Libertarianism has nothing to do with anarchism.

I didn't like the comparison between anarchism and libertarianism because it focused only on individual freedom. One thing that wasn't really addressed, but which is central is economics, and on this point, one cannot compare anarchism to libertarianism or even to individualism. Libertarians in this country, while they may wish to downsize and do away with "government", they would see it replaced with free market capitalism. I thought the lack of anarchist economics was tragic, because our economic system is at least as critical as anything else they touched on. Certainly, these filmmakers wanted to equate maximum individualism and lack of restriction from government with anarchism, but without talking about economics, trade, distribution and allocation of money on a larger scale, half of what anarchism challenges is ignored. All over South America and other places as well, people are coming up with ideas on how to restructure their economies. Perhaps the best ideas are coming from the places which have been most affected by devastating free trade governments! One popular one originating in Brazil is called participatory economics, where local councils made up of the public meet and decide based on consensus how to spend the tax money set aside for their neighborhood. The results have been amazing!

I AGREE WITH "HODDO".___WELL SPOKEN, INDEED.___TO ME, ANARCHISM (AS A VIABLE POLITICAL ETHOS) PROVES THE OLD MAXIM, WHICH SAYS THAT WHENEVER A GREAT IDEA IS INSTITUTIONALIZED, IT IS DESTROYED.___THIS STILL HOLDS FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS IN EXISTENCE TODAY.___IF, AS THE DOCUMENTARY SUGGESTS, WE'RE IN A STRUGGLE WITH INSTITUTIONS OUR ENTIRE LIVES, THEN A REVOLUTION THAT PROMOTES ANOTHER ONE IS THE LAST THING WE NEED.___THANK YOU FOR POSTING.
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Good stuff. With the stigma of bomb throwing and the like, its surprising to see such rational ideas, much like libertarianism, of decentralizing government so that the will of the people actually means something.
I'm not one to label myself anything as I think in reality the answers lie in applying parts of different political philosophies. Fundamentally it seems they all aim to achieve the same goals of liberty and prosperity. But when we depend on someone else, such as government to give us these things, we run into problems because there are too many interests at play, and corruption prevails. So decentralization is key in this regard.