What is an Anarchist?

The great irony this discourse on authority is with Charlie Rose.

authority is never legitimate. leadership is. expertise is. wisdom is. no one gets to have power over others. it is wrong to force. only persuade.
****EDIT (i am blocked from replying to the 1st comment of blankslate below, so i will paste it here):

​ @blankslate7315 you need to get a dictionary, and then check the definition against etymology. we don't just make definitions up. most words have deep roots.
leaders are chosen by those who need guidance, individually. authorities force others to obey with violence. night and day.
authority is illegitimate.
leadership is legitimate.

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The guy is called David Graeber btw
For anyone who wants to look um up

Anarchists can never keep a straight story fr

Rest in Peace David Graeber💙 I’ve read so many of his books but this is the first time I’ve heard his voice

Listening to this in 2025.
Yep.

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Funny that they highlighted his name in black ⚫️- Anarchism and red 🔴- Socialism. Anarcho-Communism and Anarcho-Syndicalism is two of the most based ideologies in human history. You build local power, you make work democratic, community defense democratic, resources based on need not greed, and you make decisions democratically. Of course Right Wingers hate Anarchy combined with Socialism, it means no unjust authorities who feel superior to you, it means WE decide not the ruling class elites who claim the land we stand on, and WE not them, define what it means to live in a place.

No masters. No slaves

As an Anarchist i hold these 3 things dear to my heart

- people should have the right to govern themselves.
- no gods no masters
- anarchy isn't chaos anarchy is individualism

It is interesting to me that most people, if they have enough money, are happy to retire. People in positions of power are so addicted to it, they want to stay in office into old age. And they tell themselves that they are so important that no one else could replace them.