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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by throwaway012299 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @03:51PM (#31673054)
This comment and the replies are based on incorrect assumptions. Is this context the words "hierarchy" and "authority" are used exclusively to refer to the coercive aspect that can exist. Anarchism does not oppose social organization in itself!

The whole point about "unspoken social popularity" and tyranny of of structurelessness is based on a misunderstanding.

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Re:Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism (1995) by TulliusCicero on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:51PM (#31673934)
> Is this context the words "hierarchy" and "authority" are used exclusively to refer to the coercive aspect that can exist. Anarchism does not oppose social organization in itself!

I think the point is that even in the absence of explicit hierarchy, you can still have coercion in the form of shaming/shunning/etc.

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