Note
This text was used as an introduction to a debate on anarchy held at the World Wide Wisdom Research and Documentation Centre in Saint-Imier during the Libertarian Week on 29 and 30 July 2022
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Anarchy |
Pseudo-anarchy |
1 |
Movement (fluid and open) All non-authoritarian people are welcome |
Party (centralised and closed) You participate following acceptance by two people |
2 |
Associated values and behaviours Freedom - equity - solidarity |
Ideology (ism): doctrinal body promoted by the leading group or by a majority of anarchists |
3 |
Economy - Society Activities in these areas Against politics |
Politics Operating in the political sphere |
4 |
Neither to the right nor to the left (because these are political-parliamentary categories alien to anarchists) |
Left (extreme) |
5 |
Neither public nor private (categories of the state paradigm; public = state) | Public prevails over private (public school, public enterprise, public services, etc.) (public = state) |
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Self-management (free personal choices) Freedom for all individuals |
Democracy (decisions made by the majority) Power to the people |
7 |
Variety - Plurality of options (communism - collectivism - mutualism - individualism, etc.) |
Uniformity The ideology adopted by the majority of anarchists or decreed by the leading group. |
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Laissez-faire Laissez-passer Freedom of activity, freedom of movement Beyond liberalism |
Against Laissez-faire Laissez-passer Against liberalism |
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Property is theft (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon) Property is freedom (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon) (According to the nature of property) |
Property is theft (Communism for all) |
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Beyond the (territorial monopolistic) state Voluntary communities Solidarity, mutual support |
For the welfare state: state aid to families, businesses, etc. (Welfare State, basic income) |
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