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| 1 | [empty string] | 1814 |
| 2 | "Anarchism" is a word that unites people who actually have nothing in common, and divides people from other libertarian socialists who they should be working with. | 1 |
| 3 | "The Party's capital is the people" - Kai Murros, 2001 | 1 |
| 4 | (A) | 2 |
| 5 | (A)(P)(E) | 1 |
| 6 | ....I'm a nursing student and I'm broke. If I had what Jay-z would pay for a watch...I can go to school and help my family with the things that they need. My mother has been working 3 jobs forever...and now she is tired, and I wanna give her a break....her "struggle" is killing her, and I see it, in the back of her eyes...I've existed in New York from birth and we have nothing to show for it. I am heartbroken with the waste...and greed. | 1 |
| 7 | 1. "Male" is not a gender. It is a sex. "Masculine" is a gender. 2. Your concept of "class" is sociological, not economic, and thus inadequate for political analysis. 3. Maoism is a species of Stalinism. 4. While there's a link between my politics & my diet, it's a weak one. 5. Many issues are important, as are many arenas of struggle. The decisive arena, however, is the workplace. And I'm prepared to argue my position with anyone. In a comradely manner - but without backing off. | 1 |
| 8 | 1. You should begin at the top with the following: the demographic questions are not trick questions: we understand that no self-respecting anarchist would ordinarily answer these questions, particularly for a state-sponsored survey. However, our aims are to help everyone realize, understand and learn more about the other anarchists out there, so please answer all the demographic questions you feel comfortable with. 2. I think "some college" should be an option, as in many other surveys. This is important: many of us dropped out of college for reasons pertinent to our cause; some even became anarchists in college. 3. Which leads to my next suggestion: a good question could be: at what stage in your life did you begin to embrace anarchism? A)Childhood: my parents raised me anarchist; B)K-8; C)high school D)undergrad E)grad/postgrad F)I was in the workforce, but not yet "settled down"; G) In the workforce, married with children; H)Other. 4. Great Survey! 5. | 1 |
| 9 | 1.We need to do a better job of talking across generation gaps. 2.We need to do a better job of being positive and polite. 3.Great job with this. It was a lot of fun and I appreciate it. All power to the workers' councils. | 1 |
| 10 | 50% lARGELY INAPPLICABLE IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE US | 1 |
| 11 | 9/11 was an inside job | 1 |
| 12 | A brief description of different forms of anarchy might help those who aren't familiar. A follow up to certain questions that asks 'How strongly do you feel about this position/answer/etc.?' Might be helpful. I was surprised to see some of the entries for 'important issues'. | 1 |
| 13 | A lot of past anarchist and political ideologies had a good idea but had no idea how to achieve it. With the advent of information technologies, there is now a tool to achieve it but it's still being wielded by the inexperienced. | 1 |
| 14 | A lot of the questions here are pretty loaded. Others are simply confusing. But in general it's a good initiative, congratulations! | 1 |
| 15 | A survey like tihs is long overdue. Bravo | 1 |
| 16 | A true anarchist is non-violent and peaceful. | 1 |
| 17 | About the question 'Do you think anarchists should be atheists?': I had to answer 'Yes', even though I do not consider myself atheist. I think it matters that anarchist do not believe in a 'God' and do not consider themselves religious. But the term 'atheism' is not adequate. Atheists put serious thought into the question of the existence of 'God', and put an answer to that question. But I don't even think about considering that question in the first place, which means I am not an atheist. Most of the anarchists I know define themselves as agnosticists or ignosticists; not as atheists. | 1 |
| 18 | Actually, I rather liked this survey. Peace. :) | 1 |
| 19 | Again I'm more of a minarchist than an anarchist. At the local level, anarchy is ideal, but on a national level there should be an objective view of fair law. Ideally though, I think the whole world should consist of locally controlled, functional communities. | 1 |
| 20 | against me! sucks now. i listened to a song from their newest album and it made my ears bleed. i think that underground music and music in general (which varies wherever you go) plays an important role in inspiring anarchism. or something like that. anyways, great survey and have a nice day! | 1 |
| 21 | Agitate Educate Organise ! | 1 |
| 22 | Agitate Educate Organize | 1 |
| 23 | Agora. Anarchy. Action. | 1 |
| 24 | Agorism is the most likely means of revolution for achieving liberty. Agora! Anarchy! Action! | 1 |
| 25 | alas, i didn't have time to ponder some of the fill-in-the-blank questions. sorry about that. cheers. | 1 |
| 26 | All about the netwroking and the proliferation of symbols and slogans through society. if we can make it appear as if there are more of us then there are, and we are doing something people will take note. mass graff, stickering, flyering is needed. | 1 |
| 27 | All anarchists should come together and be open with each other instead of dismissing each other as "not true anarchists" to see where some common ground can be explored. A unified anarchist opposition to militarism, for example, might make for a powerful coalition indeed. While I happen to believe that certain strands of anarchism are either not true anarchism (such as anarcho-communism) or, to be blunt, retarded and anti-humanist (primitivism), I recognize that that's a debate for a saner society to see. | 1 |
| 28 | All currents are valuable, our diversity can be our strength if we can stop tearing eachother down with no constructively critical purpose. | 1 |
| 29 | All I've got to say is...anarchism, partially as definition and mostly as necessity, can have no limits. There is no right or wrong -- for anarchism and it's practice or anything else. There is simply what works for one person, family, group, culture, etc.. and what doesn't. Of course the world is not EVER going to be homogenized into a singular expressible anarchistic society, mainly because the anarchists that I know could never quite agree on what that society would look like, anyway. Labels are bullshit, and definitions and stereotypes aren't any better. It appears to me that so many anarchists ply themselves and their cohorts with a piecemeal morality and system of rules that at times are more strict that those of the systems they claim to be against. When anarchism becomes less of a fashion statement and an post-uni elitist mental vacation, then maybe anarchistic tenets can become more real-world applicable. I love human beings...people! For anarchism to be fruitful, anarchists can't forget about the other 99% of PEOPLE in society that don't consider themselves anarchistic. And what's with the specifically Marxist questions? Are you anarchracist? ;) | 1 |
| 30 | all struggles ultimately come down to class struggle, speaking to our neighbours and workmates and organising on this basis is way may productive then protests and ideological groups, though a lot harder to do, with much more indifference and frustration, ultimately we shouldn't let the movement take over our lives at the expense of our happiness, power to the workers | 1 |
| 31 | Although most anarchists are serious, they are not serious enough and most people move on once they are into their twenties and get jobs. I am one of the few older anarchists still around and I am more of a commie these days than an anarchist. When we have anarchist retirement homes and can take care of our elders and our infants, then I will begin to thing anarchism is maturing. As it stands it is just phase of growing up for idealistic future social workers not for serious revolutionaries. | 1 |
| 32 | An-caps need to be removed and their self-framing as anarchists should be called out whenever possible. Bakunin, Kropotkin, the CNT-FAIsts et al would cringe reading their ideology. | 1 |
| 33 | Anarchism - just do it! | 1 |
| 34 | Anarchism and mental health should be touched upon. I know a lot of anarchists get into it because of being angry at society due to addictions, depression, bipolar disorder, or eating disorders (that's me eh :( ) I just think it's too prominent to be ignored. | 1 |
| 35 | Anarchism doesn't address every aspect of human self-liberation, and its anti-marxist attitude is one big weakness. I think all that is usable of anarchism should be integrated into a broader human self-liberation movement. | 1 |
| 36 | anarchism has tended to over focus on the state and class. anarchism in its most basic form should be about empowering people to manage their lives in cooperation with others via social institutions | 1 |
| 37 | Anarchism in the UK must cohere and work together in a way that it has not done thus far. It must experiment with a diveristy of organisational structures, but always operating under the premise that strength in numbers is crucial. Otherwise we have isolated anarchists working toward different ends withouth communication or creativity. | 1 |
| 38 | Anarchism is a broken word I believe, most people identify it as "chaos" or "communist" or "insurrectionary". I don't think using it will be beneficial for a stateless society in the long run. I also don't think using morality to justify a stateless society is beneficial. We must only appeal to people's values and utility, not to "oughts" or emotional words like "evil" or "immoral". The free market is the most efficient mode of economic organization ever known to man. | 1 |
| 39 | Anarchism is a diverse way of live (yes, it is) & form of organisation. | 1 |
| 40 | Anarchism is affected by the dominant ideology as any current can be nowadays. | 1 |
| 41 | Anarchism is away of life and its true freedom for everyones individuality and way of thinking, once apon atime there was a world with out kings,queens & governments but that was when the world was far more barbaric and did not understand the ways of things. This day and age we are more civilized then 50 years ago and beyond, we do not need any form of government institutions. there are places in the world where is no government hovering over them and they have pure freedom and they don't pay taxes or any services because everyone takes care of eachother as equals, they all teach the young as they grow up and teach them the way of life and all the other stuff. The government(s) that we all see today is not necessary, we do not need them, and yes I know what some of you are about to say " what about our countries defense " ,We don't need it to be honest with you, it is the government that starts the wars before the wars even started with their greed for more land and power,this so called "terrorists" are not after you or me but they are only trying to prove a point to the government because the government is the only one that is going to thier country and killing innocent people in their cities & towns.Also the government is robbing the citizens of their country every day,week, month & year with taxes that constantly getting higher each year and so they can spent money on the country defense in weaponry that cost you and me billion apon billions of dollors to make and yet we have a free health care system in which we still have to pay for, even in countries that have universal health care are still paying for it with taxes, our health in more important then government weaponry. In a anarchism world, people will have a equal voice & equal opportunities to become anything that their dreams desire,also alot of people say that anarchy = chaos, but that is also a false statment. anarchy does not mean chaos,it means pure freedom for the human race for familys,friends a | 1 |
| 42 | Anarchism is based on mutual toleration of all the people. | 1 |
| 43 | Anarchism is certainly a broad term, and I'm not sure how I fit in within this term. I typically root for the underdog and question authority constantly, (it put me in jail recently). Rules and rulers are terrible things to live under, especially when the system rarely understands the individual. In a perfect society, a child might say, "When I grow up, I want to be a police officer!", -and the responsible parent would promptly discourage this twisted thinking. | 1 |
| 44 | Anarchism is often mistaken for the belief and support of anarchy. Anarchy is total chaos... that is not the idea in anarchism... the idea in anarchism is that we all have unlimited rights, and are ultimately responsible for ourselves. Now that means that a persn has the right to kill anothr person, yes, but, the ideal gioal is that nobody would want to, because they're too busy enjoying the now and living their own way to give two turds what the heck other people are doing, let alone kill other people. And besides, if a mass-murderer popped up, or any violence at all, for that matter, the system wouldn't work, and those ofus who have a brain knowthat... so peace must be established before anarchism, and not forced peace, but rather 100% voluntary peace where everyone chooses to volunteer. I don't think the human race is ready for that kind of responsibility, it's like giving a two-year-old a gun and telling them to be safe... they dn't know any better. Some might, but most don't know howto comprehend what you say. With any luck, the New Human Spiritual Society will help bring us a step closer to being able to work towards an anarchistic society. Thank you for your patience and interest in what I personally have to say. This opportunity means volumes to me, to the point where I personally no longer wish to remain anonymous. Your Fellow Human, Shane Blodgett, Age 20 | 1 |
| 45 | Anarchism is only come about through a process of slow evolution. | 1 |
| 46 | Anarchism is the most moral, ethical and plain common sense theory in the world and that's what we need to show people! No one but the rich really trusts politicians, no one but the stupid want to be told what to do and everyone want to be free and happy! Anarchists should be prepared to be visible in their communities, doing positive things and actively demonstrating what anarchism means. Another world is possible, but we won't get there following 'vanguard parties' or dead Russians! | 1 |
| 47 | Anarchism is the most trenchant praxis in dealing with exploitation and oppression, but despite its universality, it is not totalitarian; rather it is flexible, and responsive to a human-dimensioned politics grounded in cultural and local realities. | 1 |
| 48 | Anarchism is the only fair and responsible ideologi, but it will never happen. The ones in power are too strong and the people too stupid/selfish/disillusioned. | 1 |
| 49 | Anarchism must understand and work with labor and the red movement or nothing will get done and we will just fight for the rest of our lives. | 1 |
| 50 | Anarchism needs to come out of the backwoods of scenes and subcultures and start organizing inside the social movements and on its own. I am an anarchist but don't often care to work with/identify with/deal with other anarchists outside of my union work because I can't stand the bickering and ideological bullshit. No one cares about what we think about ourselves if we can't get out there and organize the working class. | 1 |
| 51 | Anarchism should always be about opposing oppression and the systems of oppression (capitalism, government, patriarchy, white supremacy, animal products, etc.). These systems of oppression are about dominance and authority over the oppressed groups. | 1 |
| 52 | Anarchism will fail is we continue to associate with lifestylism. | 1 |
| 53 | Anarchism will only succeed when the ideas are no longer stuck in the academic ivory towers or sub-cultural "scenes" but participate in and spread through mass movements and the general working-class population. | 1 |
| 54 | Anarchism, Marxism and all forms of socialism must unite. We are universally opposed to capitalism, unequal distribution of power and the state. Together, by forming co-operatives and engaging in mutual aid, we the proletarians can subvert and replace bourgeois society. | 1 |
| 55 | Anarchist/indigenous solidarity is an extremely important issue, anarchists should get informed about the relationships of colonization that exist locally around them, and about the struggles of local indigenous/colonized peoples for liberation. Euro-American anarchist settlers in particular should also look into their own family's past history, they will find that everyone's family was once indigenous somewhere and Europeans were some of the first people in history to be colonized. And let's get real about sustainability: "green energy" is anything but sustainable. | 1 |
| 56 | anarchists and socialists should unite. Apart we are nothing and we have so much in common. Or enemy is the same, and anarchism and communism are the same state of society. the only disagreement is the route and history will show us that. | 1 |
| 57 | Anarchists are a community group and we defend it and that's all, we defend our history, our myth, our culture our political culture, our art, our way of life, our flag and hymn... we're a think tanks for experimental capitalism. I don't think anarchist are dangerous for the establisment. they enjoy us. We're not a political movment, we're a cultural movment, but our culture is the political fight. i'm so angery. have a nice night, love and rage good fight | 1 |
| 58 | Anarchists are too cut off from the real struggles of everyday people, being mostly white, middle class brats. We need to connect with our communities and serve them, and by building alternative institutions crowd out and delegitimize the state. We also need to recognize which elements of the status quo are most damaging (war / corporatism / state dependence) and build consensus around a single or small set of problems rather than articulating a thousand different rigid ideologies, all prescribing different ills and solutions. I'm for pluralism but if we all identify as anarchists we should be able to identify the biggest threats and work with people we don't always agree with on fighting those threats. | 1 |
| 59 | Anarchists need to seize the eco-crisis as the last great chance for the social revolution. If it fails, so does humanity. | 1 |
| 60 | Anarchists need to use new forms of media to spread the philosophy. We need to do many things. Refocus on every day life, rather than politics of this or that tendency. Our interactions need to be outwardly focused. We don't need to write letters and critiques to each other, but form organizations that communicate with the larger mass of people and bring new-comers into it. Also, every country and society is different, so people outside the US or West need to understand that they shouldn't copy or try to learn from Western anarchists, since these are the least anarchistic societies, have the most individualism and social problems, including the anarchists that live inside those societies. People should be positive and dedicated be in it to win it. | 1 |
| 61 | Anarchists should stop acting like fucking hipsters and start the revolution. | 1 |
| 62 | anarchy and other philosophies should be taught in public school and be more easily accessible in various communities. and more discussions should reach more diverse personalities on the topic of modernity and anarchism. i havent met many other anarchists who are truely educated and open to debate and conversation on it. | 1 |
| 63 | anarchy faggs por vida | 1 |
| 64 | Anarchy is a philosophy, with a moral and a social and political outview. But it also has bombs, guns and robery in its past. | 1 |
| 65 | Anarchy is merely the application of elementary moral principles, common to pretty much every culture, to all spheres of life. 1. all cultures/societies/personal relationships/whatever have some anarchy/free & equitable relations 2. all cultures/societies/personal relationships/whatever have some hierarchy/domination/exploitation There is no perfect anarchist society. Anarchism is the constant struggle for #1, against #2 | 1 |
| 66 | anarchy is the solution | 1 |
| 67 | Anarcists should try t be self employed, or work collectively. | 1 |
| 68 | ANIMAL RIGHTS | 1 |
| 69 | Any anarchists that tries to dictate others on how to view the world or the way it should be shaped, is not an anarchist but a fascist in disguise. | 1 |
| 70 | Any system in which liberty is promoted, equality enabled, enlightenment protected, and in which the constituent individuals are not oppressed by principles they do not adhere to. | 1 |
| 71 | Apathy isn't anarchism, but it also isn't not anarchism. | 1 |
| 72 | are versions in other languages forthcoming? | 1 |
| 73 | Are we more numerous than ever? Why can't we see the consequences? | 1 |
