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G'day, g'day, this is Andrew Sage bringing yet another episode of It Could Happen Here. As my granny used to say when she answered the phone, what's happening? And the answer in this case is anarchy. Last episode, I gave a definition of anarchism.
G'day, g'day, this is Andrew Sage bringing yet another episode of It Could Happen Here. As my granny used to say when she answered the phone, what's happening? And the answer in this case is anarchy. Last episode, I gave a definition of anarchism.
That anarchism is the political philosophy and practice that opposes all authority, along with its justifying dogmas, and proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy. A world without rule where self-determination, mutuality, and free association form the basis of our society. Then we took that definition and we broke it down a bit further.
That anarchism is the political philosophy and practice that opposes all authority, along with its justifying dogmas, and proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy. A world without rule where self-determination, mutuality, and free association form the basis of our society. Then we took that definition and we broke it down a bit further.
That anarchism is the political philosophy and practice that opposes all authority, along with its justifying dogmas, and proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy. A world without rule where self-determination, mutuality, and free association form the basis of our society. Then we took that definition and we broke it down a bit further.
You can go back to that episode if you want to hear how, but I left my explanation a bit incomplete. I didn't get into the positive side of the definition.
You can go back to that episode if you want to hear how, but I left my explanation a bit incomplete. I didn't get into the positive side of the definition.
You can go back to that episode if you want to hear how, but I left my explanation a bit incomplete. I didn't get into the positive side of the definition.
Let's go. Swankism proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy, a world without rule where self-determination, mutuality, and free association form the basis of our society. The unending pursuit element is another important part of the definition. You know, it's ongoing. It's a strive. It's not some perfect utopia that we reach and stagnate with it.
Let's go. Swankism proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy, a world without rule where self-determination, mutuality, and free association form the basis of our society. The unending pursuit element is another important part of the definition. You know, it's ongoing. It's a strive. It's not some perfect utopia that we reach and stagnate with it.
Let's go. Swankism proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy, a world without rule where self-determination, mutuality, and free association form the basis of our society. The unending pursuit element is another important part of the definition. You know, it's ongoing. It's a strive. It's not some perfect utopia that we reach and stagnate with it.
In fact, it's not even assuming that people will become perfect anarchists. It's about currently and constantly pushing to be better, to create systems that produce better outcomes and greater anarchy, to continuous redevelopment of the values necessary to maintain anarchy, to never get complacent, and to understand this is a species-level project.
In fact, it's not even assuming that people will become perfect anarchists. It's about currently and constantly pushing to be better, to create systems that produce better outcomes and greater anarchy, to continuous redevelopment of the values necessary to maintain anarchy, to never get complacent, and to understand this is a species-level project.
In fact, it's not even assuming that people will become perfect anarchists. It's about currently and constantly pushing to be better, to create systems that produce better outcomes and greater anarchy, to continuous redevelopment of the values necessary to maintain anarchy, to never get complacent, and to understand this is a species-level project.
The idea of anarchy being a world without rule is actually something that gets some pushback from some anarchists as well. There's this sort of rules-not-rulers version of anarchism that has a lot of sway in some circles. Ah, the anarcho-constitutionalists. The anarcho-constitutionalists.
The idea of anarchy being a world without rule is actually something that gets some pushback from some anarchists as well. There's this sort of rules-not-rulers version of anarchism that has a lot of sway in some circles. Ah, the anarcho-constitutionalists. The anarcho-constitutionalists.
The idea of anarchy being a world without rule is actually something that gets some pushback from some anarchists as well. There's this sort of rules-not-rulers version of anarchism that has a lot of sway in some circles. Ah, the anarcho-constitutionalists. The anarcho-constitutionalists.
It was popularized by the sort of direct democracy, libertarian Marxist crow that kind of got their popularity in the 80s and 90s. But it's not something that I consider an accurate representation of what anarchism strives for.
It was popularized by the sort of direct democracy, libertarian Marxist crow that kind of got their popularity in the 80s and 90s. But it's not something that I consider an accurate representation of what anarchism strives for.
It was popularized by the sort of direct democracy, libertarian Marxist crow that kind of got their popularity in the 80s and 90s. But it's not something that I consider an accurate representation of what anarchism strives for.