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It's yet another word for libertarian communism / anarcho-communism / anarchism / communalism in the tradition of Bakunin, Kropotkin, Bookchin and Graeber. Obvi
by incompatible 6y ago
It's yet another word for libertarian communism / anarcho-communism / anarchism / communalism in the tradition of Bakunin, Kropotkin, Bookchin and Graeber. Obviously it has a long and interesting intellectual tradition. The basic principles are rejection of all forms of social hierarchy and inequality (nobody can give orders, and all work is voluntary), and rejection of private property (you get access to what you currently need from the shared resources of the community). Perhaps the only law needed would be to prohibit doing harm, or risking harm, to others, at least without their consent. The few practical implementations (in a Western, developed context) have generally succumbed to outside forces, such as Catalonia in the 1930s, and perhaps Rojava today.
- tclancy 6y agoPunk and the anarchy movements are orthogonal to Libertarianism. They require you to get over yourself enough to both talk to, and care about, your neighbors.
- incompatible 6y agoThe word libertarianism was originally used in the communist context, and was also called anarchism, and was opposed to authoritarian communism. It was later hijacked (in the US context) by property-worshipping followers of John Locke and the like.
- tclancy 6y agoWhich is wonderful, but less than likely the context your typical HN galaxy brain means when he mentions it.