This wasn’t clear to me and it doesn’t make much sense in my opinion. Of cause anarchists want anarchy. These words are too closely linked to disentangle them. Some people use a different word for anarchy as in chaos but I would say that anarchy is a broad word meaning “no ruler” which does include states (pun intended) of chaos (tho not war lords because they are also rulers) but also people ruling themselves in councils or what ever. This can be very organized and even conservative (in the sense of difficult to change) but also dynamic and fluctuating.
You guys trying to reclaim it or something?
Yes. I use “anarchism” when both words would work but it’s “anarchy” we ultimately want. Anarchism is the school of thought or movement.
I apologize if this doesn’t sound constructive, but the folks here seem to have the sense of a word that is untethered from average, conversational English, which might make it difficult to propagate the ideas herein. (I assume that is the goal)
Tumblr had the same problem, and it took a decade for language to shift enough to accommodate the message of users over there. Good luck with the chaos!
True, but I agree with the other person.
This wasn’t clear to me and it doesn’t make much sense in my opinion. Of cause anarchists want anarchy. These words are too closely linked to disentangle them. Some people use a different word for anarchy as in chaos but I would say that anarchy is a broad word meaning “no ruler” which does include states (pun intended) of chaos (tho not war lords because they are also rulers) but also people ruling themselves in councils or what ever. This can be very organized and even conservative (in the sense of difficult to change) but also dynamic and fluctuating.
Yes. I use “anarchism” when both words would work but it’s “anarchy” we ultimately want. Anarchism is the school of thought or movement.
I apologize if this doesn’t sound constructive, but the folks here seem to have the sense of a word that is untethered from average, conversational English, which might make it difficult to propagate the ideas herein. (I assume that is the goal)
Tumblr had the same problem, and it took a decade for language to shift enough to accommodate the message of users over there. Good luck with the chaos!