Is this an ideology?

[Savant]

I've become interested in Anarchy due to listening to Jeff Monson (MMA fighter & Anarchist) talk about Anarchy & his beliefs. In a Youtube video, Jeff "advocates resources being divided & delivered to everyone in the exact same amount for the most basic needs. If someone desires more, they can go out & work for more". (actually someone made that comment under the video basically explaining what Jeff was saying)

This is something I can completely agree with. I'd just like to know if this is a part of an ideology?

[The Idler]

Yeah distributing resources (beyond basic needs) according to how much you work is welfare capitalist.
In fairness to Jeff Monson though, he's a member of IWW and AKPress sponsor him so maybe there's more to his position than you describe. If he says he's an Anarchist then Anarchism is an ideology you might like to explore, Wikipedia is a start but there are groups all over the world too.

[TheRedAnarchist23]

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[Offbeat]

If you would like me to teach you just leave a message in my profile page.
Or better still, googling "An Anarchist FAQ", is the best place to start for the basics of anarchism.

[TheRedAnarchist23]

Or better still, googling "An Anarchist FAQ", is the best place to start for the basics of anarchism.

Or read What is Communist Anarchism by Alexander Berkman.

[jookyle]

So who's doing the work for the original resources? And what exactly do you mean by working for more? And what are the extra things a person can then buy? Extra necessities to stock up on? Luxury items? Who's making surplus items?

[ArrowLance]

I've become interested in Anarchy due to listening to Jeff Monson (MMA fighter & Anarchist) talk about Anarchy & his beliefs. In a Youtube video, Jeff "advocates resources being divided & delivered to everyone in the exact same amount for the most basic needs. If someone desires more, they can go out & work for more". (actually someone made that comment under the video basically explaining what Jeff was saying)

This is something I can completely agree with. I'd just like to know if this is a part of an ideology?

The problem with the idea is that for the most part in advance capitalist countries basic needs are already met for everyone, and I believe it is withing capitalist interest to do this. Also it is a basic idea in economics that we desire more, and generally I'd agree that we desire more.

Work is a complex subject and is at the foundation of the entire system of class antagonisms described in Marxist theory. So it isn't clear what is really meant by 'go out and work for more.' Is it meant that we can create more ourselves or that we will have some means of accumulation of these goods or services? This is precisely the problem that we face now; that in some way an individual can act independently from the social structure and obtain some sort of exclusivity in their product. This is a point where alienation can be found and class differences can begin. The system in which that regardless of the factors of production the end product can be assigned to an individual regardless of social input. That is private property.