, dude - there were laws long before the bible...and how about the parts of the world that never recognized/followed it? No rules in the Aztec empire? Open a damn book.

I'm an anarchist because I believe in the principle of direct democracy.

That would be direct democracy, not anarchy.

I am not trying to flame, just asking. Why are you an Anarchist? What made you become one?
Because government has no valid philosophical justification and is inimicable to liberty.

I am an anarchist?

ah well, i spose i would like to trow bricks at mcdonalds'n'starbuck in london but it ain't gonna happen. ah well

I am an anarchist?

ah well, i spose i would like to trow bricks at mcdonalds'n'starbuck in london but it ain't gonna happen. ah well
Don't forget to vandalise a war memorial, nothing shows how opposed you are to rulers by disrespecting the people who died to defeat a fascist dictator....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/730000/images/_733104_cen300.jpg
Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/732568.stm)

i did say that i wasnt going to, at least not until may day

I was just being venemously sarcastic: The 2000 May Day riots pissed me off big time.

Anarchy is a fun concept and all but lets be honest people are always ruled over by something, Governments, religions, morals, even emotions. The anarchist ideal is freedom but we always chain ourselves down with something, faith, loyalty, honor, money, hatred, anything......Just pick the chains that will hold you down and get on with your life.

That would be direct democracy, not anarchy.

Most anarchists believe in direct democracy as a way to make decisions.

Don't forget to vandalise a war memorial, nothing shows how opposed you are to rulers by disrespecting the people who died to defeat a fascist dictator....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/730000/images/_733104_cen300.jpg
Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/732568.stm)
That is just sick. It is evil to do such a thing. That is disgusting.

As though governments have never done things far worse than this before.

As though governments have never done things far worse than this before.
I generally respect you but that's a really pathetic counter-argument. People have murdered each other for decades, does that mean that random violence is acceptable? Of course not.

True anarchy in theory is the absense of a government or central rules system. Two people getting together and agreeing on something hardly nullifies an anarchy. It does no more to anarchy than two pedophiles getting together and agreeing child sex is ok. They may have agreed, but no one else does and nothing else has changed.

I am an anarchist?

ah well, i spose i would like to trow bricks at mcdonalds'n'starbuck in london but it ain't gonna happen. ah well

That has nothing to do with anarchy...that has to do with spoiled college kids who have no idea what they're protesting

I generally respect you but that's a really pathetic counter-argument. People have murdered each other for decades, does that mean that random violence is acceptable? Of course not.

You got me inbetween a rock and a hard place, so I'm getting desperate. That action is not representative of all anarchists.

I generally respect you but that's a really pathetic counter-argument. People have murdered each other for decades, does that mean that random violence is acceptable? Of course not.

People in their right state state of mind do not commit random acts of violence

But not everyone is in their right state of mind.

anarchy is trust in the individuals conscience over any form of mob rule or central authority. the reason we're in such a bad state to have anarchy is because people dont often exercise thier consciences, problem solving, and decision making because of the status quo.

But not everyone is in their right state of mind.

Irrelevant

lol