Re: [WDDM] Anarchism and Direct Democracy

["M. Kolar" <wddm(at)mkolar.org>]

Dear Antonio,
  your dictionary seems to be not very correct or maybe even
intentionally misleading on what is anarchism. Anarchists do not want
the absence of any control in society, but only the abolition of the
hierarchical authority - the same thing that we want. It was still a
surprise for me that modern anarchists are so close to genuine democracy
as you agreed in your reply!

  Wikipedia gives a much better definition:

*Anarchism* is a political philosophy
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_philosophy> or group of
philosophies and attitudes which reject any form of compulsory
government <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government> (cf.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cf.> "state
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State>"), and support its elimination,
most often because of a wider rejection of any form of hierarchical
authority <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority>. The term "anarchism"
derives from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology> the Greek
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language> αναρχία
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1>
("without archons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon>" or "without
rulers").

  PVR: Anarcho-syndicalists also call themselves "libertarian
socialists", you'll find that term also in the link you send us.

  See also my reply to Bruce in the Forum:
http://www.world-wide-democracy.net/forum/read.php?5,511,513#msg-513

Mirek

Antonio Rossin wrote:

> Dear Mirek (and list)
>
> ......

> On this basis, I go to my Oxford Advanced Learners dictionary
> and read under the items:
> - Anarchy = 1. absence of government or control in society.
>    Lawlessness.  2. Disorder, confusion
> - Anarchism = political theory that laws and government should
>    be abolished.
> -  Anarchist = person who believes in anarchism
>
> ........


> In conclusion, it seems to me that the ten points in your quote
> belong to genuine democracy, something else but anarchism.
>
> That the anarchist may claim that those ten points belong to
> "anarchism", it sounds somehow abusive, the dictionary tells.
>
>
> Hoping this helps, best regards
>
> antonio