User:CJames745

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You can reach me at cjames745@yahoo.com. Call me Carter. I consider myself an anarchist, although I am slowly losing my fondness of the word itself due to its connotation. I generally consider that all immoral behavior involves excersizing power over others and so have adopted the philosophy that limiting the freedom of another is my definition of immoral action. To take somebody's life is to take away all of their freedom and is thus the most unethical action one person can take upon another. To steal the labor of another is every bit a violation of somebody's freedom as passing an oppressive law.

I feel that consensus is very important not only in politics or wikipedian policy but in everyday life. It is rarely worth it to force your opinion on somebody else but it is usually worth it to demand your opinion be heard. I also believe that a world where nobody has power over anybody else is impossible, but it is the only utopia worth working toward, continuously.

I believe strongly in the scientific method and that observation and experimentation are the most reliable sources of objective information. Things can be falsified but not proven true. I don't know if math is the language of the universe, but the universe obeys laws that don't seem to change. Regardless of anybody's personal beliefs, the only common ground we have is the universe we live in. When attempting to be objective, the universe itself is the source we should appeal to.

I am currently attempting to reorganize the article on anarchism. Here is my current proposal.

  * 1 Introduction
  * 2 Schools of Anarchist Thought
        o 2.1 Mutualism
        o 2.2 Anarchist collectivism
        o 2.3 Anarchism and the individual
              + 2.3.1 Max Stirner's egoism
              + 2.3.2 Anarchist Individualism
        o 2.4 Anarchist Syndicalism
        o 2.5 Anarchist communism
              + 2.5.1 Kropotkin
  * 3 Origins of Anarchism
        o 3.1 William Godwin
        o 3.2 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
  * 4 Anarchism as a Social Movement
        o 4.1 First International
        o 4.2 Anarchism and organized labor
        o 4.3 The Russian Revolution
        o 4.4 The fight against fascism
  * 5 Issues in anarchism
        o 5.1 Ends and means
        o 5.2 Capitalism
              + 5.2.1 Anarcho-capitalism
              + 5.2.2 Neocolonialism and globalization
        o 5.3 Feminism and anti-racism
        o 5.4 The environment
        o 5.5 Religion
  * 6 Anarchism Since 1945
        o 6.1 Post-left and poststructuralism
        o 6.2 Post Anarchism?
  * 7 Criticisms of anarchism
  * 8 Cultural phenomena
  * 9 See also
        o 9.1 Historical events
        o 9.2 Anarchism by region/culture
        o 9.3 Books
  * 10 Notes and references
  * 11 External links