To what extent do anarchists agree about the nature of the future stateless society? For Anarchists the state is oppressive and represents the few who seek to oppress the many. The state is also charged with taking away our freedom through subjecting us to its laws and controls that are artificial, offending the basic principle of individual sovereignty. Furthermore the state is seen as corrupting to those in power, those who come into government may do so with good motives, but inevitably lose their idealism and become exploiters themselves. It is for these reasons that all traditions within Anarchism wish to advance human kind through the removal of the state in society.
Sebastian Faure described anarchism as a ‘negation of the principle of authority’. All anarchists believe that the state is oppressive and removes freedom. Malatesta described its role as ‘always that of oppressing and exploiting the masses’. Anarchists agree that the state is exploitative, seeing tax as ‘legalised theft’. The state is corrupt and corrupting.
This quote sums up the general objective of Big Brother’s regime, ultimate control and unfaltering devotion. If citizens had their own memories, or disagreed with what they were told, they would realize how corrupt a society they were living in was and rebel against it. This is the case in Winston’s situation, he recognizes how corrupt the government is and can no longer stand to live monotonously in his society. The Party frequently changed the past to see who would
Laws and punishment are necessary to prevent people from committing crimes. All modern governments utilize his techniques to some extent to rule. Laws and punishment are used to maintain order. An extreme example of Machiavellian principals can lead to a dictatorship. An extreme dictator such as Haddam Hussein ruled by fear.
The basic principle of communism is that it depends on the government’s control of industry while Fascism is based on the pride of the society and on violence to create the ideal society through the eyes of the leader. There is a difference in the two governmental styles with regards to social structure. In a true communistic society, there are no social classes, because there is a command economy which deletes the use of a social structure. All citizens are equal and share everything. In a society where Fascism is used, there are very pronounced social classes mainly because everyone has a specific role.
This is exactly what the totalitarian government, in Bradbury’s Novel, wants for their mindless society. The more addicted people become to technology, the less people will socialize and care about one another. Along with dehumanizing society, technology aids in the total government control which creates a dangerous future for mankind. One of the key factors in this futuristic government’s grasp on society is the extensive amount of propaganda and
The reason is simple: "[n]o one should be entrusted with power, inasmuch as anyone invested with authority must . . . became an oppressor and exploiter of society." [Bakunin, The Political Philosophy of Bakunin, p. 249] This distinction between forms of authority is important.
“At the moment, there is a myth in circulation, a fable that goes something like this: Radical terrorists will take advantage of our fussy legality, so we may have to suspend it to beat them. Radical terrorists mock our namby-pamby prisons, so we must make them tougher. Radical terrorists are nasty, so to defeat them we have to be nastier.” (Applebaum). This is the story being used for validating of torture. There is no proof that this story has any truth.
The Authoritarian system values order and discipline over all others. It identifies itself as a stern political system with little room for error on the individual. Now let’s take a look at the definition of Communism: Communism is the strictly theoretical system imagined by Karl Marx in which all of society, all of economics and all politics are combined into one, perfect, classless, automatic, government-less system based on common ownership of all economic means of production, and social sameness (Biorseth). Communism is Marx’s attempt at creating the “perfect” statelessness system, when in fact it is impossible for such a system to exist (Hoyt). While both systems appear to vastly different, they do have some subtle similarities: Both systems mandate government control of businesses and demand harsh punishments for victimless commercial behavior (including setting ones' own prices or wages, engaging in so-called "insider
Political Power My thesis is, governments, politicians, corporations, unions, advocacy groups, as well as citizens all yield forms of political power, such as hard, soft and derivative power, for many different objectives. To understand political power, you must first understand power, and politics. Power, as defined on page 3 of the text book, states that it is a way to control persons, or institutions behavior, by persuasion of coercion. Politics is a process in which a community selects a leader, empowers them, with decision making, action taking ability for common goals, and reconciles conflicts within the community. Through political participation, we empower leaders we hope will have policies for the general good, betterment of society, the public interest in mind.