I won't debate you or anything I'm just really curious what some of the main reasons why someone would want the state to beat capitalism rather than defeat capitalism according to anarchist theory. I appreciate anyone who takes the time to answer my question. Hopefully an interesting discussion can be had. EDIT: I appreciate everyone's response. Not exactly a big fan of most of the sentiment but I appreciate those who took the time to help me understand.

  • leftofthat [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I do not know a ton of theory so throw any corrections at my face please. But despite anything I hear or learn about anarchy the biggest core element I always take away is the concept that you should always justify power or violence over others (though differences in word usage and definition I'm sure exist).

    I fucking hate capitalism. But I love democracy. To me, democracy is the rule of the majority. And to me, anarchy then just becomes whether someone's violence is justified by that majority. If you achieve this, then anyone in a position of violence over another with support of less than 50% should automatically step down from that position.

    If that's not "anarchy" to you (and I don't get the sense that it is) then I guess I don't really know what you want enough to know why I probably don't want it.