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Are "anarchists" on the left side of the political aisle?

Are "anarchists" on the left side of the political aisle?

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Are "anarchists" on the left side of the political aisle?

In general. As always, outliers would not invalidate the general rule.
 
radcen said:
Are "anarchists" on the left side of the political aisle?

In general. As always, outliers would not invalidate the general rule.
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From Anarcho-communism to Anarcho-capitalism, Anarchism is pretty much all over the map politically.
 
radcen said:
Are "anarchists" on the left side of the political aisle?

In general. As always, outliers would not invalidate the general rule.
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If authoritarianism is on the "right", then of course.

Devolving into no true Scotsman in 5,4,3,2..
 
TheGoverness said:
From Anarcho-communism to Anarcho-capitalism, Anarchism is pretty much all over the map politically.
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Bzzzzzzzzzzzzt...yer mixing in economics. The ground rules were strictly "political", ie the social relation.
 
radcen said:
Are "anarchists" on the left side of the political aisle?

In general. As always, outliers would not invalidate the general rule.
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I don't even think they know. It can go either way really.
 
Abbazorkzog said:
I find it difficult to see the absence of left-wing authoritarians...
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Yer not understanding what an anarchist is.

Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions. These are often described as stateless societies

You cannot be an authoritarian...and an anarchist at the same time. If you are subjugating another, you are not an anarchist.....you are not allowing the other to self rule.
 
Yes, the history supports that anarchism is a leftist series of ideologies.
 
I strongly doubt that anyone who truly supports anarchy would have any use for the left or the right.
 
TheGoverness said:
From Anarcho-communism to Anarcho-capitalism, Anarchism is pretty much all over the map politically.
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Anarcho-captialism does not support an anarchist system.
 
I always view anarchists as being in a separate category. They are anti-government which makes them aisle-less. Back in 99 it would be hard to call them strictly "leftists" given that they were opposing globalization, which is now a rallying cry for many on the right, but if you only view them from the perspective of an incident like Berkeley than I can see why many people may lump them in with the left. They are solidly in the "other" category for me.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
I strongly doubt that anyone who truly supports anarchy would have any use for the left or the right.
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Huh? the literal meaning of liberal (left) is "to be free of or from", ergo anarchy is the most "liberal" an individual can be.
 
Anarchy is extreme left on the social/governmental axis, but it can be blended with the extreme right on the economic axis (completely laissez faire free markets) per anarchocapitalism, so it depends on your flavour of anarchism.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Yer not understanding what an anarchist is.

Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions. These are often described as stateless societies

You cannot be an authoritarian...and an anarchist at the same time. If you are subjugating another, you are not an anarchist.....you are not allowing the other to self rule.
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None of this is what I just said. I understand perfectly fine what an anarchist is. Do you?
 
Gimmesometruth said:
Huh? the literal meaning of liberal (left) is "to be free of or from", ergo anarchy is the most "liberal" an individual can be.
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I'm pretty sure the question is about the functional definition of left and right in modern politics. I don't think it is a simple philosophical thing.
 
MrPeanut said:
I always view anarchists as being in a separate category. They are anti-government which makes them aisle-less. Back in 99 it would be hard to call them strictly "leftists" given that they were opposing globalization, which is now a rallying cry for many on the right, but if you only view them from the perspective of an incident like Berkeley than I can see why many people may lump them in with the left. They are solidly in the "other" category for me.
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Being anti-government by itself doesn't make you an anarchist. Further, the history of anarchist thought makes it very clear it's socialist or communist.
 
Abbazorkzog said:
None of this is what I just said. I understand perfectly fine what an anarchist is. Do you?
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Um, of course I do to some degree.....which is why I can say that "left-authoritarianism" by definition is NOT anarchy, is not on the "left" side of the political scale. A "left-wing authoritarian", for example Stalin, was still a authoritarian/totalitarian, personal freedom under Stalin was nearly non-existent.
 
radcen said:
Are "anarchists" on the left side of the political aisle?

In general. As always, outliers would not invalidate the general rule.
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I would say that most people who currently identify themselves as being anarchists would be more comfortable around liberals than around conservatives. TRUE anarchists would be outside of the American binary left/right.
 
MrPeanut said:
I'm pretty sure the question is about the functional definition of left and right in modern politics. I don't think it is a simple philosophical thing.
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Anarchy is a series of political philosophies, so yes, it is just about philosophies.
 
radcen said:
Are "anarchists" on the left side of the political aisle?

In general. As always, outliers would not invalidate the general rule.
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In general, in very, very rough terms, with a few million exceptions, right is less government, left is more government, anarchists are no government. That would put them far, far, far to the right.
 
Redress said:
In general, in very, very rough terms, with a few million exceptions, right is less government, left is more government, anarchists are no government. That would put them far, far, far to the right.
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Ignoring the fact they are collectivists, opposed to private property, and promote a communist or socialist society.
 
MrPeanut said:
I'm pretty sure the question is about the functional definition of left and right in modern politics. I don't think it is a simple philosophical thing.
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I was only making it simple and basic to get to the philosophic point, and it still does apply to the modern ideologies.
 
DifferentDrummr said:
I strongly doubt that anyone who truly supports anarchy would have any use for the left or the right.
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God damned it, we're trying to play the partisan blame game here. Quit monkeying it up with facts.
 
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