anarchism key concepts

Question 1

what area of agreement is there between anarchists about the state

Answer 1

they all agree that the state is corrupting and that power corrupts people at the top which makes life unequal.

goldman argues that voters give their power away to the state at the ballot box whilst giving people a false feeling of power

there needs to be a effort of the peeople to overthrow the state

freedom is the goal

Question 2

what is the difference between individualists and collectivists of the problem of the state

Answer 2

individualists argue that the state should be abolished due to its over-regulation of free markets and the fact that in compromising peoples human natures that is individually motivated

collectivists argue that people are naturally collaborative and therefore the state doesn’t allow people to work together
hierarchy makes people exploit each-other

Question 3

what disagreements are there between egoists and mutualists over how the state should be abolished

Answer 3

egoists such as max stirner believe that to abolish the state individuals need to make their own decision to boycott institutions and rise above them with will make the state crumble away due to no one using them.
for example not voting

muturalists such as proudhon however believe that a collective approach should be taken as to work together due to human nature being communist new insitutions shoul dbe created above the old ones

Question 4

example of mutualism creation of new institutions?

Answer 4

The Black Panthers started a number of popular community social programs, including free breakfast programs for school children and free health clinics in 13 African American communities across the United States.

Question 5

what disagreements are there between collectivists on how the state will be removed?

Answer 5

bakunin- propaganda by the deed. people should reject paying taxes and riot. this will show the public the brutality of the state and the police and it will show that the state isnt that powerful

kropotkin- however argues for an emerging revolution which is non violent and one of mutual aid with anarchist intellectuals helping ot resocilaise poeple and bring out their collecivst humannature to help

Question 6

example for propganda by the deed

Answer 6

BLM and the police brutality seen then is an example of this shwoing the oppresive adn powerless side of the state

Question 7

agreements between anarchists on the economy

Answer 7

state intervention needs to be abolished becuase the state uses the economy to contorl people and deprive them form action upon their natural human nature

however disagree on how state should be abolished
propaganda by deed v insurrection

Question 8

collectivist anagrchists and stirners view on capitalism

Answer 8

collectivists and stirner aruge that capitalism is corrupting becuase it leads to competitions which reduced peoples liberty to make own deicisions based human nature (bakunin argues that this is becuase humansa re havilty infleunced by nature)

Question 9

anarcho capitalists on the free market and capitalism

Answer 9

agree that capitalism needs to be changed but thinks the fundamental principles of it are positive.
the free market is the best and most effective way at buying and selling goods
and competition drives up standards
people work hard for the money they earn and so buy things with it

Question 10

what do collectivsts think economic freedom looks like

Answer 10

once the state has been abolished economic freedom will look like mutual aids communities coming together and beneficially affecting people though collective ownership wehre the measn of production is shared and therfore capitalsim cannot exert oppression over people

Question 11

proudhon on economic freedom

Answer 11

contractionalism
small productive independent associations of workers and a system of mutually beneficial exchange based on contracts freely entered into by individuals and associations.

Workers would receive the ‘true value’ of what they produced based on the labour time involved

Question 12

anarcho capitalists on what economic freedom looks like

Answer 12

being able to buy and sell things under a regulaed free market where private entrepreneurs have the msot say over the markets rather than one overpowering state above.
based on a balence of interests between private entrepreneus

Question 13

disagreements between individualists on private property

Answer 13

stirner- private property can be used as long as it satisfys your ego when somoen who’s ego needs it more it goes to them

anarcho-captialsits; beleive that people should be able to own their own private property if they work for it

Question 14

disagreements between collectivsts on private property

Answer 14

all agree that private property is oppressive but disagree on the extent to which common ownership should be used

kropotkin argues that ‘all shouls belong to all’

whereas proudhon argues that private property is determined if its opressive therefore it is okay to own means of production and fruits of labour as long as you arent exploiting people through it

Question 15

what are individualist’s views on human nature?

Answer 15

agree that humans are rational but argue that we are naturally individualistic and driven by own individual motivations. the state is therefore corrupting because it doesn’t give you the liberty and freedom that is natural to humans to be alturisic and make own decisions

Question 16

disagreemnts between individualists as to what liberty looks like

Answer 16

egoists such as stirner ague that autnomy is key. and therefore people will operate by engaging volentarily in egoist associations which arent collaberative but are used by everyone’s personal gain (unions of egoists)

however anarch capitalists such as sorel argue that the liberty wll be when humans have the opporunity to have atomisitc indivdualism to compete and invest inthe free market without a state controlling it

Question 17

collectivists view on human nature

Answer 17

agree with individualists that human nature is rational but also co-operative. humans are naturally collaborative and the state drives wedges in between people by making people compete agianst eachother with corrupts human nature thats why you need no state

Question 18

differences between collectivies as to what liberty looks like

Answer 18

proudhon would argue that individuals have the freedom to chose if they want to form co-operative groups or not

whereas bakinin argues that individuals will always 100% choose to make co-operative groups without any disparaties due to human anture being so communist

kropotkin has a more radical view that freedom is the creation of volentary communes that are governed by direct democracy that live as one rather than groups these are whole communities who are completely collaperative.
‘all is for all’

Question 19

what different view does goldman have on what liberty looks like

Answer 19

goldman argues that freedom is being free form gender stereotypes and ‘refusing to be a servant to the state and husbands’

Question 20

what do individualists argue that the society will look like after the state is abolished

Answer 20

egosits believe that society will be a place where individuals are free to assert their won rational individualism in the world

wehreas anarcho capitalistics argue that society will be a unregulated free amrket which allows for people to buy and sell goods and allows private investors to start schools ect

Question 21

what to collectivists argue that society will look like after satte rejected (anarchy is order)

Answer 21

mutualists like proudhon argue that people will be free to join small groups in society that are collaberative but they may opt out if they wish

bakinin argues that due to the collaberative human nature people will 100% make mutually beneficial gorups

kroptkin however beleives that communes of mutual aid will crop up where instead of small groups whole communities live together and have all shared property such as christania