| 74 | As for the timescales on when anarchism can be achieved, I'm either we reach the technological singularity and all bets are off, or we continue gradually as we do today, and after enough iterations anarchism will be refined enough theoretically and we will have the courage to try it out. The key is in the economy. | 1 |
| 75 | As I've grown older I've also grown further from any direct connection to anarchism. It is no longer something I consider part of my daily life. However, I feel I'll always identify with the anarchist tradition. | 1 |
| 76 | As much as i believe anarchism is the best option (without sounding holier-than-thou) for society, i understand that society will most likely never accept it. But it would be cool to see a commune pop up in Houston (i don't actually live in the city, so i'm not sure if there already is one.) Peace and Love y'all. | 1 |
| 77 | Best wishes! Thanks for putting such effort into this survey. | 1 |
| 78 | Best wishes. | 1 |
| 79 | Better not be just agitation. | 1 |
| 80 | big language barrier! in germany, people following the communist idea, and thus calling themselves communists, are totally the same like the people calling themselves anarchists in other geographical regions(iceland, uk ...) the survey shuld ask more for the content of the ideas instead of title. good idea though! | 1 |
| 81 | Bizarre you ask no question about kids and raising them. | 1 |
| 82 | bout time! :) | 1 |
| 83 | bring it on | 1 |
| 84 | Buddhism is not necessarily a religion in terms of being in opposition to atheism. A Buddhist may be an atheist. So I've chosen that I don't consider myself spiritual and that anarchists should be atheists, but I sympathize with Buddhism. | 1 |
| 85 | Can't wait to see the results of the survey! | 1 |
| 86 | Capitalism can't go on. Some economy theoricals and employees claim that capitalism will be brought down after 30 years from now. Have courage, it will be our time to strike then. Be feminist. | 1 |
| 87 | Chomsky's recent observations on the failure of the libertarian socialists in the United States to provide answers to the disillusioned working class are accurate and important. | 1 |
| 88 | Collectivism is not anarchism. It is the opposite. It is the rule of the total state and total violence. | 1 |
| 89 | Contemporary anarchism ignores the rapid advancement of technology at its own peril. | 1 |
| 90 | Contemporary anarchism is too sectarian | 1 |
| 91 | Contemporary anarchism should keep its distance from individalistic tendencies and come closer to classic libertarian socialism. | 1 |
| 92 | Contemporary anarchism, in the U.S. at least, could benefit from studying intersectionality, as traditionally, anarchism has not had nuanced analyses of social oppression. | 1 |
| 93 | Crimethinc isn't it's own type of anarchism. Folks involved in that project are anarchists without adjetives, platformists, primitivists, insurrectionsts, and on and on. Crimethinc bashing is so 5 years ago. let's give 'em a break yeah? | 1 |
| 94 | Criticisms of the survey itself. 1. The religion section implies that all religions are theistic. They are not. Buddhism and Taoism have well established and strong traditions of anti-state sentiment and other anarchist elements. 2. The list of anarchist writers was extremely limited and reflective of the Eurocentricity which is so widespread in anarchist circles today. 3. The questions on lifestyle issues were hugely biased in the way they were worded. | 1 |
| 95 | Did an undergraduate create it? (not to be rude but really) Don't look now but your BIAS is showing! Take some time to seriously review the Austrians (if you don't know what that means why are you even here?) like I did. I challenge my beliefs/assumptions/knowledge all the time and I couldn't find problems of inconsistency or violations of logic and their application of their framework is both temporal and spatial universal & relevant. | 1 |
| 96 | Did I mention that I hate academic anarchists. | 1 |
| 97 | Do not allow anger to drive a movement. If the Americans can create a social change based on hope, then surely the rest of the world can manage it. | 1 |
| 98 | economics is the key | 1 |
| 99 | educate agitate organize | 1 |
| 100 | Education is the most important thing. Encouraging children to think with understanding and give them the ability to communicate relevantly to one another would bring a generation of intellectual thought to the problems we face today. | 1 |
| 101 | even though i think some sub-movements are made of madmen, the ultimate and classical goal of anarchism necessitates unity up through the revolution. also, realistic transhumanists and free software activists should get more love. | 1 |
| 102 | Everyone must be considered when making decisions, including the idiots and people I disagree with. Everybody who is affected by an action must be considered at the rate at which they are affected by that action. All is good as long as it is sustainable in the long run and it is healthy for all affected in the long run. | 1 |
| 103 | Exhausting and frustrating the limitations of the current authoritarian institutions will raise the popular consciousness necessary to dismantle them. While strong reform is continually being pressed, the cultivation and dispersion of prefigurative social structures (intentional communities, collectives, affinity groups, etc.) is necessary to prepare for the post-reformist transition. | 1 |
| 104 | Fair play on organising this survey. See you on the barricades. | 1 |
| 105 | fewer surveys | 2 |
| 106 | Fight the power or die. | 1 |
| 107 | First questions in this survey should be removed. | 1 |
| 108 | Food sovereignty! Sustainable autonomous communities! Grocery stores are the manifestation of all evil! | 1 |
| 109 | For a quiz on modern anarchism, it seems overly focused on literature of older forms of anarchism. I didn't even recognize many of the authors and terms presented, and didn't have time to Wiki them all. Furthermore, this quiz virtually ignores the anarcho-capitalist movement, which I thought was a large part of the modern anarchy landscape. | 1 |
| 110 | For an ideology to be effective, it must have internally consistent ideas, clear, reachable goals, and carefully delineated behavior boundaries. Shedding inconsistent ideas leaves a useful core of truth, from which new and compound thoughts can arise. Well-defined goals and boundaries make effective theorizing from this bedrock possible. This is why (real) anarchism draws so heavily from Marx; ideas, goals, and boundaries were defined very well by Marx. I believe it would greatly behoove the anarchist movement to reacquaint itself with the works of Marx. | 1 |
| 111 | for education you should have an option for technical training. I have a trade outside of high school education, it kind of makes me sad that this is not considered education by most people. (not that I really care but I expect a bit more from comrades) other than that I think you folks did a great job and I appreciate the work you are doing with this. Solidarity from Canada | 1 |
| 112 | for information about singularitarian agorism, contact your local black dragon affiliates. | 1 |
| 113 | For me anarchism is more like an ethical reaction on oppression. Its theories are amazingly weak and out-dated, but at the same time inspiring. Its practice and successes are often unexplainable even for the participants :) | 1 |
| 114 | For me to get interested in history of the world and philosophy history can be good for the anatchist thought | 1 |
| 115 | For social revolution. | 1 |
| 116 | forward to the fuck fest | 1 |
| 117 | Free individuals are needed. We must help each other to emancipate. | 1 |
| 118 | free knowledge! | 1 |
| 119 | Free the Markets - Free the People! | 1 |
| 120 | free your life | 1 |
| 121 | fuck anarchocapitalists | 1 |
| 122 | Fuck the primmies, fuck the the ancaps, and fuck the fucking lifestylists that think eating trash is revolutionary. | 1 |
| 123 | fuck your survey fuck your mom etc... to the trenches or to the fences. bitches. i will never dies. generally speaking keep your dukes up. my blood is meant to boil. death cannot be stopped. neither can humanity. 1 year or 1000. something something the future is unwritten. something something Thompson is dead. moving from the 1 to the 0 or vice versa, is inevitable. history repeats itself. something something the tao that can be spoken :read typed: is not tao. if you haven't deleted this and all other survey entries by now fuck you. | 1 |
| 124 | Getting older, many of us choose to follow a more socially acceptable path for many reasons. It can be isolating, though. Younger anarchists mistrust are normal clothes and normal lives. The older lifestylers - well, maybe they think we betrayed ourselves or them. It is non-productive to isolate us, though, if we are still committed and willing. | 1 |
| 125 | Give a place in the survey where you can research some of the terms...some of the terms I am not familiar with and could not make an informed decision. | 1 |
| 126 | glad you're doing the survey | 1 |
| 127 | God is not a Master - he is a Friend in the struggle for liberation. We can be completely free only whe we understand we are spiritual beings. Why? Becuase only then we will get free even from human identification - we are units of free, antimaterial spirits!:)) | 1 |
| 128 | Going nowhere, too much a placeholder for discontents that don't want to be in the classical party system, we're gonna be the next scapegoat, worse than current muslim scapegoat. | 1 |
| 129 | Good contribution! Don't worry about haters crying about "security culture". We'll never make progress if we don't understand ourselves/our movement and if we can't talk about things relatively openly. Just be smart. | 1 |
| 130 | Good idea guys, keep going. Look forward results... Also, if you will have time and won't be bothered, it could be nice to see statistics... Especially I am interested about places - where people believe in what:-) If you want, I will be glad to translate form to Czech language -> krtek@riseup.net | 1 |
| 131 | Good idea to do the survey! | 1 |
| 132 | Good idea. I'm looking forward to the survey. | 1 |
| 133 | Good luck | 1 |
| 134 | Good luck! | 3 |
| 135 | good luck! will be interested to see your findings x | 1 |
| 136 | Good luck, I think we need it! | 1 |
| 137 | Good luck. | 2 |
| 138 | good on you for doing this - I look forward to hearing the results. We will get there but we have to have more faith in ourselves, our resources and communities. Once we get past the usual frostiness and she said he said crap that often dominates small communities on the fringes who knows what's possible. For now we need to communicate with one another more freely, network with other anarchist groups and comrades and get the idea's and actions out among the people around us. | 1 |
| 139 | Good survey, looking forward to the results. Good luck in your struggles | 2 |
| 140 | Google agorism | 1 |
| 141 | Governments are the enemy, not special interest groups. | 1 |
| 142 | great idear! please lemme know when and where i can view the data? thanks chris sleekmountaincat@gmail.com | 1 |
| 143 | Great question. I have no idea. Oh wait, on this survey, For almost every question there was a box you could type in to be more specific/add extra thoughts. Despite the fact that we are sometimes a fucking wordy bunch and that is maybe annoying, it would be nice if there was one on *every* question. Just in case. You know. :) | 1 |
| 144 | great survey | 1 |
| 145 | great survey. | 1 |
| 146 | happy to partake | 1 |
| 147 | have a lovely evening. | 1 |
| 148 | Heh. It seems shorter than it did while I was building it :D | 1 |
| 149 | Hey, I would like to see the aggregate results of the survey somewhere :) | 1 |
| 150 | hope you get a lot of usefull ansers. help others, let others help you | 1 |
| 151 | How about "Which of these tactics / practices do you consider the most FUN" ? :) | 1 |
| 152 | How do we know this isn't falling into the hands of anti-anarchist forces, eh? Obviously I answered these questions with that in mind. | 1 |
| 153 | http://shadow-of-mars.livejournal.com/5132.html | 1 |
| 154 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMAS2S51bM8&feature=related | 1 |
| 155 | I agree that anarchism does, to some degree, violate human nature. But since human nature is inherently self-destructive, any long-term society will have to violate it somewhat. This means we will need a great number of people who are completely dedicated to anarchism in order for it to work. These people need to be willing to lay down their lives to crush any rising power in an anarchist world. Right now, I don't think there are enough of us for a successful revolution to take place, so it's acceptable to temporarily ally with non-anarchist factions (Marxists, liberals, etc.) for the greater good. But we should still educate and arm as many anarchists and sympathizers as possible in preparation for the day we'll have to fight. | 1 |
| 156 | I agree with Anarchist Without Adjectives, I think we should focus on getting rid of the state. I am against forced socialization of property, that is coercion. | 1 |
| 157 | I am a little disgusted with in fighting but I think we all are. How do we stop fighting among each other? Perhaps this internal divide can explain why we accomplish nothing. We've become a marginal and almost useless social movement doing things only to satisfy our own small peer groups. The Average Anarchist has almost no experience radicalizing the outside world. I'm jaded I guess. | 1 |
| 158 | I am a piecemeal social reformist due to degree in history [and philosophy] teaching me of the dangers of power vacuums, imposed change, etc: i think revolution as usually defined is self-defeating. I think that we need time to alter things, but time is one thing we are running out of fast (cf: Club of Rome report, 1972 and then 40 yrs of relative inaction). So, pessimistic at the moment. But, a guarantee of failure is giving up so will bloody mindedly carry on regardless. | 1 |
| 159 | I am disappointed, actually, in the perceptual need for imposed labels in this survey. It is almost as if the author(s) have concentrated on the popular definitions of anarchism, rather than on the meaning and accomplishment of actual self-determination. In other words How shall I be directed to select one form of anarchism over another? Are these labels the only available choices? Each individual, in a true anarchism (where an-archism means without forced government) shall, be their own priest / priestess. It is not coincidental, to my mind, that the root word "arch" means "against." Profound food for thought, I think. But such a circumstance requires (there's that word again) that all people assume responsibility for themselves, and act upon it with constant intent. | 1 |
| 160 | I am new to this. I have only been politically minded for about 3 years. I have only within the last 3 months started moving towards the anarchist lifestyle. This survey has taught me that I still have a lot to learn. | 1 |
| 161 | I am not that into labels but I see the anarchist toolkit as very important & going to be useful in the future. Mutual aid and skill sharing, infoshop, indymedia and open university structures raise the common level for everyone while avoiding hierarchies. Open Source software and soon micro-fabrication, local communities over shady Statism & establishment schemes! | 1 |
| 162 | I am so thrilled that there are enough anarchists out there that someone is conducting a survey of us! | 1 |
| 163 | I am still learning and I am grateful for online communities and resources like this one that help me to connect to and learn from other like-minded individuals. I look forward to seeing the results of this survey. | 1 |
| 164 | I am sure you are aware that most anarchist views are nuanced and do not fit the standard rubric of a multiple-choice survey. I am happy that you put text boxes that allow me to expound on my views. Thanks! | 1 |
| 165 | I believe continued alienation, social or political or physical or mental or any other kind, is the main trigger for one to re-consider one's place in life and that any sort of anti-establishment/anarchistic ideals and actions stem from this alienation. | 1 |
| 166 | I believe in no system but the ecosystem, and the destruction of cities. | 1 |
| 167 | I believe in the so-called 'thin red line' meaning there are very few groups and organizations whom I would consider unconditional comrades. However, that line extends most all of libertarian communism including council communists, left communists, anarcho syndicalists, and anarcho communists. | 1 |
| 168 | I believe that anarchists can live among pro-government people in harmony, but nobody in any party/subset wants to give it a try because of their intolerance. It doesn't have to be all or nothing, but hate makes everyone blind to options and "how it could actually work." | 1 |
| 169 | I believe that anti- and pro-market anarchists need to sit down and dialogue. I started as doctrinaire Marxist, became a libertarian Marxist, and finally embrace anarcho-communism and anarcho-syndicalism. But after reading Kevin Carson, I came to see how markets can be expressions of spontaneous order and can even help subvert hierarchy. That said, a lot of the anarcho-capitalists are absolute bastards and just what the stereotype says they are. Still, there are people at the C4SS who are pretty close to social anarchism while providing some great contributions to anarchism proper. We should talk more and yell less. I think we should also be wary of straying into vanguard politics. If we want an anarchist society, we need to convince people it's worthwhile, and that means being civil, and addressing people as persons, like in Rexroth's atheistic version of Buber's dialogic principle. The state is as much a psychological condition as anything else, and you can't address that with violence. You have to convince people they don't need the state. | 1 |
| 170 | I believe that the relationship between Anarchism and Marxism has been overly demonised by both sides. Marx himself had a very complex relationship with Anarchism, in fact it could be argued that he was a 'gradualist' Anarchist utilising the state as a medium of self-destruction alongside the fall of Capitalism (for Marx the state and capitalism were two sides of the same coin, like many Anarchists). So called 'Orthodox Marxism', as demonstrated by Laclau and Mouffe, was not developed by Marx at all (Kautsky, Pekharov and the Second International mainly shaped such essentialist theories) and I personally believe he would have opposed the hyper-socialist dangerously authoritarian approach adopted by practical theorists and revolutionaries in the 20th century. As such I politely refuse the label 'Communism' or 'Marxist' for many of the modern socialist revolutions. | 1 |
| 171 | I believe that we alienate many people from the struggle by using 'anarchist' lingo and forgetting that we are people just like they are. We are no better or more socially conscious than any non-anarchist out there. The people we need to talk with the most are those percieved enemies and the people closest to us. Inquilab zindabad! | 1 |
| 172 | I could fill a book. To be honest, I have. I'm just not that bloody interesting so I'll leave it at this. | 1 |
| 173 | I did not enjoy this survey so much, I think it was constructed to validate sectarian positions. | 1 |
| 174 | I did not understand some of the terms but still think I am an anarchist even though I don't have much time for reading theory books or studying. (I don't think you need to be an intellectual to be an anarchist. I think intellectuals who can communicate so that everyone can understand them are truly intellectual!) Good survey! Would have been nice to have two boxes for the "parents class" section as my parents came from different classes! | 1 |
| 175 | I didn't like this questionaire. I think it's not anarchistic to take standpoints this way. Anarchism is a matter of seducing people to think and act differently (anarchistic). Just give them good and nice examples and they will follow. | 1 |
| 176 | I don't believe in groups; I believe in individuals. Any state is morally indefensible in part because it subjugates the individual for the "collective welfare." | 1 |
| 177 | i don't like that your answers re-inforce social roles...please consider re-working this survey to allow comments as well as the limited options you present us, for all questions. | 1 |
| 178 | I don't like the division between 'types of struggle' (ie. animals,s class struggle,etc.)... I simply think that at moments in history, there should be an appropriate anwser from the liberation front. And for me to day the answer should be "we wont't pay for their crisis" (that's why I ticked "class struggle"...). The problem is that we are too divided to make a coordinate answer. Everyone put its energy in its own small scale solution to grow it's own group/struggle and that's it. finished. 1st of may was a good idea. bye ! Would be good to get the results back ! Also I don't think that to define as specifically 'anarchist' is intelligent at this very moment. Many people are far more 'left' or angry than lefties are ; look around you and talk with all of them. the problem is that everyone thinks he's alone and divided and so doesn't move. Anarchists included. Sometimes I feel more an anti-divisionIST than an anarchist.... | 1 |
