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In Introduction to Anarchism, the author suggests that the future direction in anarchism could be to support local governments and having power on a local, rath
by agilebyte 13y ago
In Introduction to Anarchism, the author suggests that the future direction in anarchism could be to support local governments and having power on a local, rather than national level.
http://www.amazon.com/Anarchism-A-Very-Short-Introduction/dp/0192804774 http://www.amazon.com/Anarchism-A-Very-Short-Introduction/dp...
- javert 13y agoWell, that would be highly devolved government, not anarchism, no? Shouldn't Chomsky avoid such confusing langauge? I'm no better off serving a local collective than a national collective.
- agilebyte 13y agoThe idea is that he does not speak for all anarchists, just like the idea in the book I read doesn't either.
- javert 13y agoI'm not sure I get your point. He doesn't need to speak for all anarchists. He just needs to speak clearly. If he advocated "collectivism fully devolved to the local level" (which I think is what he advocates, right?) it would be much more clear, and he would not be peddling a contradiction. "Anarchism" contradicts with the thing I just described, which is still a government and/or power structure.
- agilebyte 13y agoYes you are right, it is better to speak clearly rather than apply too general and broad labels.