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celebratedrecluse wrote (edited )

Needs specificity. That is, examples of anarchy, rather than general statements of values; contrasted with other ideologies and examples of ideologies.

I would condense the existing text into a paragraph and keep what is most relevant about these statements at the front of the essay, but then add more at the bottom: Anarchy is NOT x, Anarchy IS y, Anarchy is NOT z, etc...

good start though! I merely think, where people (including anarchist) get confused, is the application of the general ideas toward specificity. Dealing with that problem, of course, also will arouse the frustration of archist within anarchist spaces.

For example, state socialists also say they are moving toward freedom, so do neoliberals, even fascists are pro-freedom. The general ethos is often not disputed, because freedom sounds good to a lot of people, but the actual application is of course wildly different, and those ideologies always contain more than that kernel of acknowledging the human desire for liberty.

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