| 179 | I don't really know much about anarchism to be honest, I've never studied it at school and I've only read a little in my spare time but I've read enough and seen enough of the world to know I don't like modern civilizations. I think people should be free to do what they want when they want so long as it's not hurting others. I think there should be very few laws such as 'don't steal stuff' and 'don't hurt anyone' unless absolutely necessary. I'm unsure of how structured a society/city/town should be but from what little I've read Anarchocommunism seems to be closest to my ideals. | 1 |
| 180 | I don't think the revolution will be the glorious event we think it will be. Perhaps there will be that final few days when the governments finally fall, but the true revolution will have happened years before that time when anarchists realize that we have to build the world we want -- not just destroy the one we hate. | 1 |
| 181 | I don't think we will ever reach a 100% anarchist society. I think the struggle against hierarchy will be ongoing. But I very hopeful we will get somewhere better than this in my lifetime. | 1 |
| 182 | I don;t know if I am truely an anarchist but I certainly have leanings in that direction, and always have had since before I know what the word meant. This has helped me get a few ideas into focus. Thanks | 1 |
| 183 | I enjoyed this survey and I hope that anarchists of all stripes can find common ground and work together. | 1 |
| 184 | I feel as though anarchists and Marxists distance themselves too much on what shouldn't be an issue until the capitalist society has been changed. Yes I think the state is a bad idea, but that doesn't mean we cannot work with marxists and persuade them. Who knows maybe the way they want to organize things may be better than anarchists. More cooperation throughout the anti-capitalist movement and when the time is right we can all have the discussion of state vs anti-state. Until then unite. | 1 |
| 185 | I feel frustrated that there is little time given to how to conduct meetings and organise tasks, as models are the same as capitalist ones, i feel anarchist should strive for new and better ways of doing these tasks. | 1 |
| 186 | I feel identity politics is damaging to the movement. It's the reason I dropped out of doing stuff (Students for a Democratic Society was the main thing I was in). I feel like I came into things, and was pretty naive. And I was taken advantage of. I was told to feel guilty, basically because I was a white male in college. My family escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930's to come to America. My family has always been working class. My family felt prejudice against them because they were German during World War II. I was a first generation college student - and have gone into massive debt (70,000 dollars) because my parents (also naive) put some weird ideas into my head about going to college and having a better life. But for some reason, I still felt like I was supposed to feel guilty the way that certain people in the movement talked to me. And after a while I came to some conclusions - mostly that the people who were trying to make me feel guilty were likely more "privileged" than me. That's not meant a blanket statement of course. But once I saw through this, it wasn't long before I got burnt out. Most of the white kids I know are not privileged. I've lived in Queens, NY. I've lived in rural PA. That's not to say white males aren't taught to think some really fucked up things about the world. But those are things that can be overcome. And that doesn't mean that they have anymore control over their lives than anyone else. Anyway, to make a long story short - I don't like to see people trying to motivate others with guilt. The world sucks - and there are people whose life sucks more than mine does. I know that. But I want to change that, not be told it's my fault. Guilt isn't a real motivating factor - and it turns off millions and millions of people who really should - and easily could - be anarchists. If someone wants to make someone feel guilty, become a pastor or something, not an anarchist. | 1 |
| 187 | I feel like a question about humbleness as anarchist is missing. For example, a big question about individual and collective identities and accountability is never brought up. Who, as anarchists, are we accountable to? To each other? But, all schools of anarchism function autonomously, so then, who are we accountable to? | 1 |
| 188 | I feel pretty boring after doing this survey. | 1 |
| 189 | I feel that anarchists (as always) need to leave their enclaves and ENGAGE! ENGAGE! ENGAGE! | 1 |
| 190 | I feel that people need to be more informed about anarchism today. I have received a lot of criticism for being an anarchism, because often people only associate anarchy with widespread violence and unrest. All too often we hear the phrase, "It was a state of anarchy". While uprisings are commonly used among anarchists, I think it's important that a conscious effort should be made to show the positive benefits of anarchy - regardless of which specific group said anarchists are involved. Most people are unaware of the subcategories of anarchy and only see a small portion of the bigger picture. If we can effectively communicate our beliefs, then perhaps someday anarchy will be obtained. | 1 |
| 191 | i feel that the anarchist movement has little relevance for most people today (I can only speak for the UK), it has been sidetracked by the anti-globalisation movement and has an unhealthy focus on protest, civil liberties, police interaction and media interaction. It holds very little concrete arguments for the majority of people since we do not talk about the economy, jobs, housing, community organising. Fights around animal-rights and the environment are constructive and bring results but fail to organise around the cuurent capitalist crisis which contribute to the problems. However, i am impressed with places such as Greece, which seems to have tied Insurrectionary/syndicalist anarchism with concrete arguments against the state and capital and talk/organise around that destruction. Cheers for the chance to express some of these views, nice one AXX | 1 |
| 192 | i feel that the cycle of life will eventually return everything to its natural state. i consider myself a realist and feel that the essence of the tao/yin yang is part of a natural cycle , devoid of any spitituality , its all to do with maths innit. all will return to dust. | 1 |
| 193 | I felt I had to rely alot on the "other" or "all of them" options. And it sounds like that'll be a common theme from the vagueness of many questions and answers. Best of luck with putting all the answers together though and trying to make sense of them. Thanks for this. | 1 |
| 194 | I filled out this fucking survey and hit send and it tells me my session had expired. As a software architect, that is the lamest fucking interface I have ever fucking seen. I spend time to answer legitimately and completely and have it fucking wiped out because you want to have "sessions" instead of this being a page with simple inputs (which is all it is anyway since I haven't entered any info on other pages). Fucking sorry excuse for a survey, you fucking morons... | 1 |
| 195 | I find the question about 'security' confusing. I am not sure what you are asking. | 1 |
| 196 | I guess I don't fit in as an anarchist because of my spiritual philosophy. Utopia on earth is an illusion shared with the Communists. So I guess I'll be sent to a re-education camp after the revolution if it happens in my lifetime. As John Lennon said in "Revolution," "you'd better free your mind instead." | 1 |
| 197 | I had fun filling this out. Great job putting it together. :-) | 1 |
| 198 | I hate the whole "you're not a real anarchist thing," which is centered around individualism and collectivism. If you believe in peaceful voluntary association and that every individual owns the fruits of their labor, we are all talking about the same thing. With the exception of primitivism, markets and collectivism both directly lead to democracy in the workplace and voluntaristic socialism. Market equilibrium is equality. | 1 |
| 199 | I have a ton to say-- not too much time to write it down right now, tho. I'll say this: revolution will not come about by anarchists. We can inform the revolution and partake in it-- but it is not "ours". We need to engage with non-politicized folks and we also need to stop being so Euro-centric. Also, we need to take and learn fro each other, as anarchists. | 1 |
| 200 | I have nothing left to add. | 1 |
| 201 | I HIGHLY recommend you look at Kevin Carson's mutualism. | 1 |
| 202 | I hope I could help even if it's just a little. Good luck! | 1 |
| 203 | I hope more people would open their eyes to the world and choose a right path in time. Lately I've been feeling our time is running out. We cannot simply keep doing what we are doing at the moment and hope things figure themselves out somehow. We in the west hold the power to change the world, to make it right. Let's not waste our time. Become a self-sufficient, independent, peaceful anarchist and build a community. Spread the love and do it right this time. | 1 |
| 204 | I hope that any follow-up to this will concentrate only class-struggle anarchism and dispense with the life-stylist and hippie crap. Get rid of the sexual politics, the food politics, and all the liberal questions. Liberalism is AGAINST anarchism. | 1 |
| 205 | I hope that the next one incorporates more options( from the answers people filled out) | 1 |
| 206 | I hope the complete data/results of this study will be made freely available to the public. | 1 |
| 207 | I hope this works, seems like a nice idea. Anarchists in today's world need to band together to build a better world so that our children and their children and so on are brought into an enviroment free of rascism, sexism, and classism, and any sort of -ism that brings people down. Love and resistance, or death... | 1 |
| 208 | I hope your hard work pays off in useful information. | 1 |
| 209 | I hope your not cops. | 1 |
| 210 | I hope your study goes well! | 1 |
| 211 | I increasingly find myself not liking other anarchists. In-fighting and a general erosion of core, historical anarchist principles is getting old. Immaturity and gigantic egos abound, as well as a general foaming-at-the-mouth attitude that gets us nowhere. | 1 |
| 212 | i like you :) | 1 |
| 213 | i love the spirit of this but a lot of it is loaded. the class questions are pretty static, the artist question is totally biased and the the anarchist role models is downright fucked. that sounds harsh but i don't mean it as such, i really love this project and can't wait to hear your findings! thanks! | 1 |
| 214 | I love you. | 1 |
| 215 | I personally think the only form of anarchy that will ever really come about in my lifetime, on a functioning scale that is, is autarchy. The practice of self-rule. And that is only because I plan on fully integrating it into my life when the time comes. | 1 |
| 216 | I really don't know the psychology of loving authority, (ass kissing and such) I don't really think it has much to do with Masochism (Deleuze)...though I know a bit about the authoritarian personality (Adorno) and Sadism (wilhelm reich, mass psychology of Fascism)... I really think, after all I've read and lived that Anarchy is natural, healthy (psychologically and socially), and inherent in free-thinking beings... I long for a chance to work with anarchists from other bioregions in the production of sustainable food, clothing, shelter, transportation and arts... | 1 |
| 217 | I really like the public attempts to digitize anarchist literature and make it freely available via the internet, in every form it takes. I'm really impressed with the achievements of projects like Project Gutenburg, Wikipedia, Anarchopedia, Linux and open source software, Reprap. It reminds me of what Kropotkin said about the world's postal services, how they achieved global communication by cooperating with each other. I want to smash copyright everywhere. I want bourgeois media smashed. I want global communication in the hands of the poor. | 1 |
| 218 | I see money, capital, and the monetization of resources as necessary facts of life that are here to stay. Most of the problems supposedly associated with capitalism are in fact effects of the state. | 1 |
| 219 | I see the maintainence of a disposition of permanent conflictuality as extremely important; this does not necessarily imply constant "militancy". I feel it is important to attempt to re appropriate our lives here and now, engage in the conflict this will necessarily produce and engage in current social tensions. To agitate and spread insurrection across the social terrain. | 1 |
| 220 | I still haven´t come out of the ¨anarchist closet¨ among my friends and family because of the stigma attached. Especially in a conservative community like mine. And it hurts me every day. | 1 |
| 221 | I take it you don't consider "Free Market Libertarianism" to be an anarchism. (If this is the case) I think you are completely wrong on this. "Free Market Libertarianism" is an anarchism. As is Libertinism (which is also not listed). | 1 |
| 222 | I think a lot of the time people are too bound up in the exactities, as in, it's all about quoting 'x' and knowing about 'y'. It's elitist, and dis-empowering. How are we ever going to get 'ordinary' people involved if we make it complicated and mysterious. We can distill the important bits and try and put them into practise, and let people see the benefits of anarchism in action. Yes have plenty of ways for people to learn and understand the more technical/ philosophical aspects of anarchism if they are interested. But not to make a barrier to engagement with the ideas. | 1 |
| 223 | I think a revolution would never work. Instead of wasting time hoping in vain for something like that, we should just enjoy a freer lifestyle outside mainstream society using its excesses. | 1 |
| 224 | I think anarchism can be thought of more as a conclusion from the basis of a philosophy centered around ethics, logic, reason, and evidence. Same goes for Atheism. I think any structure of anarchism is wonderful if it is able to maintain its stance of voluntary participation and non-violence. I still find it pretty confusing why people are against capitalism and private property. Generally I assume they don't understand the difference between mercantilism and pure capitalism. A problem I see with the people who don't believe in private property is they often also advocate force. I assume this is because they don't believe a person owns their body and choices. fun survey. | 1 |
| 225 | i think anarchists need to find affinity with Indigenous/ anti-colonial struggles and make decolonization part of the necessary anarchist work. There is much solidarity and mutual struggle to be built between radical indigenous actors and anarchists, especially given common themes of seeking to abolish the state for, consensus decision making, a shirking of hierarchy and desire for autonomy/self determination we also need to get past the crippling "non- violence" vs. violence debate life is violent and most of our actions have specific violent consequences, however indirect or insignificant respecting and acknowledging the need for a diversity of tactics is how we must move forward | 1 |
| 226 | I think anarchists should wake up asap. Fascism is rising up. | 1 |
| 227 | I think anyone who reads everything that I have wrote already will have a pretty damn good idea what I'm about and where I stand. All I can say is there is not enough focus on the self in anarchism today. Yes yes, there is much more talk of economics and the logic of freedom, but there is virtually no talk of immediant use of personal freedom to deal with our daily and sometimes mediocre relationships. Anarchism right now is still in a state of abstract talk and futile political demonstration. Anarchism right now is similiar to a child who tries to ride a bike without ever first riding with training wheels. It just simply won' do anything. The propaganda out there is too strong. I would appreciate more talk of achieving more personal freedom in our daily lives rather than talk about (I say this reluctanctly) the utopian far in the future abolishment of the state. | 1 |
| 228 | I think as an anarchist with kids, a lot of the energy that was once funnelled into anarchist organizing gets funnelled into things like kids' liberation, radical unschooling, etc... and that explicitly anarchist/activist projects (like FNB, RTS, etc...) go to the wayside, even though we still identify with and consider ourselves to be practicing anarchists. | 1 |
| 229 | i think i may have contradicted myself somewhere in here but please excuse this, i've tried to be honest. i think i should say again that i think everything we do and all aspects of the way we live our lives relates to our views. for me everything relates in one way (in greater or smaller degrees) to my anarchist views. i'm also really looking forward to seeing some results to this survey, good work! in solidarity | 1 |
| 230 | I think individualist anarchists and collectivist anarchists can work together in many more areas than they often seem to want to. I consider myself a part of a submovement, the Alliance of the Libertarian Left, which tries to breed greater understanding and cooperation among those of us who truly oppose artificial power structures. This also means making common cause with some non-anarchists (like right-libertarians) in areas we agree on. I also think some anarchists (read: Chomsky) are far too complacent about the State, and consider corporations to be a greater threat. I consider corporations to be a threat, of course, but I consider governments around the world to be the greatest threat to mankind. They're chiefly responsible for the armies, the courts, and the cops that do the dirty work of corporate interests, and more effort needs to be focused on those centralized power structures. | 1 |
| 231 | I think it asks to much about what people think other people should do but not enough on what type of person is answering. | 1 |
| 232 | I think it is important (perhaps this reflects academicese) for anarchists to pay attention to various social theorists who are leftists but not anarchists (e.g. Herbert Marcuse, Pierre Bourdieu), they often have substantial contribution to make in terms of thinking about the way the 'web of domination' reproduces itself. | 1 |
| 233 | I think it is important that all anarchists stay realistic and realize that they cannot change man kind basics, like greed, stealing and so on. Going back to the way it was 6000 years ago is impossible, and hence a solution using modern technology to preserve the nature is the way to go. | 1 |
| 234 | I think it was incorrect to posit Marxism as something incompatible with anarchism. Authoritarian strains of Marxism, like Trotskyism, sure but not Marxism in itself. | 1 |
| 235 | I think language easy create authorities and that a consciousness of the language is important in the work for anarchy. | 1 |
| 236 | I think many "classical" anarchists don't see anarcho-capitalists as real anarchists, because we like free markets. I suggest they read Murray Fucking Rothbard. Anarchism is the absence of rulers, not the absence of money. I think communes and business can exist side by side, no problem. As long as no one attacks me or steals my stuff (a fear I have, because many anarchists seem to like stealing) I'm fine with anything. | 1 |
| 237 | i think more women would be involved in Anarchism if it was at working and based at a more local environment. Less about "politics" and debate and more about how we can support each other and learn from each other. | 1 |
| 238 | I think nation states are the motivation for most of the major violence today, and lacking such militaristic compulsion, most groups would practice a form of non violent interaction based on compromise, or exclude and isolate themselves as they see fit. | 1 |
| 239 | i think people need to take themselves more seriously. try to secure more funds and realize we aren't playing games. us and ours are really one of the only chance the earth and its peoples have for survival. fuck | 1 |
| 240 | I think that a lot of people get hung up on structure, but what is important is to become ungovernable, by either capitalist authorities, government authorities, or social authorities. | 1 |
| 241 | I think that how we running the struggle depends on the context (historical, polictical etc.) in wich we living, but like I said before there are some inalienable basic princips. Anyway, good luck comrades | 1 |
