As I write this you can’t escape the mention of anarchy or anarchists. With the almost daily riots occurring in cities all over the United States, the participants are either identified as Anarchists or they are using the riots to usher in anarchy. Conservative Inc. appears to have assigned anarchy the status as Public Enemy Number 1. Just check their Twitter feeds, you can’t go 2 or 3 tweets without seeing them condemn the anarchists orchestrating the violence. They will point to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (the infamous CHAZ or CHOP or whatever the failed Art majors called it) as a shining example of the rioter’s goals. It is almost seen as a foregone conclusion that the word anarchy means chaos because the government by choice or force, abandoned the area.
It is true, that this description of recent events does align with one of the definitions of anarchy. But anarchy is so much more than the boogeyman it is currently being portrayed as. In my opening post, I identified a branch of Anarchy as a foundation of this site’s beliefs. Why would I choose to align my site with a concept that strikes at the roots of its principles and values? The answer lies in the definition of the word.
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