Anarchism as a Response to the State and Its Oligarchy

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Tory Anarchism

McCarthy is right about the attractiveness of decentralization but wrong to use the word "anarchy" to describe what is "localism." The state is no "modern republic" and true political community (which is properly scaled) is not "anarchic."

If the only escape from Leviathan is radical decentralization, will conservatives become Tory anarchists? https://t.co/JahdXgVXVC

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Modern Age

Terrence Wright on Dorothy Day

CWR Dispatch: Author: Dorothy Day’s personalism and faithful orthodoxy too often overlooked
“If my work on Day has one point to make,” says Dr. Terrence Wright, “it is that she was a very faithful Catholic who loved the Church.”

CWR: As you note, Day’s “program” is not a political one but is spiritual in nature. But is this not also a form of “politics” in a more expansive sense of the word “politics”? And does not the narrower sense of politics (voting, legislation, policies) depend on this broader sense of politics? Could you elaborate more on this notion of politics and how it relates to Day’s anarchism?
Wright: A lot of people have misascribed different political ideologies to Day, claiming that she was a communist or socialist. After her conversion, Day was in fact an anarchist in the sense that she embraced the Church’s teaching of subsidiarity which emphasizes the importance of acting locally. Day’s personalism emphasized the responsibility that we all have for one another.
Far from being a communist, she was very suspect of “Holy Mother the State” relieving us of this personal responsibility for the other. Christ doesn’t call for the state to take care of the poor, He calls us all to this responsibility. So her politics is spiritual in that my membership in the local community and my membership in the mystical body of Christ calls me to take care of the other. And, since we are all body and soul, this care must be on both the material and the spiritual level: thus I am called to perform the spiritual and the corporal acts of mercy.

Her suspicion of the state is correct; but does she have a political program that all should follow? Is there anyone living today who can be called her true successor or follower? With how many of her disciples would she agree today? And if there is disagreement on their political advocacy and public positions, then how well did she supervise her organization? If she didn't do a good job, then whatever credibility she may have with respect to political discussions is undermined.

Revolution of the Heart

FPR: Christian Anarchy Come of Age: Dorothy Day and the Common Good by Myles Werntz

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Redefining What an Anarchist Is

I concur with his claim that the state is the enemy of liberty and tradition [and community] but what exactly is he advocating in concrete terms?

AmConMag: Why True Conservatism Means Anarchy By ALEXANDER WILLIAM SALTER
For the sake of preserving liberty and tradition, conservatives should reject the state’s legitimacy.

The Neo-Yankees Will Love This

And maybe a few paleolibertarians as well...



wiki: Newton Knight

School of Hard Knocks?

Albert Jay Nock: libertarian or anarchist, but no paleo or trad - from Jeffrey Tucker (source not given):

Post by Jeffrey Tucker.

Who but an Uhmerican could have written this? Someone deracinated, cut off from community and its organic ties, culture, and tradition, lacking the awareness of the bonds of justice that tie us to those upon whom we have been dependent.