| 242 | I think that the differences between schools really shouldn't matter. People should decide where they want to live (whether it's in a primitive village or a commune). | 1 |
| 243 | I think that too much emphasis is put on the state and political environment. The state is evil, but the system doesn't really matter. What matters is evolution through personal contact. Thus, Food Not Bombs is awesome, because they practice effective direct action, while demonstrations are kind of lame. | 1 |
| 244 | I think the main problem with contemporary anarchism is that it isn't goal oriented. I think anarchists, marxists, socialists and all people occupying the radical leftist political spectrum need to put their differences and allegiances aside and come together to really engage the relevant and active political debates going on in mainstream society and the mainstream political arena. I think it's very important to stay present in what's actually going on and not simply reject the mainstream political arena because you've become "disenchanted". A defeatist attitude will not accomplish anything. We need to show people what we're offering and come up with a comprehensive plan to sell it to them. Our ideas have to exist coherently in the same arena as the Democrats and Republicans, because that's where change is going to take place, at least in the US. If we don't do that then we're all just masturbating in the dark. I think it's naive to think that we're going to be able to transform the world to occupy one -ism. I think it's much more likely that we'll end up with a mash up of different -isms, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm an Anarchist but Anarchism isn't going to be attractive to everyone. What's important is freedom for self-determination, and freedom from exploitation. | 1 |
| 245 | I think the revival of an academic anarchism may be a great step forward for the movement. More and more the work of people like James C Scott and David Graeber seems to be re-legitimating anarchism in the public discourse as an option. | 2 |
| 246 | I think the survey is targeting anarchists that belong to a certain school of thought, and I would like to think there are a lot of us out there that don't subscribe particularly to one or more of them, but rather have come to anarchism merely by inspecting the world we inhabit and drawing our own conclusions. I did have an issue with one of the questions in the survey - the one about same-sex marriage - just the way it's formulated I can't see how you will get relevant data on this issue. It's not exhaustive, which is ok, but then one of the three given options is "no one should get married, it's not anarchist" - sounds like something my 17-year-old brother who is just getting into anarchism would say. In general, I think you could have done a better job with the "perception" questions, but nevertheless am glad you have undertaken this survey and will be interested in following up on the results. | 1 |
| 247 | i think the true meaning of anarchism hasd been lost. When most people hear Anarchy, they don't thin of peace and liberty. They think of chaos, violence, rape and murder. Many people don't understand the core messages. The use of it as a generic sign of rebellion has diluted the real aims and the genyuine meanings behind the theory. | 1 |
| 248 | i think there is a worrying tendency amongst anarchists to oppose formal organisation, or to favour only local organisation, i think there is a failure to recognise the issuers of informal hiararcy and how appropriate organisational structures can help to prevent this. i also think that to much of anarchist activity is aimed at people who are already anarchists, or makes no attempt to engage with non anarchists. | 1 |
| 249 | I think this is a great idea. It's important to learn about anarchist trends and the way we're working on changing the world. I'm not sure I have any thoughts, except just to say the obvious solidarity forever. | 1 |
| 250 | i think this is a really good idea and i hope you guys don't have too much trouble organising/using this data | 1 |
| 251 | i think this was a good idea and cant wait to see the results...though people who arent anarchists can easily fuck with it. | 1 |
| 252 | I think we have to improve our PR (sounds awfully, I know), cos if general public always imagine group of drunken violent masked demonstrators anytime they hear expression "anarchist", we will never ablle to get more influence | 1 |
| 253 | I think we need to be more visible as regular people, outside of anarchist subculture or projects. | 1 |
| 254 | I think we need to work harder at organizing participatory yet sustainable productive organizations that can start to create autonomous networks - along the lines of Albert's Parecon. I think starting with the media is crucial (Bamyeh addresses this, albeit briefly, in the book cited above). We should attempt to view some "conservative" libertarians as currently misguided but potential allies, at least for particular goals. | 1 |
| 255 | I think we're fucked. Humanity will not survive and anarchism will not come to fruition, because as surely as it is that anarchism is in the nature of man so is it's opposite greed and greed is as well. And greed has chosen to destroy itself over it's lust for more (desiring what likely does not exist) rather than pursue it's lesser but realistically optimal benefit by working positively in the social sphere. | 1 |
| 256 | I think you did a very good job of putting together this questionnaire, but as a self-proclaimed Anarchamarxist I was struggling with your undefined use of the word "Marxist" (see the question "would you work with Marxists" - there are as many kinds of them as there are kinds of anarchists and there is a big difference between, say, using dialectic theory for revolutionary purposes and joining a stalinist sect. Also, there was no option to consider oneself an academic anarchist but an option to define that as a problem - bias? ;-) Otherwise cool idea, I'm looking forward to the results! x | 1 |
| 257 | I think you need to work on this survey and ask some more penetrating questions. Many of these questions are too general and abstract -- overly concerned with categories and classification. | 1 |
| 258 | i think you should have a question about identification within the community... like do the people in your community know you're an anarchist... or do you identify through speech or dress as an anarchist, or something to that effect. | 1 |
| 259 | I think, even outside of primitivist circles, there are unfortunate anti-tech, anti-science trends in the North American anarchist movement. I believe that science offers the chance to spread information and communication, to reduce scarcity towards zero, and to allow us to move out into the stars: all things that I believe will help move humanity towards a more perfect, anarchistic state of being. The fact that some asshole decided to invent the Hummer shouldn't spoil the timeless pursuit of logic and discovery. | 1 |
| 260 | I thought it was an interesting survey that asked interesting questions... I look forward to seeing the results! | 1 |
| 261 | I want to be able to say I have hope. | 1 |
| 262 | I want to comment on the question about which struggle I feel is most important. Obviously, all anarchists must be for total liberation, but we can only achieve total liberation through class struggle. | 1 |
| 263 | i want to just call my version of anarchism natural development. If all human nature is artifice, it could best be described by "letting go and accepting." that's essentially my definition. | 1 |
| 264 | I went back to school in my thirties, before that I worked in a number of different places the longest was the railway where I was active in organising resistance and as a shop steward (for most of my 9 years there). I have since worked in community education. I fine that anarchist arguments are easier to put forward in workplaces like the railway and postal service where it is clear to workers that they actually run the workplace anyway - when the bosses are home at the weekend, or when you are on night/late shift. We should think more about targetted organising drives (but still be open to all). I regard the creation of an anarcho-syndicalist union as the most useful activity to engage in at present but I also believe that there is room in this for community organising, the creation of collectives - for education, printing, bookshops etc. Salud | 1 |
| 265 | I will not participate in the imposition of my world-view on society through violent measures. | 2 |
| 266 | I wish anarchists could use more their heads and rethink present habits and system of values which they accepted as normal during growing up in present system. beside it, affinities are okay, but it should not make people sectarian, different groups should help each other; and what to say as homeless? homeless is someone who is left on the street by other people, it means there is lack of mutual aid as a result of western egoistic culture. in solidary society there is no homeless. | 1 |
| 267 | I wish to meet flesh and blood anarchists of all different ages. I know that our views have been marginalized and there are lots of us out there. I am afraid of the consequences of meeting with like-minded comrades because the US has become literally a police state. Peace and Anarchy forever!!! | 2 |
| 268 | I worry about anarchist movement if it doesn't bring any security (pay no attention to the life aside from all the actions saying that it's not as important as other struggles) and anarchists that forget about every day struggles, focus on some mythical places, thoughts, individuals, not on their own home, place, region, family, friends. It's really hard to give every thought that I'm having in my mind now... Thank you for creating the survey and I'm wondering what the results would be like :-) | 1 |
| 269 | I would like to know if it's possible to get the results of this survey ? It's a good idea, good luck. | 1 |
| 270 | I would like to see more organisations like Food not Bombs but for all aspects of bettering the communities. This has been a proven method of countering the "bad public image" created through propaganda. I believe it would be the essential building block for growing numbers and for Anarchism to be seen in a positve light. | 1 |
| 271 | I would like to see some questions about gender issue since anarchist is against all opresive relation and social sex opresion is the more powerful opresion that still contaminate the anarchist worldwide comunity. | 1 |
| 272 | I'd like to see more projects like this in the future. It's a nice feeling to see that we're not alone out there, fighting this strange fight. Thank you for this survey! | 1 |
| 273 | I'd love an email to the results when you're done if it's no trouble! onemoreroundok@gmail.com | 1 |
| 274 | I'd prefer to see less focus on what dead author to identify with and less nitpicking about political minutiae and more active demonstrations of alternatives to living under the domination of the state and capitalism (i.e. showing that we can take care of ourselves and each other, which requires re-gaining lost skills, at a minimum). I don't think we need to bring about a revolution, just be deeply rooted, helpfully, in our communities, and ready with help, organizational alternatives, and self-sufficiency skills when the current system starts collapsing all on its own. | 1 |
| 275 | I'm a bit out of touch with contemporary anarchism, so won't comment further. | 1 |
| 276 | I'm an egoist, but I don't think my friends would say that I was selfish. | 1 |
| 277 | I'm coming to anarchism in what is probably, within the subculture, a relatively late time, both as far as my age (late 30s) and my household situation (married, mortgage, kid). In my area, (visible) anarchism is definitely a young thing and the cultural element of it is very strong, which makes me feel a little bit out of it and reluctant to associate. I hope as anarchism gains broader purchase and current anarchists move along, there will be (visible) spaces for middle aged folks and families in the movement | 1 |
| 278 | I'm concerened that "anarcho-capitalism" has been accepted as a legitimate form of anarchism. Capitalism is not compatible with anarchism. | 1 |
| 279 | I'm excited about the recent growth of insurrectionary tendencies - sure, there are stoopid jock insurrectionary anarchists, but there are stoopid jocks in every tradition. I think it's opened up a lot of new realms of possibility, and served to move people away from being brick-throwing liberals (I hope). | 1 |
| 280 | I'm excited that there is so much energy into anarchism at the moment. I hope it does not die out. I just want a better world for the future genterations and total liberation from hierarchy is the only solution in my mind. | 1 |
| 281 | I'm glad you're doing this and I'm interested to see the answers. | 1 |
| 282 | i'm not currently involved with anarchist organizing because there is rampant coercion, manipulation, sexual assault, and domestic violence happening unchecked in many anarchist communities. i got completely burned out by the king of the anarchists in my community using me for what he wanted to accomplish and completely disregarding any worth or value i had as a person. once he drained our community dry, he moved on. i assume he's doing the same thing elsewhere, because he's really charming and an influential leader. people in anarchist communities MUST begin taking responsibility for breaking down the privilege structures within our organizations, especially folks with white skin privilege and folks with male privilege. | 1 |
| 283 | I'm not familiar with the statistics (or if there even are any, lol), but i do see that on the sites I read at (and on youtube) there seem to be a good number, and growing number, of anarcho-capitalists/agorists. I've also met a few in political camp type of thing (it was for educational purposes), one at a bar (a friend of a friend....and that friend happened to recently become an agorist). It seems to me that many of them are not just ideologues but are engaged in learning some sound economics, researching history, analyzing current political events and activity, and are interested in seeking truth. For this, I'm glad. :) | 1 |
| 284 | I'm not sure how helpful my answers will be as I am not widely read but follow a lifestyle which feels most natural and works best for me and have a pragmatic view towards working in groups. The way I work will not always been seen as 'anarchist' and I am more interested in working in a way which will bring about results for a fairer society which has led to problems in the past when discussing praxis/theory with anarchist friends. | 1 |
| 285 | i'm not sure how you're going to make this a statisticly significant survey. | 1 |
| 286 | i'm not sure i even identify as an anarchist anymore. i see too much self-righteous separatist bullshit in the name of anarchism. let's learn to really support a diversity of tactics. if your politics aren't based around love then what the fuck are you fighting for in the first place. | 1 |
| 287 | I'm pretty quiet but I like to engage individuals on the broader issues of authority/economy/independence/democracy discussions and what they imply for our current civilization, our future civilization, and the history of how these developed. I hope to make the world a better place through my children. | 1 |
| 288 | I'm sick of the government! | 1 |
| 289 | I'm so glad someone did this :) | 1 |
| 290 | I'm still a Christian in the sense that my spirituality is centered on Jesus of Nazareth, but I left behind all the mumbo-jumbo of my upbringing. | 1 |
| 291 | i'm still learning... | 1 |
| 292 | I'm tired of anarchist do-nothingness. Having an objection to everything is not grounds to do nothing. | 1 |
| 293 | I'm very overwhelmed, and I mostly try to create the individual relationships I want to see: loving, without power dynamics, highly equitable. I try to fulfill people's immediate needs, and act as a supporting role for other anarchists who go straight for the liberation. Because of this, I tend to get shrugged off or not treated as a "real anarchist", when I'm content cooking, taking care of people, mediating disputes, organizing people to acquire basic life necessities, and being a positive influence on people's lives, as much as I can. I think I'm very cynical about anarchist politics because of this-- because an ideology is only as powerful as it encourages its members to treat themselves, and many anarchists I've met treat themselves very, very poorly. Many more don't see the need for (particularly emotional) support within radical communities, or scoff at "women's work" like the basic, everyday maintenance it takes to keep individuals and groups going. I guess this reflects on the time I've spent among insurrectionary anarchists in suburban/urban areas more than all anarchists combined, but I do think it's something people have to be aware of. This is why I identify more as an anarcha-feminist, too, and why community-building is so important to me. My disability plays into this as well. | 1 |
| 294 | If I could do one thing for the movement, it would be to erase the stereotype of anarchists as belligerent, violent, and destructive. | 1 |
| 295 | if its not fun, dont do it. if its fun, do it again | 1 |
| 296 | If more of us learn how to organize - i.e. reach out to new people, introduce ourselves, provide food and chairs at meetings, obtain people's contact information, follow up with them, train them in a variety of skills (e.g. facilitation, legal support, media, copwatch, etc.), and develop them as leaders and organizers - our movement will prevail. | 1 |
| 297 | If there is no god, Human can become the order in chaos. If there is any god, we can be just like them and I am sure thats what they want too. Anarchists should read more and adore the universe, love not fight, and make peace with the good in what seems evil. Knowledge is only thing we "will save to the game they stay aslave". We should keep on good work, and preserve our faith in the goodness and in the truth and in the meaning of Humanity. Peace and Love! Skandrant@ Istanbul. | 1 |
| 298 | If we get our shit together, some great things can be done. (Short, but sweet lol) | 1 |
| 299 | If you don't ZAP, you are not an anarchist. | 1 |
| 300 | IM no longer conviced of the idea that we need to tell others about anarchism. We dont have to preach, flyer, or presume in any way to be able to "educate" anyone. All you can do is organize amongst you friends, workers, and community and try to set some sort of example. You dont have to recruit- if you are doing something good others will find a way to become involved. If they dont want to be involved, its fine, you havent failed. If people oppose you, stand up for yourself. the best you can do is to make a different where you are at and to try to forge alliances with other doing the same thing. | 1 |
| 301 | im really sleepy as im filling this in. sorry for the bad english. you should have had more opportunity for answering 'dont know' or 'indifferent" | 1 |
| 302 | In general, I think that the general thrust that we can move beyond monotheistic thinking is more important than the particular intra-anarcho squabbles which we spend so much of our time on. Changing the underlying assumptions people have is most important. | 1 |
| 303 | In recent years I came to the conclusion that sometimes it is very stupid to be just closed in your own shelf and despise any progressive activities done by Ngos, radical political parties or marxists. Being too radical can make us seeing to flow away the last bits of freedom that we still have, because are voices are misheard. | 1 |
| 304 | In regards to anarchism: as long as the non-aggression principle is maintained, anything else is a matter of taste. | 1 |
| 305 | In UK there is a growing development of the organised Anarchist movement, and analysis of what we can do to build a revolutionary culture. This is very positive! An Anarchist communist perspective is becoming more mainstream within the Anarchist millieu than I have seen in the past 15 years. Just as we need to be developing class consciousness, competance and confidence within the wider working class, so we must internally to the Anarchist movement. | 1 |
| 306 | Individualist anarchism and market-anarchism seem to be grossly underrepresented in the options of this survey. "Voluntaryism" should be added as a school of anarchism for choice, and at least a few more individualist figures should be added for choice. | 1 |
| 307 | Interesting survey! I enjoyed doing it and I will enjoy reading the results. Some of your categories were a little restrictive, in particular the one on who your favorite historical anarchist is.. You mostly represented white males, while ignoring female anarchists and those of other ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Categorisation also has the effect of treating different ideas as single issue, for example i think the destruction of the environment is inherently linked to patriarchy and the exploitation of people and animals, but i understand that it is is difficult not to do that in a survey. | 1 |
