@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 11 hours agoWhat is the central tenet(s) of political anarchism? What makes a political philosophy anarchism vs something else?message-square9fedilinkarrow-up123
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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink4•10 hours agoWhat counts as hierarchy? Like, if I pay a plumber to fix my plumbing problems because I don’t know how to, does that imply some hierarchy between us?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•9 hours agoNo, because the plumber doesn’t have power over you. Your boss has power over you - he can decide to remove your source of income, and uses that as leverage to get you to do what he wants. Your government has power over you - they have a monopoly on the use of violence and use it to maintain control. Your preacher has power over you - by making you afraid for your soul, he can manipulate you unwillingly, or severely impact your social status. Your plumber is someone providing a service, that’s completely different.
minus-squareCattypatlinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 hours agoexchange AFAIK isn’t considered hierarchy, a trade of goods (in your example money for service) is equal
What counts as hierarchy? Like, if I pay a plumber to fix my plumbing problems because I don’t know how to, does that imply some hierarchy between us?
No, because the plumber doesn’t have power over you.
Your boss has power over you - he can decide to remove your source of income, and uses that as leverage to get you to do what he wants.
Your government has power over you - they have a monopoly on the use of violence and use it to maintain control.
Your preacher has power over you - by making you afraid for your soul, he can manipulate you unwillingly, or severely impact your social status.
Your plumber is someone providing a service, that’s completely different.
exchange AFAIK isn’t considered hierarchy, a trade of goods (in your example money for service) is equal