![]() If there’s a line to get on a crowded bus, do you wait your turn and refrain from elbowing your way past others even in the absence of police? Let’s start by taking a few examples from everyday life. Odd though this may seem, in most important ways you are probably already an anarchist - you just don’t realize it. Most of all, anarchism is just a matter of having the courage to take the simple principles of common decency that we all live by, and to follow them through to their logical conclusions. The first is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how. But it’s one that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous.Īt their very simplest, anarchist beliefs turn on to two elementary assumptions. Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Many people seem to think that anarchists are proponents of violence, chaos, and destruction, that they are against all forms of order and organization, or that they are crazed nihilists who just want to blow everything up. Chances are almost everything you have heard is nonsense. Year: 2009 Published: The Anarchist Library Notes: Illustration by theslowburningfuseĬhances are you have already heard something about who anarchists are and what they are supposed to believe.
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