Inquisitiveness?

[PoliticalNightmare]

I was just wondering about the ideology of anarchism and how it seems to require its followers to be inquisitive. As a philosophy, it requires that we question all concepts and ideas: it requires that we question obedience and authority, collectivism and individualism, capitalism and statism, etc. It also requires that we question not the actual concept of morals but the validity of the morals that exist today, imposed upon us by the media, by society, etc. (Does anarchism question the act of questioning...nah I'm just kidding ;) )

What my point was, does anarchism attract a specific mindset of people? People, like myself, who question most things in life, whether it be "Is it necessary for the bus driver to only pull over at bus stops? Can he not pull over whenever a person on the street raises out his hand?" or "Is the present socioeconomic system good enough? Can't the workers co-manage their line of trade in a way that is peaceful and for the general good of humanity and themselves rather than having to be dominated by the capitalist?"

I realise the first paragraph might be wrong - that's why I posted this in chitchat ;) Also I'm not looking for particularly complex answers just whether or not you think the inquisitive mind is naturally attracted to anarchism. I know that I, personally, questioned most ideas and concepts particularly at school - to the point of irritation of some people around me at times :D

[Widerstand]

Anarchism isn't skepticism, and it doesn't so much ask you to question everything but rather that you live autonomously without doing stuff just because an authority asks you/commands you to.

[Jalapeno Enema]

"Is it necessary for the bus driver to only pull over at bus stops? Can he not pull over whenever a person on the street raises out his hand?"Now that's just crazy talk!

[PoliticalNightmare]

Now that's just crazy talk!

Works well in Istanbul ;)

[Blackscare]

Nobody suspects the Anarchist Inquisition!

[PoliticalNightmare]

Anarchism isn't skepticism, and it doesn't so much ask you to question everything but rather that you live autonomously without doing stuff just because an authority asks you/commands you to.

"Most anarchists take the viewpoint that ethical standards, like life itself, are in a constant process of evolution. This leads them to reject the various notions of "God's Law," "Natural Law," and so on in favour of a theory of ethical development based upon the idea that individuals are entirely empowered to question and assess the world around them -- in fact, they require it in order to be truly free. You cannot be an anarchist and blindly accept anything! Michael Bakunin, one of the founding anarchist thinkers, expressed this radical scepticism as so:


"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."

Any system of ethics which is not based on individual questioning can only be authoritarian. Erich Fromm explains why:


"Formally, authoritarian ethics denies man's capacity to know what is good or bad; the norm giver is always an authority transcending the individual. Such a system is based not on reason and knowledge but on awe of the authority and on the subject's feeling of weakness and dependence; the surrender of decision making to the authority results from the latter's magic power; its decisions can not and must not be questioned. Materially, or according to content, authoritarian ethics answers the question of what is good or bad primarily in terms of the interests of the authority, not the interests of the subject; it is exploitative, although the subject may derive considerable benefits, psychic or material, from it." [Man For Himself, p. 10]"

From - http://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/secA2.html#seca219

[Fulanito de Tal]

Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world. All other countries are run by little girls.

[Tablo]

Anarchism I think does tend to attract inquisitive people. I like how it is just uncompromising and unrelenting in its rejection of authority. It has maintained its militant nature while many other socialists were pacified.

[Magón]

Anarchism I think does tend to attract inquisitive people. I like how it is just uncompromising and unrelenting in its rejection of authority. It has maintained its militant nature while many other socialists were pacified.

So are you still on for burning up some police cruisers?

[Tablo]

So are you still on for burning up some police cruisers?
Sounds like a good time to me! :lol: