Anarchism

   Anarchism (from Greek an, no and archos, ruler) is a [1]socialist
   political philosophy rejecting any social hierarchy and oppression, most
   notably that of [2]capitalism and [3]state but also any other form, e.g.
   [4]nationalism, [5]identity fascism, [6]hero culture etc. Anarchism
   doesn't mean without rules, but without rulers; despite popular
   misconceptions anarchism is not [7]chaos -- on the contrary, it strives
   for a stable, ideal society of equal people who live in peace. It means
   order without power. Let's also stress that anarchism is ALWAYS
   incompatible with and strongly opposes [8]capitalism, as it's sadly heard
   too many times from the mouth of common people they think anarchism to be
   something akin "true capitalism" or "[9]free market" (people get very
   confused by abuse of the word "free") -- NO, capitalism and formal
   government are an anarchist's two most opposed ideas (and please do not be
   mislead by attempts at deception e.g. by so called "[10]anarcho
   capitalists"; such a term just tries to merge two fundamentally
   incompatible ideas, like for example "militant pacifist" or "communist
   capitalist"). The symbols of anarchism include the letter A in a circle
   and a black flag that for different branches of anarchism is diagonally
   split from bottom left to top right and the top part is filled with a
   color specific for that branch.

   [11]LRS is a truly anarchist movement, specifically [12]anarcho pacifist
   and [13]anarcho communist one. True, purest anarchism is [14]pacifist,
   [15]communist and [16]altruistic as that's the perfect ideal of society
   without hierarchy. Other forms of anarchism that try to sneak in
   acceptance of concepts such as "justified violence" or some form of
   "market economy" are mostly just poses of teenage boys who really believe
   in capitalism but want to adopt a cool label of "anarchist".

   A great many things about anarchism are explained in the text An Anarchist
   FAQ, which is [17]free licensed and can be accessed e.g. at
   https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-anarchist-faq-editorial-collective-an-anarchist-faq-full.

   Anarchism is a wide term and encompasses many flavors such as [18]anarcho
   communism, [19]anarcho pacifism, [20]anarcho syndicalism, [21]anarcho
   primitivism or [22]anarcho mutualism. Some of the branches disagree on
   specific questions, e.g. about whether [23]violence is ever justifiable,
   or propose different solutions to issues such as organization of society,
   however all branches of anarchism are socialist and all aim for
   elimination of social hierarchy such as social classes created by wealth,
   jobs and weapons, i.e. anarchism opposes [24]state (e.g. police having
   power over citizens) and [25]capitalism (employers exploiting employees,
   corporations exploiting consumers etc.).

   There exist many fake, pseudoanarchist ideologies such as [26]"anarcho"
   capitalism (which includes e.g. so caleed [27]crypto "anarchism") that
   deceive by their name despite by their very definition NOT fitting the
   definition of anarchism (just like [28]Nazis called themselves
   [29]socialists despite being the opposite). Also the "new", western
   [30]pseudoleftist "anarchism" is NOT true anarchism, e.g. [31]"anarcha"
   feminism is just fascist bullshit. Anything individualist, connected to
   [32]feminism, [33]LGBT etc. is not true anarchism. The propaganda also
   tries to deceive the public by calling various violent criminals
   anarchists, even though they very often can't fit the definition of a true
   anarchist.

See Also

     * [34]communism
     * [35]libertarianism

Links:
1. socialism.md
2. capitalism.md
3. state.md
4. nationalism.md
5. identity_politics.md
6. hero_culture.md
7. chaos.md
8. capitalism.md
9. free_market.md
10. ancap.md
11. lrs.md
12. anpac.md
13. ancom.md
14. pacifism.md
15. communism.md
16. altruism.md
17. free_culture.md
18. ancom.md
19. anpac.md
20. ansyn.md
21. anprim.md
22. anmut.md
23. violence.md
24. state.md
25. capitalism.md
26. ancap.md
27. crypto_anarchism.md
28. nazi.md
29. socialism.md
30. pseudoleft.md
31. anfem.md
32. feminism.md
33. lgbt.md
34. communism.md
35. libertarianism.md