Showing posts with label totalitarianism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label totalitarianism. Show all posts

IN DEFENSE OF ANTI-STATISM


Among alt-right commentators today, there is a general trend to sneer at libertarianism, as well as its more radical incarnation, anarcho-capitalism. The ultimate source of this cultivated sensibility seems to trace back to two main motivations:

TERRORISM AND TOTALITARIANISM



Modern people have divided the world by using categories which because of their good/ bad nature are allowed to make decisions for people. For example, we all know that terrorism is bad and totalitarianism is bad. Terrorism refers to guerrillas who target civilians so that the media freaks out and makes the terrorist cause more important. Totalitarianism describes any system of government where a central authority manages the daily activities of its citizens in order to keep them obedient and controlled.

We in the West love to talk about how we fight for democracy/ freedom/ peace, which all seem to mean the same thing: our system taking over yours.