Tuesday, 21 November 2006

Buddhism and Christianity is Anarchism

Don't know whether that statement does more damage to Buddhism or Anarchism!

I'm an Anarchism, but not trivially in the sense that I believe in the destruction of all state apparatus and the sending of the world into chaos - ridiculous.

Rather it is the belief that at the end of the day the world is made of people. Whatever their beliefs and the systems of coersion and force that exist, we are all people. I am an arachist to the existent that people come first and state apparatus comes second. Put nothing before being a friend to your fellow man - whoever they are.

Ideally dismantalling the state apparatus seems right, but really it is not. If we do that, then there is a power vacuum, and because 2 people are usually stronger than one, the world will build itself up into groups again, each fighting for power. Best infact to have a hugely powerful overlord dictator who can fill the power vacuum, but who is otherwise incompetent and not authoritarian so that we can ignore him - ridiculous also.

So the best way is to leave boys to play out their fighting in politics and business, and instead focus on treating our fellow humans as humans - in whatever form of state apparatus they might be. This is the Anarchistic view I believe.

1 comment:

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