tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post283245980982503495..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Anarchism is a Psychological Type, not a Political PhilosophyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-78745337675418532462016-06-12T19:26:59.236-04:002016-06-12T19:26:59.236-04:00"One of the main tenants of anarchism as I un...<i>"One of the main tenants of anarchism as I understand it is opposition to the bureaucratic, impersonal nature of our power structures, but if Ketcham thinks life in Scandinavia is less bureaucratic than in America, he might be surprised."</i><br /><br />I'm utterly convinced that the main (perhaps even sole) tenet of Anarchism is opposition, period. In their worldview, the ends are the means and the means are the ends. The goals they ostensibly champion at any given moment simply don't actually matter except to serve as a justification for the conflict they eternally crave.<br /><br />Their philosophy is simple and cyclical. However things currently are is always bad. Anything that seeks to overthrow the extant system is good, but only until it finds victory and becomes the new establishment, at which point it becomes bad again, with the typical explanation for this being that the cause has been somehow betrayed or corrupted in the course of coming to power, and now a new cause must be rallied behind to overthrow the previous one.<br /><br />Nothing actually matters except the constant struggle - the quest for unceasing change purely for the sake of change. They are literally agents of chaos - they are the mythical Adversary, existing only to oppose whatever order they come across. They don't want to accomplish anything - they only want to drive conflict. It takes a certain kind of terrible psychology to be a true Anarchist.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-24787083199815325972016-06-12T18:56:39.969-04:002016-06-12T18:56:39.969-04:00Some people just want to watch the world burn.Some people just want to watch the world burn.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com