anarchism thinkers and beliefs Flashcards
goldman on the state
beleives that democracy offers the illiusaion of freedom by allowing them to vote, but arguably power is given away at the ballot box
‘ if voting changed anything they would make it illegal’
bakunin on the state
the state enslaves the governed and that every command slaps liberty in the face
stirners view on the state
’ i am free in no state’
when according to stirner will people be free?
when they are free of all external influence or obligation (state or collectivism)
anarcho capitalists on freedom
rothbard and friedman argue that freedom will come from the unregulated free market will fufill the current role of the state such as welfaer and school
mutualism on liberty
a hybrid between socialsim and indivdualism
he beleived that true autonomy would be in the form decentralising the states power and allowing people to work together in communistes of workers but allowing workers to freely enter contracts to exchange goods and labour
this is known as ‘contractionalism’
bakunin on liberty
all humans regardless of gender and antionality are equally free and indivduasl will choose to be collective becuase humans suffer from anomie if they are isolated
’ a man is born into society as a ant is born into an ant-hill’
liberty can only ben found with the soldiarity of others
kropotkins view of liberty
mutual aid was present in early settlements in cities in the middel ages but the rise of the state destroyed it
liberty wil ocme when the state is abolished and anarcho communist societies of volentary associations in forms of communes with equality and direct democracy will be formed
goldman’s view of liberty
rejection of gender sterotypes and refusing to be servent to husbands and families
proudhons view of anarchy is order
mutualism if a synthesisiation of colectivmsandindiivdualsim so indiivduals cna opt out of collectivism if they wish
this would be infrequent but hwen it happend as federal assembly could settle disputes
proudhon on overthrowing the state
unique view as he sees the overthrowing of the state as peaceful tradnsiton to a new society by making new parrallel insitutios rather than being revolutionary
- argues that liberty wille xisit in the shell of the state making interconnected insitution such as the peoples bank
the sate will eventually wither and die
goldman’s two evils of the state
multiairism - becuase the state can use thepolice to threaten violence and imprison peopple who question its laws
patrosim fuels miltiarism leading inter state wards leading to universal slaughter
