Had an occasion to discuss the future with a self-proclaimed anarchist at a party. Knowing his leanings before hand (how could I not, he practically shouted them from the rooftops every chance he could) I waxed poetic about MY visions of an anarchic future which was something taken straight from all of the Mad Max films I'd seen. I ended my reverie with, "but all I know is, I'll finally get to kill people..."
The look on Anarchy boy's face was priceless. He said, "But that's not what's supposed to happen in Anarchy -- no one will be mean to each other..." he looked as if someone had just strangled his puppy. "That shouldn't happen in my anarchy."
I smiled, "It's what will happen in MY anarchy."
Honestly, I think a lot of these folks have this warm, fuzzy idea of just not having to follow rules. That we'll all share our raisins and our weed and it will be like some big Dead show. We'd all be happy and free if we just didn't have to follow those mean, nasty rules... or something. At least that's what my Anarchist thought, and he could have been just particularly stupid.
He's now married, the father of a beautiful toddler and an adjunct professor at some small college in Boston -- and I don't think he's so much of an anarchist these days.
But he is teaching our children to be anarchists, or leftists at best.
“Honestly, I think a lot of these folks have this warm, fuzzy idea of just not having to follow rules. That we’ll all share our raisins and our weed and it will be like some big Dead show. We’d all be happy and free if we just didn’t have to follow those mean, nasty rules... or something. At least that’s what my Anarchist thought, and he could have been just particularly stupid.”
I don’t think any of them give much thought to what happens after they’ve scavenged the last can of dog food from the remains of the grocery store.
I think that mindset carries over into a lot of Dhim voters. They think some people are going to put extra work in just to get the same slice of pie that sloths get. That “from each/to each” thing doesn’t stand up well to reality.
I do hope your anarchist friend saw enough of the light to become a centrist if not a conservative.
Nicely played!
Without getting into too many specifics, I wanted to post my agreement with your take on these Anarchist types. While in government service, I had the opportunity to “study” groups like The World Can’t Wait. Most of these people are useful idiots to their organizer masters. They believe that everything they want to do should be legal to do, unless of course, that means anything that would infringe on their “rights”. Most come from upper middle class homes, with good parents. Once away at college, they meet these groups at dorm parties and want to feel important. They have no clue as to what real life is all about, nor want to.
That's really the bottom line, isn't it?