| 308 | Interesting survey, thanks. :] | 1 |
| 309 | Interesting survey. Could be minor improvements but overall I'm interested in the results. | 1 |
| 310 | Interesting survey. I think you should perhaps include forms of decision making, e.g. concensus, 50+1, variants | 1 |
| 311 | is important to balance the right of democracy, not exploitative, naturalness, ethics..............Capitalism does not work, we know from long past ..... we must understand the price of life ... and trying to live in balance no matter what our religion ..... we all shared at least that we were born, we are people and we have the same basic needs, and we should, they have the right (my contact: lastcallforpeace@centrum.cz,atentat05@seznam.cz...Iwan) | 1 |
| 312 | It all seems a bit lifestyle-ish to me | 1 |
| 313 | It can be hard to get/stay in touch with other like-minded folks not only in my geographic community (and this is recognized as a difficult one) but in other geographic communities as well. We need better methods of communication - we cannot solely rely on the internet. We squabble so much on the decision-making processes that decisions cannot be made as we've run out of time. We need a fairly firm decision-making process that crosses boundaries. We've become so divided that we risk crumbling and falling apart. As per this survey - perhaps define the labels? I know my categories, but I'm sure that our colloquial names for them are different than what you've offered as I couldn't find myself. Maybe I don't know what you'd call me? | 1 |
| 314 | It is time for mankind to move pass the myth we need a central authority to govern our lives. We are all capable of doing that ourselves. | 1 |
| 315 | It seems a bit like this survey is mostly designed for young teenager hippies, or people who think of anarchy as a movement or a group rather than the absence of government. "There is no such thing as peace; there is either violence, or trade." | 1 |
| 316 | it seems to me that, in the states, there is a premium placed on how people feel. after dedicating more than half my life to struggle, i find myself entirely disinterested in what gender pronoun someone wants used for them, what their feelings are and how they use participation in struggle to feel good or whatever. im just interested in people who work, and it seems there are far more folks that would rather just talk. | 1 |
| 317 | it was really satisfying to check the little boxes i never get to check, like "Arabic" and "genderqueer". I'm really curious to see the result of this survey, please publicise it far and wide! | 1 |
| 318 | It was too left wing anarchism biased.It also needs to include agorism,Libertarian anarchism,anarcho-capitalism,mutualism etc. | 1 |
| 319 | It would be interesting to survey on animal rights, although personally I believe it should be subsumed under other anarchist issues. | 1 |
| 320 | It would have been interesting to see if people used free and open source software and their views on how it relates to anarchism. I see the free software movement as the perfect example of anarchism in action but I am interested to hear what others think. | 1 |
| 321 | It's about time someone did a survey like this. Thanks for making this and I can't wait to see the data. | 1 |
| 322 | It's def a nice idea, but like it or not, large groups of people need some sort of regulation or organization. It'd be great to see governing bodies reduced to a safety net though and not a form of social and financial control. | 1 |
| 323 | It's depressing how few people know anything about all this... | 1 |
| 324 | It's great that you're doing this. I think it's crucial that anarchists of different persuasions cooperate against war, imperialism, corporate privilege, restrictions on civil liberties, and social conformism, and I hope that this and subsequent surveys will foster greater understanding among anarchist groups. If you've got a mailing list, please include me on it: my email addy is gary.chartier@gmail.com. | 1 |
| 325 | It's hard to answer about basic questions in english an in a survey. Some questions deserves a discussion. | 1 |
| 326 | It's late & I'm tired. The only thought I have now is sleep. Hope my opinions are worthwhile. Thanks for the survey. It was a fun time-kill. | 1 |
| 327 | its nice idea - this survey! wish you luck with it! (sorry for grammar :-)...) | 1 |
| 328 | Just thanks. Good questions. | 1 |
| 329 | Just thought I'd say well done on the web page design and user interface. I was happy to contribute. Be sure to let us know what results and / or conclusions you come up with. I'd say you've created a lot of work for yourselves. Best wishes. | 1 |
| 330 | Keep going. don't give up, reach out to the people not by preaching to them but by showing them the anarchism that already exists in daily life, such as cooperatives, mutual aid and direct action that people engage in and don't associate it with anarchism. | 1 |
| 331 | Keep on keepin' on ;) | 1 |
| 332 | Keep up the fight! | 1 |
| 333 | keep working guys and good luck! | 1 |
| 334 | LAWLAWLAWL PUNK ROX | 1 |
| 335 | Less talk, more rock. | 1 |
| 336 | Let's get rid of identity politics and sectarianism. | 1 |
| 337 | lets do this! | 1 |
| 338 | Life is short and hard. its very valuable, so dont mess up adn enjoy it! | 1 |
| 339 | Life should be free. | 1 |
| 340 | Lifestylism is an extension of self-worship and social hierarchy. Identity politics (including Ethnic and Queer theory) becomes useless once it supports the separatism and isolation it is intended to oppose. Theres nothing wrong with being a stoner! Keep your straight edge crap to yourself! We must confront social hierarchy and sceneism now! I could give a fuck what band you are in. This manifests all sorts of sexism and racism. Gossip and rumors have got to stop! Direct communication or death. Stop lying to ourselves, there is no "anarchist community". Its a "scene", admit it. We have got to learn to defend ourselves. Learn to fight. Learn how to use a gun and own a few. And no this isnt "Manarchism" STFU already! The far-right would destroy us now if the shit went down tomorrow! Try telling them how physicality is oppressive! We have to get our shit together ASAP! Lets buy large plots of land, establish functional communes and train militias now! | 1 |
| 341 | Like any survey, this is more a way of putting other people into your categories than a way to learn about others views. Still, it may be useful, but the categories will always be narrow and show your agenda, not mine. | 1 |
| 342 | Live free or die. | 1 |
| 343 | long live albania! LONG LIVE HOXHA! | 1 |
| 344 | Look into Anarcho-transhumanism, The Hedonistic Imperative, The Venus Project, Buckminster Fuller, Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna, Robert Anton Wilson, R.U. Sirius, Genesis P-Orridge, etc. | 1 |
| 345 | Looking forward to the results :) | 1 |
| 346 | Lotsa people dont identify as anarchists but actually share a lot of its practices and ideas...are we snobbing them? (as a movement, not you...) | 1 |
| 347 | LOVE! | 1 |
| 348 | Make. Total. Destroy. Just kidding. Fuck the 15 year old insurrectionary teens. :) | 1 |
| 349 | Many "anarchists" that I have met are bourgeois hippies who campaign against capitalism, but who don't actually do constructive work within society. The revolution will be led by workers and the intelligentsia, not by activists. | 1 |
| 350 | Many anarchists (see: primitivists, etc.) won't answer a survey like this, which you've already noted. Ummm... | 1 |
| 351 | Many anarchists strike me as socially inept, politically unsophisticated, overly intellectual or pseudo-intellectual, and inexperienced in concrete struggles in which they have immediate interests such as struggles against their own employer or landlord. This should be changed. | 1 |
| 352 | Many of my responses might seem conflicting (an individualist-green anarchist who likes Kropotkin & is married? WTF?), but I have navigated decisions based on my personal beliefs and the situations in which I've found myself to the best of my (poor) ability. I am not perfect, and suspect any anarchist who claims to have a perfect line, or anyone else who does for that matter: anarchy shouldn't be peddled like salvation, and anyone who offers up any sort of program for utopia should be viewed with suspicion (even those I've expressed affinity for - from Berkman to Kroptkin to Zerzan). If we aren't constantly questioning ourselves and our beliefs, we are doing something wrong. If they aren't constantly being re-evaluated and adapting, then it's hopeless. Personally, I think this involves breaking with the left (liberals, progressives, marxists, etc.), destroying civilization (advanced technology, concentrated populations reliant on importation of resources), and replacing it with... | 1 |
| 353 | marinhocz@gmail.com if u can send me some materials (like e-books, links of interesting web sites) sorry for bad english (im learning for 10 years but its not so good yet :) thanks for this survey | 1 |
| 354 | Market anarchism FTW! Peaceful cooperation through voluntary exchange. | 1 |
| 355 | may it come quickly | 1 |
| 356 | Me and a friend both have sent these in today, both of our surveys espouse the relationship between atheistic buddhism as a type of spirituality, that modern physics implies. I see that this perspective, which also implies primitivism is going to become increasingly popular in the larger population and bring a large flux of new anarchists into the movement. And i wish you success in your research brothers and sisters! | 1 |
| 357 | Me gustaría conocer los resultados. Creo que es un buen principio, pero deberían ampliar la investigación, después de los primeros resultados realizar un cuetionario más profundo y reflexivo. Gracias por el esfuerzo. Jorge Robles | 1 |
| 358 | More anarchists plz. More anarchy plz. More anarchisms plz. Now now now now now. | 1 |
| 359 | Most anarchists don't really see race as being a prevalent thing or as existing at all. Why did you include it? | 1 |
| 360 | Multiple language options might be a cool idea. | 1 |
| 361 | my anarchism is much more focussed on practice and relationships than on ideology. I found the survey to be quite intellectual and abstract with very little that I relate to as important to me. I think the questions were too prescriptive and took too much for granted in assuming both what issues were important and what terms and categories to describe them in. | 1 |
| 362 | My anarchism is pragmatic but principled, eclectic but not incoherent. | 1 |
| 363 | My current militancy and reading material is not significant because I am currently dislocated from home and I am finding it difficult to find may way into activism. I hope that this does not influence the results. | 1 |
| 364 | My fundamental feeling about social change and revolution is that it is not an all or nothing process/event. It is a continuous struggle before, during, and following revolution. Even if we never even see a revolution, or if the revolution is a disaster or failure, it is the common ideology and faith in humanity which should continue to guide us endlessly. | 1 |
| 365 | My impression is that this survey has a strong leftist bias, one which necessitates statism and thus in conflict with the idea of anarchy. Anarchy, for me, is based upon the recognition of the moral worth of all moral agents (persons) and so is in opposition to any system which prevents the individual from any voluntary, peaceful arrangements that she seeks to have with others. These leftist economic models all require in the end, extremely strong states (by whatever name) to enforce the rigid ideological economic systems which run directly counter to freedom and human nature. We can either recognize that all individuals are morally worthwhile, and thus refrain from coercing them into some such ideological economic system (or any other system), else we can enforce the system and in doing so deny the value of the individual. | 1 |
| 366 | My views on the left at the mo are def that a splintered movement will not succeed, workers of the world unite!! The fact that most of the left are also not working class may turn a lot of real working class away, there needs to be more cohesion between people like you and people like me | 1 |
| 367 | Nah it's good. Smash the state! :) | 1 |
| 368 | Nah, I think this took enough of my time as is. | 1 |
| 369 | nice survey | 1 |
| 370 | nice survey! | 1 |
| 371 | Nice survey, can't wait for the results. | 1 |
| 372 | Nice survey, it is seldom happens that you get a survey which you can fill out while feeling represented by it. | 1 |
| 373 | nice survey- thanx! | 1 |
| 374 | Nice work. | 1 |
| 375 | No | 2 |
| 376 | No but your survey is very interesting and worth doing. Well done! | 1 |
| 377 | No Gods, No Masters. | 1 |
| 378 | no, im not that much of an 'anarchist' rather strive towards 'revolutionary', but both share similar aspects depends on the level of engagement | 1 |
| 379 | No, thank you. | 1 |
| 380 | No. | 2 |
| 381 | NO. All surveys suck. | 1 |
| 382 | No. I'm no expert on anarchism. I just like and appreciate the concept. | 1 |
| 383 | No. Thanks for the opportunity and good luck with your survey. | 1 |
| 384 | No... | 1 |
| 385 | nom nom nom | 1 |
| 386 | Nomadic Hobo living is fine if you are living in a wasteful capitalistic world, but I don't think it is a good living model in a sort of change. Put down some roots. Likewise, squats are a product of the system, and wouldn't really be squats if the system changes, so the last question I am a bit confused by. | 1 |
| 387 | none | 1 |
| 388 | nope | 3 |
| 389 | Nope! | 1 |
| 390 | Nope! I like that you're doing this, and hope to see the results of the survey some day. | 1 |
| 391 | Nope, I think we're done. Good luck with your survey and in tabulating results. This will be very interesting when it's finished and freely used. | 1 |
| 392 | Nope, sorry. | 1 |
| 393 | Nope. | 3 |
| 394 | Nope. I hope you get some good participation. | 1 |
| 395 | Nope. Enjoyed it. | 1 |
| 396 | North American Anarchists are the reason I'm no longer a North American Anarchist. Get a job, hippie! Nobody gives a shit about next week...much less your revolution. | 1 |
| 397 | North American Class Struggle Anarchists should form a unitary organization and publish in English, Spanish and French. | 1 |
| 398 | Not a bad set of questions, but plenty of omissions and areas with a lack of clarity. You've tried to be non-sectarian in the questions, but there are also too many of your own assumptions that come through. Will there be some results posted somewhere? | 1 |
| 399 | not at the moment thanks. Oh wait, I see anarchy as a goal to work toward. i don't have all the answers certainly. Doubt you do either. Just never much cared for unquestioning obedience and such. | 1 |
| 400 | Not in particular. | 1 |
| 401 | Not particularly. | 1 |
| 402 | Not really off the top of my head. Your views on class seem a bit dodgy, you could use a few more third options instead of just yes or no. | 1 |
| 403 | Not really, but i think the survey was very good structured and the questions were relevant. | 1 |
| 404 | Not really, sorry :( | 1 |
| 405 | not really...people should not be so "anarchyist" and should read and take seriously the Marxist tradition while critiquing it... other than that: build affinity groups, fuck shit up at your job, read and study hard, talk with friends and analyze, set shit on fire and throw it at cops. | 1 |
| 406 | Nothing ever changes if heads don't start rolling. Violence is the only universal language. | 1 |
| 407 | Nothing I haven't already said. | 1 |
| 408 | One small positive criticism: future surveys or future editions of this survey should either provide more answers to the questions, or should allow for explanation commentary for most questions. Also, certain questions are vaguely worded. For example: "Do you worry about your security as an anarchist?" This question presumes that individuals can have security within the context of a global corporate police state. Anyway, great survey. Cheers! | 1 |
| 409 | Only on the internet do I share these beliefs because no one in my daily life can handle them, even though I see them as relatively moderate. I'm not sure how to bridge this gap, but it is imperative for the growth of anarchist thought that some institution of authority in the average person's life must be circumscribed of it's power. The first and most accessible example I see is in marriage and parenthood where authority must first be limited in its scope in personal relationships and that value must then be instilled into the next generation. Only then can things start to change. | 1 |
| 410 | Only that my approach to Anarchism (and what led me there in the first place) was pragmatism. I feel like there's too much idealism and (quite possibly related) anger in the left-wing movements. That only serves to isolate us from the "mainstream".. making it harder for anyone to take us seriously. | 1 |
| 411 | other then being unemployed im also a part-time student (1½ years now) very much inspired by and in the spirit of anarchism. i have been bringing my books with me in police raids of squatts, during large protests and when hitch-hiking for weeks but if i would stop belive in the values of anarchism i would also put my books of philosophy and cognitive science right down, for if agoism and greed really is the core of humanity then i wouldn't wanna waste another minute trying to understand the world. | 1 |
| 412 | our principles are more mainstream than we think- people of most stripes can be convinced if you just explain what we want our society to be instead of making claims that our obviously abrasive-sounding to people who haven't been able to examine this stuff- even if theyre true. remember who we're against- the elites, and who we're for- the people. and that any effort is worthwhile- the revolution will not happen in our lifetimes, but any effort to make it happen or keep the theory alive is revolutionary and necessary- though it may seem pointless and ineffective it is crucial, and is the longest part of the revolution. | 1 |
| 413 | OVER COFFEE. | 1 |
| 414 | Panarchy (to respect those who might actually still want governments). Volunteer defense training against statism. Spontaneous order. Gradual withering of our attitudes towards the state and other entities that try to grab us by the ears. | 1 |
| 415 | Peace | 1 |
| 416 | Peace and Anarchy! | 1 |
| 417 | Peace on earth, good will towards men please. =] | 1 |
| 418 | Peace, y'all. | 1 |
| 419 | People are realising that we all need to work together, which is great! | 1 |
| 420 | People need education!!!!! | 1 |
| 421 | People should stop waiting for the revolution to come and make some things happen. | 1 |
| 422 | People who are anarchist should delve more into psychology and selfknowledge. If we don't break free from irrational and evil parenting practices we will never be truely rational and free. | 1 |
| 423 | Perhaps the survey I took myself in the past might interest you: http://dbzer0.com/blog/some-results-from-my-political-social-survey | 1 |
| 424 | Perpetual evolution is only possible in anarchism. All other social, economic or political views rely on static models which, by definition, will continuously degrade until their extinction. It's just the sane way to go. | 1 |
| 425 | Personal capacity. :) | 1 |
| 426 | Please get back to class politics. Experimenting with sex and sexuality is a natural part of growning up don't make it the basis of you're entire politial activity. | 1 |
| 427 | power to the people!!!!! | 1 |
| 428 | Praise Bob. | 1 |
| 429 | pretty ridiculous...(the survey and anarchism in general) | 1 |
| 430 | Pretty thorough survey, although as you admitted it would be great to include all those who do not speak English as well. The direct question about artists (in relation to other careers) was a little strange, and gives me the impression that there may not be enough anarchism outside art school. | 1 |
| 431 | Primitivism will soon become a larger proportion of the anarchist movement due to the nature of industrial society. A technological backlash is inherent in technologies developement and will most likely draw more people to viewing the world from an anarchist viewpoint. | 1 |
| 432 | probably should create a smaller survey to get a larger sample. | 1 |
| 433 | Pssh, I do, but honestly, I don't have the time right now. I gotta split. Later. | 1 |
| 434 | Quantifying anarchism is the first step to controlling it. Fuck you. | 1 |
| 435 | queer sexuality is an inherently important part of anarchism for me! our movements should celebrate the erotic. I am a religious person as well and a humanist. The beauty of ritual fills me as a person and gives me the strength to maintain my anarchist organizing even when it feels powerless. | 1 |
