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That no society can exist without institutional structures is transparently clear to anyone who has not been stupefied by Stirner and his kind. By denying institutions and democracy, lifestyle anarchism insulates itself from social reality, so that it can fume all the more with futile rage, thereby remaining a subcultural caper for gullible youth and bored consumers of black garments and ecstasy posters. (bold added)To argue that democracy and anarchism are incompatible because any impediment to the wishes of even 'a minority of one' constitutes a violation of personal autonomy is to advocate not a free society but Brown's 'collection of individuals' -- in short, a herd. No longer would 'imagination' come to 'power.' Power, which always exists, will belong either to the collective in a face-to-face and clearly institutionalized democracy, or to the egos of a few oligarchs who will produce a 'tyranny of structurelessness.'

-Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism, Murray Bookchin

The comment about clothing probably refers to Black Blocs, or protesters dressed in black and occasionally dressed in padding and riot gear in order to represent solidarity. What's the ecstasy poster thing about? The first thing that came to my mind is drugs.

(15-05-2010 08:08 AM)Crunkenstein Wrote: [ -> ]That no society can exist without institutional structures is transparently clear to anyone who has not been stupefied by Stirner and his kind. By denying institutions and democracy, lifestyle anarchism insulates itself from social reality, so that it can fume all the more with futile rage, thereby remaining a subcultural caper for gullible youth and bored consumers of black garments and ecstasy posters. (bold added)To argue that democracy and anarchism are incompatible because any impediment to the wishes of even 'a minority of one' constitutes a violation of personal autonomy is to advocate not a free society but Brown's 'collection of individuals' -- in short, a herd. No longer would 'imagination' come to 'power.' Power, which always exists, will belong either to the collective in a face-to-face and clearly institutionalized democracy, or to the egos of a few oligarchs who will produce a 'tyranny of structurelessness.'

-Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism, Murray Bookchin

The comment about clothing probably refers to Black Blocs, or protesters dressed in black and occasionally dressed in padding and riot gear in order to represent solidarity. What's the ecstasy poster thing about? The first thing that came to my mind is drugs.

I do not know what it is all about, my good sir. But it's very interesting, and makes very good points about the inane convolutedness of the various Individualist-Anarchisms.