Comments by "BlackFlagsNRoses" (@blackflagsnroses6013) on "Radicalized Michigan Anarchist Seeks Unity With The Left." video.
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@scratchpenny the problem is Americans not understanding. Anarchism is socialist because only a socialist socioeconomics pushes for a classless society without hierarchy. Be that communism or market socialism. Also in America unfortunately left wing is synonymous with more government, which isn’t historically accurate, and right wing with limited government which is also not completely accurate. Since the French Revolution the Left Wing means political stance of less authority, and Right Wing with more authority.
In America this stems from believing leftism has manifested in institutional government reforms, and conservatism means preserving a more liberal democratic republic, and therefore a limited government system. Which is partly true, but neglects the fact that American conservatism also traditionally holds social attitudes that conserve hierarchies based in ethnicity, sex, gender, and social class. And while much leftist positions have been achieved through government reform, it’s done from the bottom-up to push government to a more liberal stance.
I agree that the American left’s reliance on government reform is problematic which is why we advocate the left to return to its roots of free association, anti-statism, and limited authority. Many don’t realize the government or State is the source of our problems including the corporate hegemony. Therefore we push for libertarian communism and free market socialism.
The cool thing about American right wingers is they preserve a spirit of liberalism, independence, and limited authority so classical liberals make good allies to leftist libertarian socialists. But the only thing that holds the American right from alliance is social tyrannical views of hierarchy such as patriarchy, homogeneity, religious fundamentalism etc... Which is why libertarians urge right wing classical liberals or minarchists to help us push for a cultural change and promote civic libertarianism instead of the social tyranny of traditional social conservatism. The problem isn’t people holding socially conservative views, only that they try to legislate and control their morality upon society. There’s also a problem in American conservatism that they believe capitalism constitutes a free market economy. It doesn’t. Liberal economics is one thing, capitalism is another. Under the capitalist system we have a corporate hegemony and monopolist economy that the leaders of conservatism and therefore many conservatives do not criticize or find problematic. They actually have the nerve to call our current system a free market economy. When it’s propped up the State and monopolies. This is why we need to push our right wing allies to accepting that capitalism isn’t about free markets, as a property owning class needs the State. So we remind them of our history and expose the modern capitalist system by teaching them about free market anti-capitalism (market socialism) and it’s American past. Individualist anarchism and mutualism exposes the grift and shows them that free markets too are of the socialist Left. So we promote the ideas of Josiah Warren, Benjamin Tucker, and Pierre J Proudhon.
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