Kevin Carson has recognized a trend in anarcho-capitalism that he calls "vulgar libertarianism"; libertarians that merely defend today's society minus the state, missing entirely other forms of oppression, including state-sponsered corporations, sexism, racism, etc. I agree entirely, as far as it goes, but I have also recognized a similar trend in social anarchism, what I am going to call "vulgar syndicalism".
Vulgar syndicalists, such as Noam Chomsky, call themselves anarchists while supporting the use of state coercion to break up "private concentrations of power". This actually seems to be a pretty prevalent view, in my limited experience, in the revolutionary left. Carson and others are working to fight against this, but it remains, in my eyes, the biggest obstacle between market anarchists and the radical left.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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I know what you mean. I watched a video earlier on Youtube where Chomsky was pretty strongly implying that he thinks pornography should be banned, at least that's what I got from it.
It's almost like the Marxist belief that taking over the state to make it go away. And we know how well that works.
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