First of all, in this section of the forums, there are no primitivists or capitalists. So, this should be moved to OI.
Second, why?
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Politics poll
What political philosophy do you consider yourself a follower of?
First of all, in this section of the forums, there are no primitivists or capitalists. So, this should be moved to OI.
Second, why?
Agreed. moved.
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I like that I'm able to pick more than one thing. I totally went with "Marxist Maoist Anarcho-Primitivist Other". I could explain but I don't think anybody cares.
I hope I don't get restricted. I'm just saying, if you'd restrict me, you'd also restrict the author of this - and it's on marxists.org! I mean, come on, we all know that marxists.org is the longterm goal of everyone on this site.
Except me. Because primitivism.
On a related note, I'm sad neither "throw-back anti-imp" nor "RAAN" made the cut.
The life we have conferred upon these objects confronts us as something hostile and alien.
Formerly Virgin Molotov Cocktail (11/10/2004 - 21/08/2013)
I chose 'Stalinist Anarcho-Capitalist' ... because I can.
I chose anarcho-syndicalist. I also chose anarcho-nihilist, because it (from what I can gather from the name, which I've never come across before) sounds related to the phenomenological and existential nihilism that I subscribe to.
Also, "Stalinist" is generally an epithet; the term "Marxist-Leninist" is more appropriate. "Anarcho-capitalist" is a contradiction in terms - there is nothing legitimately anarchistic about "anarcho"-capitalism.
When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die - Jean-Paul Sartre
A slaveholder who, through cunning and violence shackles his slaves in chains - and a slave who, through cunning and violence, breaks the chains - let not the contemptible eunuchs tell us that they are equals before a court of morality! - Leon Trotsky
Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism
Bordiga, Party and Class
Pannekoek, Workers Councils
Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution?
Kollontai, Theses on Communist Morality in the Sphere of Marital Relations
I am an anarcho-capitalist third worldist, the only true revolutionary ideology.
"Darwin did not know what a bitter satire he wrote on mankind ... when he showed that free competition, the struggle for existence, which the economists celebrate as the highest historical achievement, is the normal state of the animal kingdom." Engels
Left: 8.99, Libertarian: 5.84
I'd be in the "other" category, none of the other options are close enough to my preferences.
Left/Right: -7.38 Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.18
Men can only be happy when they don't assume that the object of life is happiness- George Orwell
Marxism-Leninism, Maoism, and Anarcho-Syndicalism.
Finally the Chinese menu of political polls. The masses rejoice.
want to pos rep you twice...
"Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter productive to our survival." Jacque Fresco
"Everything and everyone is revisionist.
The only true socialism lies within revleft rhetoric, everyone knows that." G4b3n
RemusBleys: marx came back in the form of Bob Avakian
I do like the fact that this poll allows members to select more than one option. I selected both; 'Anarcho-syndicalist', (Unfortunately, the OP did not create an option for; 'Anarchists without adjectives.') and; 'Marxist.' I chose both because depending on what one means by; 'Marxism', Marx, certainly, as well as others like Pannekoek, Gorter, Luxemburg, etc., the difference is almost entirely semantic. I do believe, however that the poll leaves something to be desired. There are several options that probably should have been included; 'Trotskyist', for one, and some, like; 'Juche', that should not have been included.This, of course, is hardly unique. I would implore anyone thinking of creating polls, in the future, to exercise greater care when crafting the question, and the possible answers.
[FONT=Verdana]Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13[/FONT]
"Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall,
How can you refuse it?,
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power,
D'you know that you can use it?"-The Clash, "Clampdown"
Absolutely. Anarchism has always been fundamentally anti- capitalist. Proudhon was a mutualist, and from Bakunin, to the present day, anarchism has been explicitly communist. 'Anarcho-capitalism' is an oxymoron, and anyone who identifies as such is a regular moron.
[FONT=Verdana]Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13[/FONT]
"Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall,
How can you refuse it?,
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power,
D'you know that you can use it?"-The Clash, "Clampdown"
The OP also should've had syndicalist without adjectives, that way a person who is syndicalist but not anarchist (like me) could just select syndicalist, and an anarcho-syndicalist could still be included by selecting anarchism and syndicalism.
Left/Right: -7.38 Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.18
Men can only be happy when they don't assume that the object of life is happiness- George Orwell
Marxist, Anarcho-Syndicalist, and Other.
Like NGNM85, I think there should have been a generic "Anarchist" option, but since there isn't I selected Anarcho-Syndicalism.
As for "Other", I think the fundamental idea behind Technocracy - that modes of production based on price systems are unsustainable in an era of abundance in materials and energy - is a sound one, and need not overshadow or supplant Marxist and anarchist critiques of the current socioeconomic order of things.
Also under "Other" I would place Transhumanism. Although primarily a cultural and intellectual movement, it is one with huge political and social implications, and as technology continues to develop those implications will become all the more important with time. But I think we should be considering those implications now, when we have the opportunity to prepare the ground so to speak, and not when such developments are already upon us.
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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker - Mikhail Bakunin
Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains - Karl Marx
Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value - R. Buckminster Fuller
The important thing is not to be human but to be humane - Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
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anarcho nihilist lol
"whatever they might make would never be the same as that world of dark streets and bright dreams"
http://youtu.be/g-PwIDYbDqI
Anarcho-Primitivism will just lead to another society being built in the aftermath.
Also, I picked Marxist.
Overall probably Christian Democrat or moderate liberal.
Economics: Ordoliberal, pro-social market economy, mildly Keynesian
Foreign policy: Liberal internationalist
Social Issues: Pro-life, otherwise socially liberal, strong believe in concept of "One Nation"
2+2=4
Four different anarcho flavors, but no Trotskyist option, so, in keeping with Lenin's opinion that "there has been no better Bolshevik than Trotsky," I chose Leninist.
If we really want to transform life, we must learn to look at it through the eyes of women. – Trotsky, 1923
The ballot box is the coffin of class consciousness. – Alan Dawley
Proud member of the 47% since 2010 – Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!
Stalinist and proud!
