Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 20:26:14 +0000
From: Iain McKay <iain.mckay-AT-zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: So What the Hell is "Left Anarchy"?


hello all

Mumpsimus wrote:
> 
> jah-AT-iww.org writes:
>         I agree, but what is "leftism"?  Recognizing that you are a worker?
>         Working with working class people?  If we stop doign that, whats
>         the point of being an anarchist anymore?
> SnoWStorM01-AT-aol.com wrote:
>        I was thinking about that kind of thing alot at work tonight.  I was
>        wondering if working under a capitalist establishment, and working
>        for the governments cause made me a hypocrite.  After alot of
>        debating, I finally justified my actions.  I decided that although I
>        am striving for a way out, I am a slave under the system currently.
> 
> Is someone holding a gun to your head or did you freely agree to
> exchange a portion of your life to another?

when the alternative is starvation (or at best grinding misery) you
don't need a gun at your head to sell your time to another.
 
<snip>
 
> Circular and religious.
> Your options are to trade for what you need OR force others to provide
> for you as your slave OR rely upon the kindness of others.

Or, then again, another class can own all the land and capital so
ensuring
that others are forced by necessity to "trade" their liberty for the
right
to be exploited and ordered about.

Thats the thing about right-"libertarians" they cannot see the wood for
the trees...

Iain