Comments on: Imperial History of the Middle East

By: juvanya ג׳ווניע

juvanya ג׳ווניע — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:43:56 +0000

Kibbutzim are anarchistic. They were formed based on anarcho-communist beliefs of communal life with no government. They are more formalized and have more structure, but fundamentally are still anarchist attempts.

There are other anarchist ideas: primitivism, capitalism… Most, though, are communist or syndicalist. So you can broadly say anarchist and this.

Ultimately everything is a form of government, except perhaps pure individualism, but not many anarchists support that afaik.

By: AEWHistory

AEWHistory — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:26:25 +0000

Okay…. and how is the Kibbutz an answer to Anarchism? The Kibbutz is a communal governing structure and the anarchists believe in the elimination of governing structures? In many ways they are the exact opposite ends of the political spectrum. This is like saying that the KKK is wrong and saying that Martin Luther King would disagree.

By: Michael Zvi Krumbein

Michael Zvi Krumbein — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:28:22 +0000

There isn't all that much left of the kibbutzim anymore. Well, there is some, but a lot less than there was. Anyway, I thought that was socialism, maybe communism.

By: juvanya ג׳ווניע

juvanya ג׳ווניע — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:59:32 +0000

Not the same Egypt.

By: juvanya ג׳ווניע

juvanya ג׳ווניע — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:59:06 +0000

Does it say anything about the vast olive groves and pally society?

By: juvanya ג׳ווניע

juvanya ג׳ווניע — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:57:16 +0000

Tell that to the kibbutzim. It works, but not on a large scale.

By: juvanya ג׳ווניע

juvanya ג׳ווניע — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:56:23 +0000

In completely fabricated quotations (ie they didnt really say it).

By: juvanya ג׳ווניע

juvanya ג׳ווניע — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:52:01 +0000

That's actually from Hong Kong or Taiwan unfortunately.
A lot of the "exotic" Asian food here in the US is actually Chinese. Even Chinese food isnt really Chinese. *sigh*

By: Jim from Iowa

Jim from Iowa — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:04:51 +0000

There would probably be lot more Mongolian BBQ places.

By: Pinja

Pinja — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:16:01 +0000

Who cares if there was never a state? Hundreds of thousands if not millions of Palestinians were driven from their homes. Even your founding fathers admitted that.