Unfortunately, this thread seems to have been significantly hijacked by uninformed mindless capitalist puppet consumers which I hate to see. Suggestion for all: read Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and compare it realistically to the world we live in today(remember this was written in 1949!) Please open your minds upto more than the trash the tv feeds you.
To the point on Anarchism, I will try to summarise collective ideas held by modern intelligent anarchists, not just punks that use it as an excuse to bring down the man. If you consider yourself a self-aware intelligent individual that recognises problem's with western society feel free to skip the next paragraph.
Heres an easier way to get into the mindset of where I'm coming from.
I believe the very odds of our existence in this universe are astounding and the human condition truly is something amazing. My basic morality, as with a lot of people's essentially comes down to the idea that every generation should try to better humanity. While today's modern society certainly has achieved amazing feats, it surely isn't without it's flaws, ie. mass consumerism, alienation, economic collapse, global warming etc. A lot of this stems from power mongers of politicians in what is now an expanding democratic capitalistic society that is seen as the highest possibility of freedom(see nationalistic yanks).
Capitalism is fundamentally flawed from the outset due to the individual being encouraged to exploit others for profit. Opposed to anarchism which in practise, each individual is metaphorically speaking a subjective point of view of an encompassing consciousness which is society.
Anarchists collectively can disagree massivley on ideals. For the purpose of this thread though, general thoughts held by revolutionary anarchists to change society share anarcho-syndicalism ideas. These involve collective ownership and everything run by the workers without class division or centralised authority. Practically speaking, this leads to a society of efficiency and only necessary consumption. If a certain product is needed, workers will be in charge and only manufacture this product when it is needed. When it is no longer needed that business will be dissolved. As soon as a power structure is no longer needed it is dissolved aswell. This is opposed to capitalism where shareholders stakes in corporations lead to the corporation just trying to survive rather than providing products we need. Which in turn leads to the mass unnecessary consumption we see today. Anarchism provides a solution to environmental issues and brings people togehter into a productive fulfilling society as it is in the collective people's best interest rather than just the individual.
From here I highly recommend Colin Ward's "Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction". Which expands a lot on these ideas and has plenty of excellent sources on specific anarchism ideologies.
Ask yourself these questions realistically.
Does anarchy not logically lead on from libertarianism? Therefore shouldn't we seek to live this lifestyle for true freedom and liberty?
To the point on Anarchism, I will try to summarise collective ideas held by modern intelligent anarchists, not just punks that use it as an excuse to bring down the man. If you consider yourself a self-aware intelligent individual that recognises problem's with western society feel free to skip the next paragraph.
Heres an easier way to get into the mindset of where I'm coming from.
I believe the very odds of our existence in this universe are astounding and the human condition truly is something amazing. My basic morality, as with a lot of people's essentially comes down to the idea that every generation should try to better humanity. While today's modern society certainly has achieved amazing feats, it surely isn't without it's flaws, ie. mass consumerism, alienation, economic collapse, global warming etc. A lot of this stems from power mongers of politicians in what is now an expanding democratic capitalistic society that is seen as the highest possibility of freedom(see nationalistic yanks).
Capitalism is fundamentally flawed from the outset due to the individual being encouraged to exploit others for profit. Opposed to anarchism which in practise, each individual is metaphorically speaking a subjective point of view of an encompassing consciousness which is society.
Anarchists collectively can disagree massivley on ideals. For the purpose of this thread though, general thoughts held by revolutionary anarchists to change society share anarcho-syndicalism ideas. These involve collective ownership and everything run by the workers without class division or centralised authority. Practically speaking, this leads to a society of efficiency and only necessary consumption. If a certain product is needed, workers will be in charge and only manufacture this product when it is needed. When it is no longer needed that business will be dissolved. As soon as a power structure is no longer needed it is dissolved aswell. This is opposed to capitalism where shareholders stakes in corporations lead to the corporation just trying to survive rather than providing products we need. Which in turn leads to the mass unnecessary consumption we see today. Anarchism provides a solution to environmental issues and brings people togehter into a productive fulfilling society as it is in the collective people's best interest rather than just the individual.
From here I highly recommend Colin Ward's "Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction". Which expands a lot on these ideas and has plenty of excellent sources on specific anarchism ideologies.
Ask yourself these questions realistically.
Does anarchy not logically lead on from libertarianism? Therefore shouldn't we seek to live this lifestyle for true freedom and liberty?
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