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From: fbaube@NOTE.NSF.GOV (Fred Baube)
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Subject: Re: New Mailing List to Discuss Anarchism
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Date: 22 Apr 88 18:24:51 GMT
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Michael T Sullivan writes:
> Does this mean that if I believe in anarchy based on chaos I'm not
> an anarchist?  Does this mean that all anarchists believe in order
> and cooperation?  What does one have to believe to be an anarchist?

Nothing, really, not even that human beings are incapable of
organizing a complex society without a State, or that State-
lessness equates to chaos.  That's the point.  Cooperation,
collaboration, coordination, all imply organic structures
grounded in an awareness that organizations tend to become
self-serving, exploitative organisms.  That's simple MBA 
stuff .. institutions seeks to control their environments,
and if they have guns and badges, that just makes it easier.

The US of A has things half right (the glass is half-full).

(Usual disclaimer, and apologies re. politicizing info-futures)
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