Few political
ideologies are as misunderstood as anarchism. Confusion is so widespread, in
fact, that those ignorant of this intellectual tradition often use the word
“anarchism” as a synonym for “chaos.” Some of the confusion may arise from the
fact that anarchism is today often solely associated with the
anti-private-property anarchists of the nineteenth century, such as the
followers of Mikhail Bakunin.
Indeed, this
variety of anarchism was so dominant through the first half of the twentieth
century that Ludwig von Mises, writing inLiberalism, mockingly
asked “[c]an it, then, be assumed, without falling completely into absurdity,
that, in spite of all this, every individual in an anarchist society will have
greater foresight and will power than a gluttonous dyspeptic?”
Writing in
1927, Mises’s experience with anarchists was with those who sought to tear down
every form of human institution, from the market to the family to religious
groups. Not surprisingly, Mises was somewhat skeptical that a society scraped
bare of all tried and true human institutions would enter a phase of utopia.....To Read More....
My Take – I find
this whole article to be strange ..... to say the least, and I think you might
agree. However, I have posted it because
this kind of article will provoke some questions and thoughts regarding that
which is foundational to a stable organized society.
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