Anarchism
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Anarchism is a belief that people can work together without any control. It is used to describe different political philosophies and social movements that want to get rid of all forms of authority, including social hierarchy, government and power supported by force. Instead of a hierarchy, these movements want relations based on people willingly helping one another. They hope this would lead to a society where everyone has a say in outcomes just as much as he or she is affected by it. They describe "anarchy" as a society based on voluntary cooperation of free persons. Although in English language, the word "anarchy" is often used to describe chaos, most anarchist philosophy does not promote chaos or anomie; in this belief, "anarchy" means a way of relations between people that is put into place and self maintained.
Individual freedom and opposition to the state are important beliefs of anarchism. There are also big differences between anarchist political philosophies on things like using violence to bring anarchy; the best type of economy; the relationship between technology and hierarchy; the idea of equality; and the usefulness of some organization. Anarchists do not like capitalism and many are socialists or communists. There are people called anarcho-capitalists who oppose governments, but support capitalism. These people are closer to modern libertarianism than to anarchism.
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