When i was younger and first hearing about anarchy it was from the punk scene. I'm an inquisitive person though so i did research before taking on a new philosophy.

Now that i'm older i have a much more developed understanding of anarchist theory, and it's the only thing that makes any sense to me.

If you're interested in anarchist theory, take a look at this : http://www.black-rose.com/articles-liz/intro-@.html

also chaos =! anarchy, a pure definition of anarchism is "a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society"

Some might believe that a stateless society would breed chaos, and in there lies a good debate.

I'll have to say that most kids who wear the "anarchy symbol" don't even understand what it means. Anarchy can be political, or situational. Anarchism has been attached to alot of things over the years, from the Haymarket Riot, to Sacco and Vanzetti, all the way to Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols. It was also frequently seen as a means to further communism/marxism, by destruction of "the establishment". In a perfect (read impossible) world, lack of government control (political anarchy) would not be such a problem. Realistically though, there are entirely too many people (and groups of people) willing to abuse the absence of law and governmental control. Do I hate outside governmental interference? Absolutely! How would this world be without any restraint upon the selfish, uncooperative and ignorant masses? Not so good. Most current "anarchism" is a fad, latched onto by kids who don't understand it. All they know is that it gets attention and infuriates the powers that be. True political anarchism is just not practical be cause of humanities inadequacy to behave itself. If you've ever lived in a "might-makes-right" society, you will understand.

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I've never understood the anarchy bit. My first boyfriend and I were completely into punk culture, and he got swept off his feet by the idea of anarchy really quickly. A lot of the kids did, honestly. I just could never believe that it would work to anyone's benefit. I think anarchy is just something that sounds good for people that hate being told what to do and have no idea how governments actually run. :P

Krusty Krab Unfair!
Mr. Krabs is in there!
Standing at the concession!
Plotting his oppression!

{ Music Starts Up }

I will restore the working man to his rightful glory!

I will dismantle this oppresive establishment board by board!

I will saw the tables of tyranny in half!

Gnaw at the ankles of big business!

Squidward will be so proud!

hahah, i just bought it at a yard sale a week ago, its a good read

I saw a youngish teenager on a train, covered in anarchist symbols and german flags and studded leather and all that, complain to the conductor that a homeless guy with a dog had sworn at him. Not threatened him, not come near him, not caused him any sort of actual disturbance- just sworn at him.

Raaa anarchy crush the system f*** the government we want independence while it suits us and we don't have to leave our affluent middle-class comfort zone.

That's pretty much my impression of teenage "anarchists". Some teenagers are anarchic, in that they have no respect for law and order and feel that they can do whatyever they want, but that's not the same as anarchy. Sadly they don't seem to understand that their repeated petty (or not-so-petty) thefts and other crimes wouldn't get them a fine or community service in an anarchist society, they would instead probably get lynched and killed. Oh well- most of them seem to grow out of it.

Perhaps we could learn a lesson from the Amish? Give your kids proper discipline until they are just about old enough to learn for themselves about responsibility and the consequences of their actions, then take them completely off the leash and let them do absolutely whatever they want for a while.

Sorry- end of rant.

Well it's basically a fascination with independence and rebellion, anarchy is often associated with such things since it's about not having a central government at all, burning the establishment if you will... Of course the kids like it because of the rebellion bit, however most of them have no idea what it means, my mum works in youth arts, they recently started a new campaign of youth arts using the name youth anarchist arts, also falling in well with their yava name, the whole thing identifies well with them because of the anarchy aspect but the leaders are there to facilitate, not control, the kids have creative control of the projects start to finish, it works out nicely... That's anarchy on a small scale, like think of it as no teacher in a class and we all learn on our on terms, but then there wouldn't be a class, a school... In the real world anarchy can't work, it's too idyllic, however I personally feel that to some extent the ideals of anarchy should be brought in to the everyday, to help keep the government from having control over everything, a government should never be more powerful than the sum total of it's people in my opinion...

Why must people use "what the deuce?" all the time? It's really quite irritating, for me at least.

Adults do a lot of anarchic things as well....

When were good just close your eyes, so when we're bad we'll scar your minds.

That is an unfair generalization. Teenagers are very maligned, IMHO.

In a word: independence After having lived under the Supreme rule of parents for 12-18 years or longer, it is a natural reaction that all rule is wrong; sort of a sling shot effect of being, as they would see it, held back for so long.