| 436 | Quit hatin' the anti-civilization people! Damn. | 1 |
| 437 | Quite a bit of the survey seems to assume that anarchists are communists. Most of the available answers lean hard to the left. I have never and will never live in a commune. I'm not panicked that we're destroying the planet. I eat meat. I don't do yoga. I couldn't care less about 'art". I am a staunch individualist. All these questions and answers assume that anarchy means everybody is free to serve society. That is not anarchy. That is simple communism. Anarchy means no third party, not even "society", has the authority to intervene in any voluntary transaction between two or more individuals. All these hyphenated versions of anarchy just confuse the issue and try to make their flavor of totalitarianism more palatable by adding "anarcho" to make people think it's about freedom. There is only one "anarchy". It isn't utopia. It's just absolute freedom. The instant you add ANY restrictions to the philosophy it ceases to be anarchy. | 1 |
| 438 | Quite good survey, I'd like to see the results. Contemporary anarchism situation is chaotic more then ever, I doubt it would get much better, people are different, I don't expect this to ever change so we have to deal with it. One could say I am a relativist so derive whatever conclusions on my view of anarchism as you like, there are many. I am saddened there is still so many anarchists which want to enforce their views on others (like communists did), and that so many anarchisms concentrate on criticism rather then creative thoughts. | 1 |
| 439 | Read "Not Two Is Peace". This revolutionary act will change the world. | 1 |
| 440 | Really, using the word "homosexual"? Are we in the 50's? And the same sex marriage question is the only one relating to queers? I like the thought of this essay, however- I'm interested in what happens with it. | 1 |
| 441 | Regarding contemporary social anarchism, what we need desperately is goal-oriented planning that takes into account physical reality in terms of "where do we have the resources, natural, technological and human, to implement a post-scarcity society?" and in terms of defensibility from Capitalist counterattack or cold war. | 1 |
| 442 | Reject communism, fight for socialism and archieve anarchy at the same time | 1 |
| 443 | remember 6th of december ant 5th of may 2010. we should start finding ways to communicate with other globally for theoritical, practical and political issues. i believe anarchism in the other countries except italy and german are fucking hippies... WAKE UP! NO WAR BUT CLASS WAR! athens burns... | 1 |
| 444 | resistance lives, partying continues!!! | 1 |
| 445 | Revolution, as part of self-invention, begins with the self. Patience and living without judgment is progressive action. If we can't have compassion within our own anarchist community, how are we supposed to gain the intensity to heal others? | 1 |
| 446 | Right now I'm a passive anarchist. I don't do much to keep myself involved with any sort of struggle, but I think the state of mind and desire to cause smallscale havoc are powerful enough. At least effecting me personally. | 1 |
| 447 | Run free, reach out your hand. All else is dust and sand. | 1 |
| 448 | Sectarianism is too rife. There is a lack of understanding of other peoples' ideas which creates rifts in the community. People need to read far more and round out their views. | 1 |
| 449 | see you comrades at the barricades!!! | 1 |
| 450 | Seriously guys. Could you 'splain to me how 7 billions human beings are supposed to get along using each his own laws ? | 1 |
| 451 | Seriously lads and lasses, I am sure you did this with the best of intentions, but your practice is seriously questionable. This is an extremely poorly structured and almost incohate survey that doesn't meet even the most minimal standards for standard ethical research, never mind anarchist research: There is no indication of who is carrying this out (even the email is a pseudonym), how data is going to be stored and for how long. there is no indication of its likely use nor on dissemination. even if you are above board what steps are you taking to ensure that the data is secure from more hostile forces? An internet survety despite your guidance notes are not anonymous - the terminal can be traced. Even if the data is anonymised (rather than anonymous) some of the questions if honestly answered would individuate the respondent (e.g. how many Jewish Doctors, involved for 5 years, who belong to a specific organisation can their be?). There are significant dangers to respondents especially relating to questions of violence, when we have no idea who you are is ridiculous. Nor is pushing the responsibility back onto them justified, it is you who has initiated this process. | 1 |
| 452 | Seriously, why the fuck is there all this infighting about anarchism? I can run my little house as anarcho-capitalist wank-fest with my little machine shop in the back. My neighbors can be all colors of the anarchist rainbow. I don't understand the animosity! I consider anarcho-syndicalists, for example, my brother's in arms! If a viable syndical were to pop up near by where I live I'd jump the fence and join in in a heart beat! We are not each other's enemies and people need to remember that. | 1 |
| 453 | Seriously. ONE girl anarchist listed up there. ONE. Y'all can get it together. | 1 |
| 454 | Simply the non-aggression principle, which leads to the logical conclusion of anarchy, as the government uses force and violence for taxation and to impose it's preferences on members of society. Although it should be noted that common law/natural law should be upheld under the ideals of property rights and protection thereof. | 1 |
| 455 | Smash the state and have a nice day : ) | 1 |
| 456 | Smash the State! | 1 |
| 457 | So bored of the dogma of dead-men-in-suits of whichever flavour. Leftist politics is riddled with resentments and schisms with people that have a hairs breadth of difference in idealolgy. Bored Bored Bored. I will co-operate with anyone who will co-operate with me. If we can agree a small goal and you turn up and work hard then I don't give a gnat's chuff what your self identifying political ideology is. | 1 |
| 458 | Socialism/collectivism require coercion. Coercion is the antithesis of anarchy. | 1 |
| 459 | Socialist-communist anarchism sucks. Common-sense anarchism is the best. | 1 |
| 460 | Solidarity is our weapon. Let's focus on that. | 1 |
| 461 | Solidarity, Mutual Aid, Internationalism are our cornerstones. We must practise what we preach! | 1 |
| 462 | some of the question lacked a space for further development, like the question on anarchism and religion. It seemed like if you declare yourself someone spiritual, you are strictly related to some kind of metaphisical madness in the form of a religion. Being anti sectarian, anti dogmatic, rquires to include, estudy and understand others position. Im conviced that god doesn't exists, but science doesn't always have the answer for everything, and one of the characteristics of modern western science, is that considers itself universally valid, just like another religion, explained in such confusing terms for the average man. If we want to get rid of superstition and the absurd of religion, we have to seek ways to give answers that some times we dont have ourselves, so instead of being hard with ordinary people who believe in god, i think we should talk to them about the difference in what they think of god and what the rich powerfull people think of that god... that way we avoid being sectarian and at the same time we make room for good people who we may convince in the way with our non sectarian practice and attitudes. | 1 |
| 463 | some of the questions seem irrelevant and or not having enough answer options | 1 |
| 464 | Some of your questions are too black/white, but mostly it's cool. Good luck. | 1 |
| 465 | Some people might think anarchists should not be atheists so you may want to add that response even though that is not my response | 1 |
| 466 | Some precisions: The the highest education i have received: it's the one i'm doing now. I have worked in agriculture. I'm not working there ringht now... | 1 |
| 467 | Some questions are biased from a cultural point of view (they reflects anglo-saxon categories and set of values). The fact that it is written only in english is a bad choice, if you want a "global" survey. | 1 |
| 468 | Some random notes on terminology: -I prefer "anarchy" and "anarchists" to "anarchism." -I think "anti-capitalism" is more useful than "class struggle" in the "most important struggle" section. -I don't think that I understand what is meant by "my security as an anarchist"... what does "security" mean in this context? -I think that the violence question is very important but useless without first trying to figure out a working definition of what "violence" is. There's a difference between verbal, symbolic, and interpersonal physical violence. Does "violence" also include "confrontation"? "Conflict"? Good luck with the survey. | 1 |
| 469 | Someone was quoted for saying that "anarchism is a methodology, not an ideology". I agree, I think we should endeavour to distinguish between 'anarchism' and the entire plethora of 'anarchistic ideologies'. These all have their use and purpose. But what would an anarchism or indeed an anarchist world with only one form of social organisation look like? | 1 |
| 470 | Sometimes I question whether or not I'm an anarchist. Then I realize that's perfectly fine and probably a good thing. Fuck cults. | 1 |
| 471 | sorry for my english ;) salud comrades! | 1 |
| 472 | Sorry for my english! | 1 |
| 473 | sorry i'm exhausted after filling in the other questions. | 1 |
| 474 | stay free. anarchism is the ultimate liberty. | 1 |
| 475 | Stop infighting, and don't mistake your personal choices/preferences for how the revolution will look. Like good christians do, continue doing outreach work to spread your ideas. Oppose our nemesis, Learn wildlife skills for living off the grid. Have a bugout bag and prepare as much as possible for any eventuality like having to run and hide. Get firearms and ammo and learn how to use and maintain them. Vote as a joke or for real. I don't mind voting seriosly sometimes. | 1 |
| 476 | Stop living in fear. Start talking to the oppressed. | 1 |
| 477 | Struggles have to be grounded in everyday day life and not part of some lifestyle choice, otherwise they confirm to liberal moralism which is the anti-thesis of what happened in Spain, Russia and other places. | 1 |
| 478 | Survey has an odd treatment of anarchism as a 'thing' to be 'achieved' in the future, as a coherent state of society, rather than as something we can build and play with in the present. The concept of revolution is outmoded, and would either entail waiting forever, or forcing anarchism on people. We have to fight now to limit the violences of capital and the state, whilst building the world we want around us. Not saying that's easy, but it's an important thread of thought within anarchism, and slightly distorted by some of the questions. Interesting survey! | 1 |
| 479 | Surveys are not anarchist. | 1 |
| 480 | take over the media. abolish state surveillance and repression. end racism and sexism. there is so much to do, I often don´t know where to start. It get´s overwhelming! friends and companieras are one of the most valuable and best things we shouls all have around us! keep fighting! | 1 |
| 481 | Thank you comrade for trying to change the world. ================================================ Great Men Are We for James Drought Moses burnt a bush one day To tablet life upon some clay. Nero claimed his just reward By fiddling to a burning sword. The Inquisition used a pyre To turn a righteous man to liar. Shakespeare’s love poems burned one night Till quickly doused by England’s might When Watt with steam applied the heat To lines of men with unclad feet. Then Marx used but a burning thought To set afire the ill we’d wrought. In the flickering of the flame Kropotkin spoke in Darwin’s name While in the forge of conflagration Stalin formed a modern nation And in its shadow Hitler lit The books and bodies He saw fit. Then Truman etched the yellow race By fission on a building’s face And Johnson came to his acclaim By making burning napalm rain. Dear Reader, note: historically The man You choose is really Thee. Deformed beast, will you next Strike a match and light this text Or can you, with your brain, devise How to make a human Phoenix rise? | 1 |
| 482 | Thank you for asking me these questions. They have been fun to think about and to answer! | 1 |
| 483 | Thank you for doing this =-) I hope to see the results, soon. | 1 |
| 484 | Thank you for doing this survey. Please make the results as public as possible. Can't wait to read your findings and thoughts! | 1 |
| 485 | Thank you for including multiple gender options in this survey. :) | 1 |
| 486 | Thank you for putting together this survey. I know these things are a lot of work, and it's a valuable service. I would like it if some of these questions (e.g. "What are your views on substance use?" "What is your view on same sex marriage?" ""What is your view on artists?") would offer some options that aren't rigged in favor of hyperpoliticized anarcho-purism. (I think art's damned important, but not just because it's "important for the struggle" somehow. I think it's important to living a wonderful life. I'm pretty boring myself as far as drugs go, but it's not because I make some kind of priggish distinction between alcohol and other drugs, or because I have some sXe political beef about substance use; I'm just boring, for reasons that don't have much to do with my politics. I'm against government recognition of marriage, but I'd never say something like "Don't get married, it's not anarchist!" and my actual position, which I think is the position of a lot of anarchists, is to distinguish between "legal rights" of marriage from the personal commitments that people in love make to each other in private weddings, ceremonies, parties, whatever, but there's no such option on the quiz -- just a weird homophobic option which I doubt much of anyone will pick, a more-anarchist-than-thou anarcho-purist option which doesn't distinguish between government marriage and social or personal marriage, and a whitebread liberal option about "equal legal rights" to government privilege. I'd like more options, and options which are more neutrally described. | 1 |
| 487 | Thank you for setting this survey up! | 1 |
| 488 | Thank you! :) | 1 |
| 489 | Thank you. | 1 |
| 490 | thanks | 1 |
| 491 | Thanks a lot | 1 |
| 492 | Thanks a lot for your time! | 1 |
| 493 | Thanks for doing this survey! Anarchists should have a better idea of what their community actually believes! Maybe you could do a follow up survey about what kind of work people are doing so that people will have a better idea of what exactly the current anarchist struggles are. | 1 |
| 494 | Thanks for doing this. | 1 |
| 495 | Thanks for doing this. Could you send me the results? I'm dcfost@gmail.com | 1 |
| 496 | Thanks for doing this. I am curious to see the results. I will say that as much as I feel alienated from my employer and society as it is, I feel equally alienated from other anarchists. I do not trust them. I am not happy about this. Anarchism to me isn't about the freedom to break promises or not keep one's word. It's not about ripping other people's shit off, either. | 1 |
| 497 | Thanks for making this survey and I hope my data helps in whatever you're using it for. | 1 |
| 498 | Thanks for putting this together! | 1 |
| 499 | Thanks for putting this together, I think it's interesting. Also, the biggest lesson I've learned in my radical years is to try to learn and understand other's struggles as much as attempting to project your own struggle as a means of forming rebellion and mutual aid. Try being less dogmatic and more pluralist and thoughtful, and if you are to judge, be sure to defend your judgement with substance, not simple rhetoric. | 1 |
| 500 | Thanks for putting this together. I think you should include Latino/Latin American origins in the ethnic background. | 1 |
| 501 | Thanks for putting this together. I'll be excited to see the results of your study. | 1 |
| 502 | Thanks for putting together this survey. I hope all the results are posted! :) | 1 |
| 503 | Thanks for taking this initiative. Curious to the the outcome. | 1 |
| 504 | Thanks for the survey, I enjoyed this. Couple of suggestions: "Platformism," in addition to being the most awkward term ever devised, is not so much a "kind" of anarchism as it is an organizing tactic. It is perhaps appropriate for certain activities that require tightly-knit cadres. However, the survey should also include therefore synthesism, which is likewise an organizing tactic, but doesn't require theoretical unity as the requisite basis for cooperation. Also, regarding "ethnic background," I am assuming that the term "Semitic" means "Judaic." The reason is that "Semitic" refers not to any ethnicity but rather a linguistic classification that includes Arabic and Amharic (Ethiopian)... since the survey already separately mentions "Arabic" and "black/African," I must, again, suppose that "Semitic" here implies "Judaic." If so, then the latter term is widely considered more correct for ethnicity purposes. | 1 |
| 505 | thanks for undertaking this effort! | 1 |
| 506 | thanks this is cool where can i see the results? what are you gonna do with them, can i help gather data? | 1 |
| 507 | thanks you. | 1 |
| 508 | Thanks! | 1 |
| 509 | Thanks, I hope to see results on the survey at some point. | 1 |
| 510 | That we still need to codify everything bothers me. Am I syndo-siani-anarchist?, crypto-genetic blah blah (yes I made these 2 up). I read and learn and try to use every viewpoint to apply to the decisions I make. People just want to get on with their lives, and that really can be anarchic enough. | 1 |
| 511 | The aim of the national liberation of the white African working class is to defend its specific ethnic and cultural interests by creating especifist PLEs and encouraging artistic, sexual and political diversity within them. | 1 |
| 512 | The anarchist movement is much stronger now than it was when I was coming up. It's encouraging to see. I wish there were more alternatives for making anarchism appeal to the mainstream, i.e. working class families who are not punk vegans. with my own struggle to survive and raise my kids, i find it hard to participate in many anarchist events and groups in my area because when i do go there are no children there and people sometimes scare my own kids. the growth in the movement is mostly with very young people who don't really connect to the everyday struggles of working class families. they don't understand the cultural expectations of many immigrant communities (my partner is an immigrant and much of our political work is with immigrants). i started out much like these youth did so I understand where they are coming from, but it does create barriers to building a strong and sustainable mass movement. | 1 |
| 513 | The anarchist movement needs to develop some sense of maturity. Too often, it seems that the actions of anarchists (at least in North America where i'm writing from) are too driven by youthful impetuousness without any thoughts about whether the actions fit into some sort of strategy and without any consideration of what the impact might be to the goals and influence of the anarchist movement. | 1 |
| 514 | The best definition I've ever heard of anarchism came from Mike Boda's (an absolutely wonderful insurrectionary anarchist writer from Pittsburgh) radio appearance before the G-20 demonstrations. He said: "Anarchism is the philosophy that equality does not exist until all social relations are voluntary and non-hierarchical." I LOVE that! | 1 |
| 515 | The biggest problem anarchism is facing today is the ignorance of the masses and the influence mass-media have gained | 1 |
| 516 | The bit on class needs tightening up. I would never describe myself as middle-class but coz I was raised just by my mum there's very little likelihood she'd be 'blue-collar' so that made me 'white-collar'. Also, add Rocker to the anarchist thinkers, he's sweet! Good survey anyway! | 1 |
| 517 | The class analysis of this survey is terribly in accurate if not entirely made-up on the spot bullshit. The race analysis is painful too in the sense that 'white' tends to mean, pan-european descendant, and also is generally counter-productive as 'white' people as a whole weren't imperialists, merely that imperialism was done by whiteys. The Inca's and aztecs had empires too, and so did the japanese and chinese. The problem of imperialism and colonisation wasn't caused by 'crackas', it was caused by capitalism. At the same time as england held America in its belt, it was locking up its own poor and shipping them to australia as virtual slaves. This survey has flaws, but is also comprehensive. | 1 |
