• cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
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    24 days ago

    Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is against all forms of authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including the state and capitalism.

    Um. No. I rather enjoy having a government, just a government that isn’t corrupted by the rich and actually takes care of its people like it’s supposed to. That inherently necessitates it having authority.

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      24 days ago

      That’s not what the theory of communism aims for, but you do you.

      Edit: to go in a bit more details, anarchism doesn’t deny all authority, just authority gained by and used for coercion. A doctor would still have authority to recommend treatments, since they are more knowledgeable, for example. So that uncorrupted and caring government you want is simply a form of anarchism

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        24 days ago

        Either you’re thinking of something else or you should go update Wikipedia then, because that’s where I got that description from.

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          24 days ago

          That description does not contradict my words. It says about abolishing coercion and hierarchy, not authority

          Edit: I re-read your reply. Yes, the part about being “against all forms of authority” is not entirely accurate, but the second part is true nonetheless. I suppose you could rephrase my example with the doctor and call it an “expertise” instead of authority, but the concept of it is people would still defer to specialists in specific fields that have more knowledge and experience than them.

          As I’m new to the anarchism myself and do not wish to misrepresent its values, I think this this site might give you a better in-depth look