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ziq wrote

you can't be anti-authority and pro-capitalism. that makes no logical sense. capitalism is an authority.

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j0hn_d0e wrote

Your right, but everyone isn't 100% anti-authority and pro-capitalism or vice versa. For example people on the right tend to not want taxes, so anarchy might be appealing since there's no governing force to tax them. People on the left tend to want equality, so anarchy might appeal to them since there is no hierarchy. On the flip side, people on the left tend to want more government intervention (healthcare, social programs, gun control, etc) which is the opposite of true anarchy. People on the right also tend to want government intervention (restricting abortions, anti-LGBT rights, anti-immigration, etc.) which isn't part of anarchy. This is why I think anarchy can be from both sides. Obviously complete anarchy wouldn't have capitalism, but that's the system that is established and people who are apart of it might switch to anarchy.

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shanc wrote

I really can't see anyone from 'the right' (patriot militias, christian evangelists, oil barons etc) ever having anything to do with anarchism

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shanc wrote

Sometimes 'anarchist' is just what people call themselves to sound cool on the internet. 'Sovereign citizens' etc clearly have nothing to do with anarchism. I really can't stand those guys.

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