| 518 | The day will come eventually. The final anarchist revolution should be able to incorporate and draw participation from all tenants of anarchist thoughts regardless of their economic/philosophic/methodological convictions as long as they all champion the liberties of humanity and the societies from arbitrary monopoly on political power and violence that is the state. | 1 |
| 519 | The distinction between Marxism and Anarchism is odd facing the fact that there are post-communist currents like value-critique or Moishe Postone's re-reading of the mature theories of Marx, which are not aiming at class struggle or some kind of totalitarian Leninism. The way you framed the questions almost made me want to self-label as Communist, because I felt ostracized from being an anarchist proper, even though I have been spending a lot of my time in autonomous groups and am all up for getting rid of hierarchies and power and an equal society. | 1 |
| 520 | The ideal of anarchism is no different from the ideal of Christianity, Judaism, Zoroaster, Pythagoras, Democracy, etc, etc, etc. The minds of the people are hypnotized to see only the differences, not the similarities that alone can cause the mind to see ourselves in others and work to establish freedom in heart and mind, then in community. all efforts to make a better world will fail until better more understanding people populate the world. then anarchism, democracy, christianity, judaism, Buddhism,etc, etc will be no more and people will be free. as long as any label exists, just as long shall division, fear, greed and disharmony prevail. | 1 |
| 521 | The main problem is stupidity. People are stupid. If someone can be persuaded, they are a potential anarchist. Most people are closed minded against being persuaded, they won't listen. We should try to stop brainwashing by the mainstream media and outdated beliefs. We should also focus strongly on ending the "bomb-throwing anarchist" stereotype. | 1 |
| 522 | The most important thing before the revolution is to get the idea out of people's heads that anarchy is a violent, scary thing and all anarchists are idiots. Information is the most important tool right now. | 1 |
| 523 | the movement is growing. | 1 |
| 524 | The next time, try to spread it throught existing organisations and groups | 1 |
| 525 | The point is to remember that no one is above anyone else, if we organize to tightly, we have to keep that in mind, or else the new system will be the same as the old one. | 1 |
| 526 | The problem is that so many well-intentioned people, in trying to fight capitalism and its ideology, which obviously aren't good, adopt yet further ideologies and take them so damned seriously that they aren't much use to anyone. I can't say what needs to be done, but I don't like to see people in cult-like scenarios, alienated from life and hampered intellectually because they have to think in a certain correct way. I feel I have to stress as strongly as possible that anarchism is not in any way exempt from such criticism. It ought not to be someone's identity, just a useful way of looking at the general mess. | 1 |
| 527 | The prospect of sudden and severe Climate Change seems troubling. If it is going to happen, destroying social systems and human lives, then it would affect how we organise now. As I don't know when or if it is going to happen, I am not sure which aspect of struggle to poor my energies into now, and what skills I should develop as a revolutionary. However, I may solve this question soon, who knows! :) | 1 |
| 528 | The sections on the problems with Anarchist theories etc. could yield some interesting information. I've noticed a trend, especially on reddit, where people are seemingly fed up with anything that doesn't comply with their view of Anarchism, and that is not what Anarchy is about for me. | 1 |
| 529 | The state of the world constantly leaves me confused and I am liable to changing my positions. | 1 |
| 530 | The survey definitely isn't how I would have designed it, but it's still potentially useful. Some of my criticisms (notably on the definitions of class) are dealt with in the FAQ, and I've clarified my own position in my answers. My other main criticism is that I'd have liked more space to explain my answers, under lots of different questions. But in the absence of that, I'll use this space. I'll start by elaborating further on anarchists I'm close to. I include Goldman with some hesitation despite her rejection of the organisation of tendency, and also because of her feminist militancy and many other contributions; I exclude Most with some hesitation because he is best known as an insurrectionist. The others I would not regard as anarchists (but I recognise Proudhon in particular as a vitally important influence on anarchism, and deeply appreciate Bookchin's contributions in relation to ecology). On atheism: I think Bakunin's arguments for a relationship between anarchism and atheism have considerable force. But it can't be an absolute requirement. I find the second option a bit unclear – what exactly is meant by “moderate”? - but insofar as it offers a way to exclude irrationalist fanatics and political theocrats, it's the option that best fits my views. On tendencies: I will accept a lot of the labels, but with misgivings in some cases. Following Black Flame, I use “anarchist” as the name of a tendency, and “libertarian socialist” as a descriptive term including anarchists and many others. I am a communist as opposed to a collectivist (against exchange in all forms) but not a communist as opposed to a syndicalist (and I don't see a useful way of making this a general distinction: see Black Flame pp.124-127). I regard platformism and especifismo as fundamentally one tradition, of which I am part; but I don't think it originated with the Platform: it goes back to Bakunin, although the Platform is an important if flawed text. (Lately the name “anarchist | 1 |
| 531 | The survey is too long, and it looks as if it has been crafted by several different people, resulting in several different styles. It would help to have a "N/A" (or a "Don't Know" or "Don't Care" or "Irrelevant to me") choice for EVERY question you ask. I strongly suspect that--for a large number of questions--if you simply tally the answers, then the results you report will be meaningless, unless you also indicate some of the "narrative" feedback you've received from various respondents. | 1 |
| 532 | The survey questions could use some refining. | 1 |
| 533 | The survey was a tad biased to the left. | 1 |
| 534 | The tendency to refer to people who disagree on tactics as "anarcho-liberal" is self-defeating in that it only offers silencing on diverse voices and opinions. It's a form of groupthink. We should embrace criticism of our beliefs and tactics, not dismiss them. | 1 |
| 535 | The US constitution is about as close to an anarchist society as has ever been envisioned and implemented in modern times. We would do well to admire it as a touchstone for many people who do not, and likely never will, consider themselves anarchists. The constitution is our greatest weapon in the fight against the state. If we return to constitutional government in the USA, that is about the best starting point I can imagine for moving society further towards anarchy. | 1 |
| 536 | The utility of this exercise seems very limited. | 1 |
| 537 | There are incredible synergies gained when we concentrate our efforts in one geographical area, in this case New Hapmshire. Some people are doing cable-access TV, some doing radio, some doing newspapers. Some are teachers, some are doctors, some are lawyers, some are laborers. Our message gets out into the community in many different ways via different media. As a result, we are starting to change the "societal narrative". Some of us have been elected to the legislature, and set about repealing and de-fanging bad laws. Any anarchist owes it to him or her self to seriously consider the Free State Project | 1 |
| 538 | There aren't any non-geographical organizations that a person with limited money (can't pay dues) can join in the US currently, this needs to change. | 1 |
| 539 | there is a quite commical tendency among leftists in general and lenistist in particular. which has the impact that they see trotskyists and anarchist conspirators everywhere trying to take over their group. In the anarchist scene do i see a tendency of the oposite(im talking here specificaly about my experience from the anarcho-syndicalist union SAC in Sweden). that is that people who are active in an anarchist or liberterian socialist group would looked on as leninists or threats to the democracy of the movement if they are active and make things happen. concensus is still seen by many as an ideal form to make decissions. But for a union can it be quite troublesome. simply beacuse it takes a lot of time, with the result that mostly unemployed people have the time to sit through the decisionmaking practices. In unions where werry few people are active members is it quite futile to put over to the members who are not in the local comitee to make decisions. It is also bad if the comitee is treating individual no-sayers as representatives for passive members. Such action is usualy aimed att strenghtening the grassroot democracy of a movement but the result is quite the oposite. I still think that it is important that people elected to take care of specific tasks in a movement can be removed as soon as possible if they dont do their work properly. But apart from that do i think that we need to form our organizations out of the local circumstances rather than ethic standpoints. It is more important that we have working anarchist groups that can be used as tool for class struggle or even revolutionary action, than to have a culture which might look more democratic then most organisations, but is at the same time inefective and encourages members to be passive rather than the other way around. | 1 |
| 540 | There is a truly massive gap between anarchist ways of living and self-identified anarchism. The number and variety of people living (wholly or partly) in anarchist ways is exponentially greater than the number of people who self-identify as anarchists. Most of the newest wave of social movements, particularly in the global South, are broadly anarchist/autonomous. And beyond actual movements, billions of people are surviving in horrible conditions through social networks, a basically anarchist way of life. The most important question is therefore how to socially network and recompose these autonomous movements to reject the remnants of oppressive attachments, to empower themselves in everyday life and to destroy global capitalism and alienation. To engage in such a broad field, and when the problem will repeatedly pose itself of movements which are anarchist in some ways but not in others, it's necessary to focus on autonomy and the network form, rather than questions of how people identify (we have to get used to the fact that some people have indigenous religious practices, some are liberation theologists, some are Marxisant modernists and so on; but we also have to take a hard line against the reassertion of repressive forces - for instance, lifestyle regulation within autonomous movements - which lead back to alienated social forms). | 1 |
| 541 | There is no state and never has been, it is all in our mind. Thus we already live in an anarchy. People are just being morons for too much of the time. Once we stop being morons we will wake up into heaven, the ultimate anarchic vision. | 1 |
| 542 | There is nothing here addressing the central issue in the US left, such as it is, which is not specific to anarchism, socialism, or what have you. There are swarms of inauthentic progressives, including "venue anarchists" (like the one that shot McKinley) who are simply advocating anarchism as an essentially RW bourgeois way to indicate that someone else isn't "serving". This is the real divide in the Left, b/t authentic progressives and what I call "red headed league" types, referencing Arthur Conan Doyle. The latter have underground backing from the elite as a whole and are in the ascendancy. | 1 |
| 543 | there is only one anarchism; other orientations are subjective views of people, it is good, but anarchist must not control other people (even if thinking); | 1 |
| 544 | There needs to be an action plan to gradually establish and implement a state of utopian anarchy throughout the world. Most importantly and effectively is the education of the human race. We all need to be able to be self-disciplined, responsible, respectful, empathetic, honest, charitable, patient, and self-reliant. | 1 |
| 545 | There needs to be more unity and cooperation amongst anarchists. There's too much inner-conflict (especially between individualists and social anarchists). There could be mutually beneficial ways to discuss and debate issues amongst one another. | 1 |
| 546 | There seems to be a slight bias against market anarchists, even though we can be just as anti-state and anti-authoritarianism in all senses as can any other kind of anarchist be. | 1 |
| 547 | Think for yourself. Question authority. Be excellent to each other. | 1 |
| 548 | think outside the box, and don't do anything just because "it's what a real anarchist would do." that leads to power structures. | 1 |
| 549 | This is an exciting time in terms of both theory and practice. What we need to get better at is engaging with people outside our milieu--not in a one-way, vanguardist relationship but in dialogue. | 1 |
| 550 | This is awesome! Do you have a mailing list/can I be contacted when the results are available? ramseyj@riseup.net | 1 |
| 551 | This is important for us to do. I'm glad this survey exists. Anarchists need to coordinate to discover our mutual goals, and what possibilities exist for pursuing them together and supporting each other in our struggles against oppression and exploitation. I wonder what the step after this is though... | 1 |
| 552 | this is silly. | 1 |
| 553 | This may be a trap, but I don't care if my answers are public knowledge or if this sort of demographic data is known. (the self-selecting pool of test-subjects should nullify any potential law enforcement applications) | 1 |
| 554 | This project should be expanded beyond quantitative methodologies. I'm generally rather critical of this kind of quantifying of humanity and of our opinions or beliefs. | 1 |
| 555 | This seems very North American centric for a world wide survey. Also seems rather white. The question about "reaching anarchism" is weird. Should include something about the need for constant struggle. | 1 |
| 556 | This survey has a worrying weight toward calling for dictates on contentious issues and sectarian identification. I miss a bit of that crazy utopianism i love about anarchists; how about a separate survey on the ideal society and possible paths there? Or maybe a call for utopias. Make it a zine and pod it. | 1 |
| 557 | This survey is going to end up being awesomely prescriptive and barely indicative of the community at large. Fuck, quantifying anarchism is the dumbest thing i've heard of. P.S nice survey, thanks for the effort! | 1 |
| 558 | This survey is heavily skewed to the anarcho-communist/syndicalist side. Try to make it more general in the future. Since voluntaryism was not included on the form, I'll give you a couple definitions: "The goal of voluntaryism is the supplantation of the state by a voluntary order, in which political authority is reverted to the individual, and association among people occurs only by mutual consent. Voluntaryists believe voluntaryism itself should be the means to achieve this goal, rather than forceful action." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntaryism "Voluntaryists are advocates of non-political, non-violent strategies to achieve a free society. We reject electoral politics, in theory and in practice, as incompatible with libertarian principles. Governments must cloak their actions in an aura of moral legitimacy in order to sustain their power, and political methods invariably strengthen that legitimacy. Voluntaryists seek instead to delegitimize the State through education, and we advocate withdrawal of the cooperation and tacit consent on which State power ultimately depends." http://www.voluntaryist.com/ | 1 |
| 559 | This survey is obviously leaning strongly in one direction. many options are missing or poorly selected. | 1 |
| 560 | This survey is really centred on a anglo-saxon way of anarchism. | 1 |
| 561 | This survey is shit. | 1 |
| 562 | This survey is timely and necessary. I hope you will get enough replies for it to be a useful tool to understand contemporary anarchism. My main concern with contemporary anarchism is that it is too indifferent to history, both the history of anarchism and simply history in general. | 1 |
| 563 | This survey is very much needed and is a fantastic idea! | 1 |
| 564 | This survey isn't serious enough in the options it offers (e.g. "Hook me up man" and "never :(" | 1 |
| 565 | This survey lacks modern mutualist answers, heavily focuses on red anarchism, and leaves out some obvious choices of influence i.e. Zinn and Chomsky. | 1 |
| 566 | This survey needs to be translated into other languages. It's going to be pretty biased towards the english speakers. Other than that, I think this is a great idea. | 1 |
| 567 | This survey seems clearly aimed towards the left-anarchists, and while I appreciate that (me being a left anarchist in some ways myself) I think it should be a lot less biased, not every anarchist is interested in the "class struggle" or the revolution filled with violence. Thank you for this survey however. | 1 |
| 568 | this survey seems to be left anarchist biased | 1 |
| 569 | This survey was biased, and appeared to be written for an expected result. I am only submitting it to see the results. | 1 |
| 570 | This took so long. I hope it's useful cos it feels like a bloody waste of time. | 1 |
| 571 | This was a fun survey. I hope you guys are not the CIA/FBI/NSA collecting data. | 1 |
| 572 | This was a good idea. Thanks. | 1 |
| 573 | This was kind of fun to fill out, although I kept feeling like I wanted to write an essay on each question. (That's good... means it was actually thought provoking.) I guess a little summary of why I'm an anarchist: at root of my beliefs is that I rarely, if ever, see struggles for liberation as "us vs. them." While there are horrible, destructive, and exploitative systems in this world, the vast majority of people are just trapped within them and trying to do the best that they can. We may fault them for "buying in" to these systems, but most people are so apathetic and beaten down by their lives that they may have never thought critically about their own potential efficacy and place in the world. It takes a lot of nerves and a lot of time to change your worldview, and most people are just too tired to have this fortitude. I don't want to make excuses for anyone, but I think that in a hierarchical world, nearly EVERYONE loses in some way. From my cousin who is a cop and received only a few weeks of maternity leave to stay home with her newborn, to the executive who works 80 hours a week to fill with material things the hole he left in his family by never being around due to "career demands," to the worker in some shitty "developing world" factory who gets paid nearly nothing to make the material things, to the trucker who has to drive them across the country and is forced to work more to offset the ridiculous price spikes in fuel caused by the military maneuverings of the few--everyone loses. I'm not waiting for a revolution, and don't necessarily think that anarchy will ever come as some utopia, but I think it's a good way to show all of these people that there's a better way to live RIGHT NOW, even if they don't actually become politicized. I find it disconcerting when people argue that we should do nothing because that will "hasten the revolution" or something. I'd rather have a thousand apolitical people tending a communal garden or working as a chi | 1 |
| 574 | thx fer putting this together - its hard for me to answer these questions because i go back and forth on the relevance anarchism means to me. in a lot of ways (in the US) it's a bullshit social scene that abandons plenty of amazing people for fucked up reasons and is totally worthless, and yet on good days i feel inspired by a lot of friends who would call themselves anarchists (or maybe not anymore) and i feel a lot of hope in that direction. | 1 |
| 575 | To not shower is not required to be an anarchist! | 1 |
| 576 | Too many people view anarchism as choas or doing whatever they want regardless of anyone else, I think this does a lot of harm to the movement by reinforcing the "need" for government. | 1 |
