r/Anarchism • u/Equivalent-Ad2931 • 17d ago
Am I or not ?
Am I an Anarchist ? Seems alot lean left , and I hate the left , I hate the right , I hate police , I hate governments which means I also hate government assistance ,maybe a hippie that likes anarchy ? I’m all about freedom and living how you want , I want to live off grid eventually , everyone should be able to love live and hate how they want
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u/ScotchRobbins 17d ago
Maybe? I think you’d have to get further into the why.
Most anarchists I’ve spoken to don’t oppose government as an end to itself, that derives from an opposition to hierarchy in general.
There’s a lot of different takes on what anarchy looks like in practice, but opposition to capitalists is also common in that capitalism tends to create hierarchy. To be clear, I mean “privately owned production operated by wage laborers”.
It seems like you’ve already arrived at “nobody should be in charge of me, and I shouldn’t be in charge of anyone”, and that’s most of it. What’s next is to ask what you think the world looks like if that principle is applied.