So soon we are going to begin with
systems or forms of government like
democracy, monarchy,
republic, and many more but before we do
that
let's discuss what if there are no
systems to govern us
at all. So anarchy literally means
absence of government,
in an anarchy there are no laws and
utmost
amount of liberty. Anarchism is against
all forms of authority such as state,
government, institutions, hierarchy,
nationalism and religion.
It believes that an ideal society is a
selfless society
where humans are self-regulated. So in
this video i'll discuss a little bit
about anarchism and we are also going to
look at some case studies as well.
So let's begin!
So anarchism is a political far
left-wing ideology which believes that
authority, hierarchical organizations
and capitalism are a bad influence on
human development
and society. Anarchists believe that a
society should maintain order
through cooperation and non-violence
rather than laws and force of the state.
Most of the scholars call anarchism
nothing more than a utopia.
Now anarchism can be classified into
various categories such as
individualistic anarchism which favors
individual's will
rather than group or society. In contrast
to that there is social anarchism
which put emphasis on community or
society
rather than individual. Now there is also
a middle ground which is known as
mutualism, it advocates free associations,
voluntary contracts. free markets
eliminating profit,
rent and interest. Even though religion
is a source of authority
there are people who believe in
religious anarchism.
According to them religion or god is the
ultimate source of authority
and it should replace state and even
religious institutions such as churches
and temples.
examples of these religious anarchism
are christian anarchism
and ram rajya. Mahatma Gandhi was a
religious anarchist and he believed that
human
are non-violent by nature whereas state
is an organization
that cannot be separated from the
violence. Next we have anarcho-communism
which literally believes in the same
goal as Marxist communism
that is creating a stateless moneyless
and free society,
the only difference between these two is
that they take different part
to reach the same goal. Next we have
 anarcho-feminism
which believes that patriarchy and
traditional gender roles are
manifestations of hierarchy
and it should be decentralized. Then we
have
anarcho-pacifism which believes social
changes should be brought by peaceful
methods
rather than violent revolutions. There
are a lot of other variations of
anarchism,
however they are not that important so
i'm gonna skip them.
so let's move on to the big question
that is, has anarchism ever worked?
To answer this question we are going to
look at two cases of anarchism-:
first is the Spanish civil war and the
second is the anarchy situation
which was recently occurred in USA. Let's
have a look at the spanish revolution of
1936.
during the spanish civil war anarchists
in cities like barcelona
and madrid carried out a lot of reforms
such as collectivization
of land and industry, healthy working
conditions for workers, many industries
which did not have proper equipment or
proper ventilation were shut down,
women were liberated and they were
granted education,
marriage, and abortion rights. Well all
these things sounds pretty good but it
had a dark side as well.
Since anarchists were against the
authority and the oldest form of
authority was religion, they nearly
killed 6000
 religious officials such as priests,
nun, and monks.
Prisoners were set free and sent to kill
judges, police, money lenders
or any other persons who belong to any
authority.
Some historians believe that some
collectivization of land was done
forcefully, land owners gave their land
to anarchists
to save their own lives. Even though
women were given rights,
they were still treated as inferior to
men, they were paid less
and weren't allowed in important
organizations.
Now let's have a look at the recent
anarchy situation
that took place in the united states as
'CHAZ'.
So 'CHAZ' stands for capitol hill
autonomous zone,
it was located in Seattle city in
washington state
and it was created by black lives matter
group after the death of George Floyd,
an African american man, who was brutally
killed by the cops.
Some people from the blm group took over
the capitol hill police department
and occupied an area of six blocks and
declared it as a separate country at
first
and later declared it as an autonomous
zone.
The whole area was under an anarchy for
a month,
the area was totally controlled by these
protesters.
police was not allowed in this
autonomous zone and they have their own
security force,
which were basically armed protesters.
let's talk about their economy,
so these people were relying on
donations and charity from outside,
so instead of doing something they were
relying on other people.
They also cultivated a vegetable garden
to boost up their economy
and they also set up two medical
stations to deliver basic medical care.
Let's have a look at the demands made by
CHAZ.
So first is 100% abolition of Seattle
police department and court,
Second, ban of guns and right shields
against protesters.
Third, reparations for victims of police
brutality.
Fourth, retrials for all people of color,
who are currently serving a prison
sentence for violent crimes
by a jury of their peers in their
community.
These are some of the demands made by
ChAZ, if you want to know all the demands
the list is in the description.
The zone was recaptured by the
government on first of July,
during this whole month four shooting
took place within the zone
several got injured and two were killed.
There were also several cases of sexual
assaults within the zone as well.
To conclude, I would like to say that
anarchy at large scale is not a viable
option,
we are talking about millions of people
without a leash
and it would be really ambitious to
think these people will cooperate and
co-exist willingly
without any laws or regulations or
authority.
Even small areas would be arduous to
manage.
We can see the examples set by the CHAZ,
it was only six block
area and they couldn't keep it together.
I think we can only achieve anarchism in
a fantasy world,
here it will bring nothing but death and
destruction.
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