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lombas
28th December 2009, 03:11
I'm quite fond of Stirner's ideas and have read parts of The Ego and Its Own (Cambridge edition). I wonder though...

Would the thought of Stirner allow for political action? How would its policies look like? Or is it "consequentialist" (which seems odd, because that itself would be a fixed idea) and would resort to anarchist organization methods - but which?

Also, I'm looking for Marxist constructive critiques of Stirner (not by Marx himself :)) or other "egoist communists/anarchists".

Oh, and also, I'm looking for an answer to the question: "Yes, left-wing and all that, but basically, when it comes down to it, in reality the thought allows for "anarcho"-capitalists to just do their thing."

blake 3:17
28th December 2009, 07:48
I've known one Stirnerist -- very big on proletarian egoism. Real smart dude, on to Monsanto before others were, but yeah what action flows from it?

I tend to agree with a lot of anarchist critiques, but the action plan is usually lacking.