Originally Posted by Thylacine
A friend of mine with a Masters in Political Science once said to me "Anarchism is stupid". "Oh yeah, why's that" I replied. "well" he said, "Anarchism is a guy holding a gun to your head while he rapes your girlfriend".
Interesting point.
What he was saying I guess in essense, is that people grossly misuse the term.
What he was
actually doing was grossly misusing the term. I guess an Australian masters in poly-sci isn't all that valuable if this is the sort of statement it produces.
Now I'm not naive enough to believe that the human race is advanced enough to try anrchism, hell, we aren't advanced enough to try capitalism or communism either without thouroughly screwing up each one.
Anarchy has alot more to do with people being socially responsible than it does with some sort of economic system. There's nothing anti-anarchist about trade or recieving value for your labor. These guys aren't getting rich. They're engaged in responsible trade, where in (I'm guessing) the people that build these bikes don't have to live in poverty. There's no contradiction there.