Saturday, March 14, 2009

Social Anarchy v. Individualist Anarchy v. Leninist Socialism

In the current atmosphere of anarchy, a great interest of mine and something I believe is crucial to our struggle as anarchists is the 'divide' between social anarchy and lifestyle/individualist anarchy.

I came across an interesting (if maybe a little wordy) critique on the subject of Social Anarchy v. Individualist Anarchy v. Leninist Socialism by Tom Wetzel.

READ HERE

"Individualist anarchism was influenced by the classical liberal conception of the person as a kind of atom whose core personality or identity is separate from social groups. The idea of absolute personal autonomy, which is a feature of hyper-individualism, is built on this."
"The individualist conception comes close to agreeing with Margaret Thatcher's slogan, "Society doesn't exist, only individuals exist."

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