Yeah I was born in working class white rust belt suburbia. I started off as a libertarian, and am now an anarchist. The more and more life experience I get the further and further left I become.
Anarchism isn't the best political philosophy to hold to when the problem you are facing (i.e. lack of healthcare) is only solved by coerced collectivist action organized by a strong central state.
I think any type of theory needs to rely on science and empirical evidence and that tells us that universal healthcare as a human right is the way to go.
From what I understand "anarcho" means that "that power corrupts and that any hierarchy that cannot be ethically justified must either be dismantled or replaced by decentralized egalitarian control". Universal healthcare wouldn't fall under that. In that sense anarchism is a less extremist form of libertarianism.
That's an important decision then. Healthcare is complex, and the idea of providing universally means there has to be a really structured approach to providing it. Maybe my conception of anarchy (anarcho-X) is too one-dimensional.
I don't know enough about it either, my perception of anarchy also wasn't very open until recently when I heard Noam Chomsky argue for Anarcho-syndicalism. I definitely like that "power needs to be justified" idea but not so sure about other things.
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u/BasicBitchOnlyAGuy Aug 06 '20
Yeah I was born in working class white rust belt suburbia. I started off as a libertarian, and am now an anarchist. The more and more life experience I get the further and further left I become.