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Yeah generally that’s the case. Personally, I don’t see any fundamental problem with empowering individuals, but I look at it from Maslov’s hierarchy of needs perspective. Once we make sure everybody’s basic needs are taken care of, then we can start worrying about maximizing personal freedoms. Anarchists generally only tend to care about the top end of the pyramid, and often it’s because they have their needs largely met already.
Anarchists do have solid critiques of capitalism, it’s when it comes to solutions when things get shall we say questionable.
Honestly, their critiques of capitalism stems from their individualism.
Yeah generally that’s the case. Personally, I don’t see any fundamental problem with empowering individuals, but I look at it from Maslov’s hierarchy of needs perspective. Once we make sure everybody’s basic needs are taken care of, then we can start worrying about maximizing personal freedoms. Anarchists generally only tend to care about the top end of the pyramid, and often it’s because they have their needs largely met already.
Fair enough.