Anarchism

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Anarchism, at it's roots, simply means "no rule". Anarchism is the belief that the best form of society is one not rules by a government. This does not in any way preclude rules of operation, but any such rules must be mutually agreed upon by all participants. Anarchism has a diverse pool of theory behind it, but most often anarchism refers to black flag anarchism.

Anarchy is the method of organisation promoted by anarchism (linguistically: think monarchy vs. monarchism). An anarchy is anti-authority and anti-heirarchical. It is recognised that heirarchies may occur naturally, such as heirarchies of knowledge, but that to serve values of democracy and equality knowledge must shared, and heirarchies broken down, or at the very least not used to gain power. Anarchy is a state of freedom and equality where the only constraints are a responsibility to each other's needs.

An anarchy is a system in which no individual can have power over another individual without their consent.

most branches of anarchism have a number of common themes:

rejection of the state
rejection of power heirarchies
rejection of private property (all land communally owned^[1],)

[edit] Anarchy is not

The term anarchy has been used, often by rightists, to refer to a state of complete lawlessness, implying a complete lack of order. Such a state could be concieved of as an individualistic anarchy, but it is more correctly referred to as anomie