| 577 | too many rifts... wish we could all work together. think labels divide us rather than unite us. i'm also sad at the level of misconception placed upon different factions of anarchism - ie, the red/green divide... I would prefer it if we were lookign for commonality and seeing how we could work together rather than gettign our straw people to fight with each other... it's counterproductive and victim behaviour. | 1 |
| 578 | too tired, sorry :( | 1 |
| 579 | Toronto's gonna burn in June. | 1 |
| 580 | Total joke. Your survey is inherently flawed, either anarchists are free thinking individuals who can't be boxed into a vacuous multiple choice survey, or they aren't in which case, you might as well go and shoot yourself. | 1 |
| 581 | Towards the destruction of capital and the state! | 1 |
| 582 | travel, help and learn from people who have a good thing going, and don't be afraid to put down roots so you can stand and fight when you find something you love enough that it's worth stopping for. make haste, slowly why are motherfuckers afraid to use the a word? i wear it as a badge of pride and use it as a yardstick to measure whether unaffiliated ideas and actions are legit in my eyes. not the only measure, but useful go for broke. don't let anarchism get associated with mediocrity, we can do so much. meditate and get over yourself don't try and force shit with your gender politics, it has to come naturally have compassion for those suffering from depression, and realize it's necessary to serve some time singing the blues on your way to leading a more elevated existence. we have to come to terms with the good and the bad. check out con-counceling check out qi kung, yoga, shamanism, and any spiritual technology you're attracted to. it helps don't be so post-modern that you feel like good shit from other cultures is offlimits: the melting pot will boil, and anything that survives has to run together | 1 |
| 583 | Under the paving stones, the beach! | 1 |
| 584 | up the punx | 1 |
| 585 | us ancaps aren't as bad as you might think. read some rothbard and some anthony gregory. you'll like it. : ) | 1 |
| 586 | us young anarchists need to stop being anarchists for the sake of being anarchists and quit being so cliquey. | 1 |
| 587 | Very cool project! | 1 |
| 588 | Very keen to see some of the collated results! | 1 |
| 589 | Very US-centric. A lot of the questions seemed to be somewhat biased towards a particular political point of view. | 1 |
| 590 | violence is not the answer! | 1 |
| 591 | Voluntaryist seems to be a more common term among the AnCap variety of anarchists | 1 |
| 592 | wake up and smell the coffee | 1 |
| 593 | Was there a French version ? :) All around very well done. | 1 |
| 594 | We all only have one life, and no one deserves to spend it any way other than being free. Politics are irrelevant! | 1 |
| 595 | We are coming to a decision in our lives. Either we are going to sit back and watch how all of are freedom and rights are taken away from us and how our lives turn into nothing. How we rise each day to go to work for money so that we can buy food and other stuff that we do not need. How we go on vacations to forget our problems and fears. I do not need all of this I will fight and take over. We are born free and we will die free alone or with many I chose to fight back. Fight back to reclaim that which has been taken away from us. | 1 |
| 596 | We are turning a big corner worldwide, hopefully movements and people that believe in absolute freedom can adapt and keep up. | 1 |
| 597 | We can never know when revolutionary moments will come upon us - the anarchists in Spain in the 30s didn't know, the radicals in Russia in the start of World War I didn't know, the French students the year before 1968 didn't know. Therefore, the best thing we can do right now is to organize ourselves and others into social groupings and organizations that embody the future we want to see, and will be positioned to assert themselves during moments of crisis. | 1 |
| 598 | we can not and should not tolerate fascist tendencies. also, consensus decision making DOES NOT work. if you say nonsense outside of a meeting, you're going to say nonsense inside the meeting. | 1 |
| 599 | we have rights and should be allowed to use them all | 1 |
| 600 | We must build up befor we bring down. | 1 |
| 601 | we must share our thougts between all who can to hear but not in intense of sectarianism, make gigs and actions not only for the music, be independent but not lazy, dont forget funny stuff of our lives..greetings | 1 |
| 602 | We need more geographers, straight up. Whether it's city planning or fucking up coal and uranium mines, all that shit falls within the discipline of geography. So drop yer damn philosophy degree and come back to earth, now. | 1 |
| 603 | We need to build not destroy. We need to educate not talk down. We need organize and work together with serious, well thought out strategies and tactics. We need to do this for the win and win by pulling people together to achieve out common interests. | 1 |
| 604 | We need to build place, autonomy space but stay with other people too in the struggle, a kind of balance... | 1 |
| 605 | we need to find a solution that actually works. | 1 |
| 606 | we need to get rid of all of the (ism schizims) and actualy stert living an anarchist lifstyle get some order into our own colectivity an d realise our full pottencial and universal appeal , without the shadow p of violence and chaos persueing us and scarind of a generaly apathetic and scared and confused population | 1 |
| 607 | We need to make ourselves relevant again. | 1 |
| 608 | We need to move forward. | 1 |
| 609 | We need to remind ourselves and others that we practice mutual aid and individual initiative on a daily basis, and that all our needs can easily be met by these two forces alone. | 1 |
| 610 | We need to stay focussed on the objectives we hold in common rather than getting ourselves arrested on pointless demos that make no impact, defending capitalism against fascists rather than offering a proper alternative and filling up vans with bunnies. All of the stuff these people are fighting against get sorted in the class struggle itself and it's the ONLY way to permantly put and end to those evils. Stay focussed! | 1 |
| 611 | We need to stop recognizing illegitimate property claims of the elite. | 1 |
| 612 | We really gotta create a united anarchist organization that combats the usual sectarianism with cooperation and mutual understanding of our goals as anarchists, and debate what actions should be undertaken to accomplish those goals. I think the main actions that should be undertaken are the development of counter-economic institutions that focus on democracy and inclusion of all people affected by policies, as well as agitating the current state-corporate dominance with culture jamming, competing with state-corporate power for the hearts and minds of the people, and through direct action and education. Our goal should be to help people regardless of what they think of us, regardless of ideological differences, and regardless if they've done something to harm the anarchist movement in the past, to employ services that will help out everyday, working-class people, without bombarding them with notions of "class struggle" and overthrowing "the ruling class". They must experience for themselves the superiority and inclusive nature of anarchism, not just being told the virtues of free association, democratic decision making, etc. They MUST experience it for themselves. Revolution must come organically, steadily, not by peer pressure and/or coercion. | 1 |
| 613 | We really need to focus on educating the masses. Revolution is all good and well but you need people to do that. Most people living in the system aren't going to just stumble upon anarchism like I did. Call me lucky. We need to put just as much effort into organizing mass education as we do into protests and demonstrations. The majority of people know even less about real anarchism then they do communism/socialism. They still think it means just no rules running wild and mass chaos. Fuck that. We need to show them who we are and what we think and why we think it and show them the truth. Easier said than done I know and I've not been any help either but it does still need doing. | 1 |
| 614 | We should be more willing to work with Non-Leninist Marxists, as our similarities are greater that our differences. We would have more to gain from it as well. | 1 |
| 615 | We should think outside the box. We spend virtually all our time as a movement either talking about anarchism or fighting against authority. At some point we need to start fighting FOR anarchy. By this, I mean that we should stop JUST fighting against the system and start creating a new and better world. We can do this right now! Only by creating, rather than destroying will we be victorious. Only through inclusion and cooperation instead of sectarianism, can we expect to overcome adversity. There are numerous groups, organizations and individuals who know virtually nothing about anarchism yet are doing more work towards that end than the movement itself. Permaculturalists, Guerrilla Gardeners, Open source developers, etc. are just a few examples. It is my humble opinion that anarchism is something to create and not something to fight for. Anarchy is an ideal that should be lived and there is no real reason to further the fetish for martyrdom that many anarchists have. This is about us now, in the living flesh and those who we've lost along the way would be best honored by each of us living our lives and creating a better world. Martyrs can inspire but only living revolutionaries can create real change. | 1 |
| 616 | we should work together with ALL socialists to acheive basic common goals (such as the end of capitalism)...only after that should any type of anarchist/marxist/trotskysit sectarianism kick in | 1 |
| 617 | we some prole ass hoodlums | 1 |
| 618 | We'll get there. Descriptive reality is more reasonable, moral and just than prescriptive. | 1 |
| 619 | Well on Theory we long behind our marxist Brothers and Sisters, and one reason could be, that just to define anarchism is hard. I gotta run now, but go read "Black Flame" it explains where i stand. | 1 |
| 620 | Well thought out questions on the survey, but the high quantity of text boxes will make it more difficult to more narrowly categorize the answers. Of course, being anarchy we are talking about, that might be a good thing! | 1 |
| 621 | Well, I could write a whole essay as most people taking this survey are probably furiously typing out now. I won't bore you. I do want to say that when speaking to anarchists, I just tell them I am one. When speaking to non-anarchists, I don't not say I am one. I find that this actually mirrors my stance on it. I find that it's just easier to find something in common with someone than to oppose. Finding common ground is important in persuasive discussion. This survey was quite thorough and I'm glad someone is doing this. Peace, friends. | 1 |
| 622 | Well, it all boils down to the will of the people. Our collective power as the people is sort of a natural democracy. We, right now, have the power to overcome the system but we choose not to with our complacency. Many people are generally mad at their circumstances but don't connect the dots. So the prime goal for anarchists should be to connect those dots to give people solutions (revolution) for their problems in life. | 1 |
| 623 | Well, just great survey I hope I can help. I'm not actually an anarchist per se, I'm more of a Marxist that is partial to your cause, but when it all comes down to action we share the same struggle, you know? | 1 |
| 624 | well, let it be ! | 1 |
| 625 | Well, today was a good day. My friends dummpstered quite a bit of food. We made tinctures out of willow bark. I am happy. I hope you are too. Thank you for your awesome survey, it made me revolution (in my pants). | 1 |
| 626 | What contemprary anarchism often lacks is what the whole world lacks: the will to listen to, let alone try to understand, other people's point of view. | 1 |
| 627 | where are the results? | 1 |
| 628 | While I think reaching out to others is good, doing so by giving up our ideals is ridiculous. There will likely not be a million man anarchist march up to parliament, but trying to have that happen by sucking up to state liberals, at the expense of other anarchists is cowardice. | 1 |
| 629 | Why all the strange questions? With out a government, you can do what ever you want, as long as you harm no other. What are you guys proposing? Did I miss something? | 1 |
| 630 | Why did Proudhon only drink chamomille? Because Proper Tea is theft! har har har | 1 |
| 631 | Why even mention the "anarcho"-capitalists? They are not anarchists of any sort. Even implying they are is not a good sign, imho. | 1 |
| 632 | Why the violence question? I predict that it will have no scientific value and frighten some people from participating | 1 |
| 633 | Why would you include Anarcho-Capitalism in this survey? It has nothing to do with anarchism. | 1 |
| 634 | wish these were larger conversations we were having with each other. | 1 |
| 635 | Wish you the best! | 1 |
| 636 | Work is paying me to write this for you. Educate, agitate and organize. "Never be deceived the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth." - Lucy Parsons The Black Panthers, the Haymarket Martyrs, the Death Squad victims; our government perpetuates a constant war against threats to the capitalist free market system. Be careful, be safe, be smart. Solidarity, G | 1 |
| 637 | Working together!!! | 1 |
| 638 | Worthwhile project | 1 |
| 639 | would like to learn more | 1 |
| 640 | Wow. I love my group. There is a lot of important work to be done. I'm not sure how effective we are or can ever be. However, I feel like I'm on the good side and want be here forever. Thanks! | 1 |
| 641 | xxoo from an individualist anarchist/left libertarian. i'm not a secret capitalist, thanks. | 1 |
| 642 | Y'all should be waaaay more transparent about who you are, why you're collecting this info, and what you plan to do w/ it. Personally I'm not too paranoid, but many anarchists simply will not take a survey presented in such an opaque fashion. Anyhoo, I look forward to the results...I'm always curious what others are doing/thinking/preaching. | 1 |
| 643 | yah what the fuck is up with the new self-described insurrectionist people? their attitudes suck and their tactics have been inspiring but nt strategic at all. weve spent the last 10 years since Seattle supposdly locallizing the struggle and doing anti-racism work. evidently that hasnt paid off. when are we going to build the sustainable infrastructure that can sustain anarchism through multiple generations? where are our elders? when are we going to be more than a bunch of privileged mostly males breaking shit, a book club, and a food not bombs. "give up activism" "demand nothing" and "politics are boring as fuck" are the most bourgeois privileged idiotic things ive ever heard. how do the values that dominate the anarchist scene today have anything to do with the foundational values of anarchism? primitivists individualists and manarchists should go call themselves something else. one thing ive noticed is we can all agree that 'were not *those* anarchists but we hate them and wish they would stop making us look bad. | 1 |
| 644 | Yeah - context is important for survey questions... Avoiding questions that beg "universal truths" or generalized answers may give you better insight into the meaning of peoples answers | 1 |
| 645 | Yeah the issues around elitism, culture, racism, ethnocentrism in anarchist thought and practice is often neglected and the dominant white supremacist culture is taken as the norm and not really challenged. Anarchism needs to be decolonised. | 1 |
| 646 | Yeah, it's just a little bit creepy; knowing that the NSA would love to have this kind of information. That's all, I guess. Fuck the cops! | 1 |
| 647 | Yeah, this survey, like most contemporary anarchism, is a bag of shite. Why the fuck is it pandering to the sort of knobheads that wear togas and refuse to travel by anything but pushbikes, because cars are capitalism, MAN. Sort it the fuck out. I call myself a communist because I'm too embarrassed to call myself an anarchist/don't want to be mistaken for a bin raiding hippy. | 1 |
| 648 | Yeh. Needs more post-left and other hyphenated anarchisms. Such as: Propertarian, Voluntaryist, etc. | 1 |
| 649 | yes - I cant see the point of this survey at all! Answers too prescriptive I was also bored :-( | 1 |
| 650 | yes - the most important trend in anarchism in my view is represented by libertarian communism, who attempt to fuse anarchism with anti-Bolshevik Marxism, and actually look at how working class people struggle, and also learn from bits of autonomist marxism, left communism and council communism, as well as anarchism. its a healthy synthesis. often the most creative tensions are found where two major traditions intersect. You also have a sociological definition of class - class is relationship not a gradation in my opinion. your results will be skewed because of this. only about 20-30% of the working class in new zealand are blue collar. and most anarchists i know are working class but not blue collar. also no mention of indigenous struggle in your survey -- indigenous struggle is a bit different from anti-racism and national liberation. also, no mention of current trends in class struggle - role of migrant labour, role of service workers, role of precarious labour, role of community struggle against privatisation/new enclosures, role of industrialisation in 'third world' and so on. would have been good to address this stuff in my view and anarchists relationship to it. | 1 |
| 651 | Yes we have to get rid of lifestyle anarchists, primitivists and capitalists. Anarchism is a working class movement we have to reclaim it from people who distort it. Class struggle or nothing. | 1 |
| 652 | Yes, but not the time. Cheers! | 1 |
| 653 | Yes, everyone should mind their own business. | 1 |
| 654 | yes, i found sections of the survey frustrating because of the multiple choice in several sections, the wording is not one i would have used and perhaps it would have been better to let folx answer freely. i am also weirded out by what i think of as the 'which anarchism is the best anarchism' question. all anarchism is the best anarchism. hope this helps and doesn't frustrate the heck outta you. best of luck and lots of love. | 1 |
| 655 | Yes, I have no problem with people wanting to live in communes or collectives. That is perfectly fine with me. What I do have a problem with is people agitating for violence and trying to divide people into groups in order to manipulate them. Words such as "class", "race", "societal status", "bourgeois" and "struggle" do nothing but divide people into easily manageable groups instead of allowing them to think for themselves. Race, class, state and bourgeois are just terms and do not exist in objective reality. We are all individuals who are separate from all groups. Anarchism isn't just the removal of the state, it is a freeing of your mind from the chains of ideas and institutions. Phantom boogey men such as race and class have been used for thousands of years as a way to convince men to kill one another. By perpetuating these ideas, and by agitating to fight some group or another creates a the very conditions in which people who wish to wield power over individuals want. Free your mind from these enslaving ideas, free your person from enslaving relationships, and the state will follow. | 1 |
| 656 | Yes, I wish the anarchist movement was a little more interested in health and healing in non-orthodox manners. Ill spare the rant though (-: | 1 |
| 657 | You all better hurry the fuck up and get moving! | 1 |
| 658 | You do know that most IA will submit not answer this? I don't even know why I did...Your information is going to very biased towards platformism. | 1 |
| 659 | You have you 'label' for mutualist at the start. | 1 |
| 660 | You keep IP addresses... er, what the hell? If you kept them as a hash of each IPv4 address, and checked that the address had not been used before, that would be fine. But to be honest, if a troll wanted to brutalise your results, they would. Don't kid yourselves. You post up a link to a proxy on your FAQ damn it! What do you expect? | 1 |
| 661 | you will be talking about it till you die, while the people work their asses off every day and go to sleep dreaming of wanting someone to love, while you discuss how many of the college graduates should be allowed to be fucked after just another anarchist meeting. fuck you. | 1 |
| 662 | You're labels and "problematic trends" are inconsistent. | 1 |
| 663 | You're overlooking my branch of anarchism: Nihilism. I don't believe in anything, and I don't really care about much except insofar as it affects me or those I love. | 1 |
| 664 | Your survey is set up in a way that will bias its results - your options, for example, already assume certain highly dubios movements are anarchist. | 1 |
| 665 | Your survey is very "anglo-saxon" | 1 |