Dear
New Sperland,
We have read your response and considered it at length. We cannot agree with the idea that Anarchism is a form of "Socialism" as it is strictly not about having any centralization, no leader, no authority, no government. The current definition of the word Anarchy is as follows:
The Dictionary.com wrote:Anarchy Noun
1. A state of society without government or law
The current definition of the world Socialism is as follows:
The Dictionary.com wrote:Socialism Noun
1. A theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
The current theory of State Function are concisely demonstrated in
this wikipedia article. Anarchism does not promote any form of equality, there is no assumption that everyone is equal, only that everyone is equally free to commit violence as they please without fear of retribution from a form of government. Should violence be permitted by anyone against anyone due to the absence of the rule of law, then logically, any one could under their own steam form a business and use immoral practices in order to gain an advantage, due to the absence of government there would be no one to tell them otherwise. Gangs are common place in states that have fallen into Anarchy examples can be shown anywhere where the Government has fallen. Libya for example is a recent example of a nation falling into anarchy, though we believe it is not currently in anarchy as the people follow an alternative.
Anarcho-Capitalism is different from Anarchy, in so much that Social and Political laws still exist, but laws regulating the economy do not. We do not equate Neo-liberalism with Anarcho-Capitalism however this may be a mistake on our part. However Anarchy is the absence of the rule of law, utterly libertarian and utterly free market. Social, Political and Economic as we indicated in our previous message. Truly Anarchistic societies given the above definitions typically do not last for very long at all.
We take your consideration that Anarchism is anti-capitalistic, however Capitalism in many regards is considered to be "Free Market thinking" or Libertarian Economic ideals. We have not seen any articles that suggest Capitalism is about oppression of economic forces, quite the contrary.
In an "Anarchistic" society, anyone is free to do as they wish, whether that be the Rich choosing to get richer, whether that be gangs terrorizing the neighbourhood or a religious cult sacrificing your nearest and dearest for the glory of Violet. To say otherwise is to ignore centuries of thought about what it is to be an Anarchy or without government, without the rule of law.
We shall leave you with a quote by Aeschylus,
Aeschylus wrote:Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
Yours Sincerely,
Dalaen