Reply #50: Some thoughts

[undergroundpanther]

>I really think that the reason my husband is willing to embrace the >philosophy, to the extent that he does is because he is operating >from a high level of moral development. He behaves in a moral and >ethical manner and assumes that others will too but so many (probably >most) people don't.

I agree most people are not highly morally developed and our society because it is authoritarian,does not encourage moral development.I was bullied relentlessly growing up,because I was morally more developed than my peers.Alot of sensitive, creative,intelligent,people who think for themselves and express it are scapegoated by morally inferior people.
http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/bully.htm#Why

>In my quick read, I wasn't really clear on the differences between >libertarianism and anarchy but my husband tend to gravitate to >anarchist web sites as well as libertarian ones so maybe he is some >combination?

Yes! alot of anarchists go through a "libertarian Phase" Until they work it out and begin to see the insufficiencies of libertarian views and the characters of people that espouse libertarianism and begin to supplement it with anarchy and decide what fits them better.


>I am a "bleeding heart liberal" and believe that a social safety net >provided by the government is a necessary component in a civilized >society.

Alot of Anarchists feel this way too.Alot of Anarchists have tender hearts too.This is why there is a focus in Anarchist circles on developing CONSENTING non hierarchical community that meets the needs and well being of all the members without enroaching on freedoms with"authority".For it is in this type of community where Highly Morally developed people flourish,be free,co exist and NOT sacrifice their integrity to survive together and meet everyones needs.

And this is precisely the type of community an Empire cannot tolerate to exist.If a anarchist community exists in an empire the ethical and oppressed people would choose to be free of the brutality and soul crushing system of empire and would not so easily compromise with the oppressive evil hearted rulers and try to abandon the authoritarian and hierarchy of the state.
This is why colonialists colonize wherever they conquer.

The empire is a cancer on this Earth ,a perversion of the natural consensual social soul of a healthy free and moral community.All Empires are held together not by consent but by hierarchies who employ sophisticated coercion(reward punishments bribes,threats etc.) and if that game fails there is always state force.To destroy a state one has to simply abandon it and not consent to it's demands.but that is easier said than done unless alot more people get some higher moral understanding fast .