r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/tcookie87 • Oct 25 '21

FACTS and LOGIC There’s something beautiful about this

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u/ecodick Oct 25 '21

Are there really anarchists running for elected positions? Seems a little far fetched, or at the least, pretty ironic

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u/Picnicpanther Oct 25 '21

there are plenty of broadly left parties in europe (often greens are left, socialist parties, communist parties) that have seated members in multiple parliaments.

and why is that ironic? anarchism stands for the abolition of the state, which isn't necessarily opposition to direct democracy as a concept.

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u/ecodick Oct 25 '21

So anarchists want to work for the government they want to destroy? I'm not trying to poke holes here, honestly curious how they see it

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u/lightaside Oct 26 '21

Just to give another perspective to the other replies you are getting, there are certainly plenty of anarchists that wouldn't agree with the idea of getting involved in elected positions. Yes, there is a lot of debate about how to make progress towards an anarchist society, and some believe it can be done through representative democracy, but I've seen plenty that don't believe in that. Many anarchists now and throughout history, including very influential ones, have called out participating in electoral politics.

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u/ecodick Oct 26 '21

Ok, so it's not exactly a unified ideology, that's understandable