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Free_Bread wrote (edited )

I call myself a libertarian socialist and it has nothing to do with "distancing myself" from radical aspects of anarchy. I've just realized over time that while the vast majority of my viewpoints are inline with anarchism I'm not as dogmatic about opposing hierarchies / institutions. I reject sexism, racism, ableism, capitalism, and the bourgeois state, but I sometimes I think governing ourselves through directly democratic councils or having an institution to prevent groups from burning hydrocarbons wouldn't be such a bad thing. Then there's other times when the label of anarchism just seems to be limiting and I'd rather not confine myself to an ideology and would rather concern myself with the practical issues of how do we move beyond capitalism and towards a more free world

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ziq wrote

But isn't libsoc a more restrictive label than anarchy since the only stipulation of anarchy is 'oppose authority', while libsoc is a specific economic model, social planning system, etc?

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