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Title: Anarchy Against Utopia!
Author: Anonymous
Language: en
Topics: Utopia
Source: Retrieved on 21 February 2011 from http://flag.blackened.net/radicalanthropology/notes/utopia.htm

Anonymous

Anarchy Against Utopia!

Most dismissals of anarchy or anarchist ideas come through the belief

that for an anarchy to work, perfection is requirement. In other words,

people dismiss anarchy because they believe anarchy means “utopia”.

If anything, anarchy is anti-utopia. It is utopia’s antithesis. Right

now we are living out Plato’s dream of the perfect society, outlined in

the Republic. It’s not a perfect society that we are living in, but we

are always striving for perfection, whether as individuals or as a

society. There are always new technologies being created in order to

perfect us as human beings: cosmetic surgeries, life-extending drugs,

genetic therapy, etc. And there is always an attempt to recreate or fix

this pillar called democracy — an ideology of a perfect society which is

run by majority rule. Once every four years in the US, we try to make

our republic a little better by choosing someone to rule it. If we are

dismissing any utopia, let it be the United States which is nothing more

than a living (and failing) experiment in perfection.

Perfection also means that there is an image of perfect. The struggle to

be perfect is nothing more than the struggle for a monoculture of

replicated human beings. In perfection, there is no room for the

individuality and diversity of wants, needs, desires, and dreams. It

seems that the world is nearer and nearer to its goal to being perfect

as the world grows monotonous, culturally and ecologically.

Anarchy doesn’t have any platform or vision for society. There is no

ideal to strive for; no image of what is perfect. As anarchists, we

recognize nothing is perfect, not even nature. And it is the

imperfections that we embrace, because it is the opposite of striving

for an external ideal. Imperfection means diversity and beauty. We

realize that whatever type of life we lead, we will not be perfect; and

that no matter what type of community we make, it will not be perfect.

Whether in a perfect or imperfect society, problems will arise — both

large and small. In a perfect society, these problems are all addressed

with the same ideal; however, in an imperfect society they can be dealt

with as they really are: each problem is different, needing a different

solution.

If one is striving for perfection, then one is moving further and

further away from being a genuine and authentic human being — an

imperfect animal for an imperfect world.

We don’t want a perfect world — we want a genuine and free world — one

which has been realized time and time again by human beings who have

accepted the fact that perfection does not exist. We want a world where

we are free to experience and embrace our imperfections, our true

selves.

Anarchy means freedom, and it is only in an imperfect world that we can

be free from the ideal or perfection!