A second misconception about anarchy come from a small percentage of the population (the so-called “educated” ones) who have done some research on the historical and current Anarchist movement and have some understanding of what anarchists propose. They usually dismiss anarchists as dreamers in search of Utopia – that once government and capitalism are abolished everyone will automatically want to live in peace and harmony. Hardly...

What you have to try and understand about anarchism is that it is a process to try and maximize liberty and equality (and arguably a difficult one), and not some kind of Utopian destination. Most people in a democratic society – certainly within Canada – wish to have a good balance of individual liberty and social equality. However, I would argue that representative democracy as opposed to direct participatory democracy is a bastardization of the word and concepts of “democracy.” More importantly, the tenets of democracy and State Capitalism/Corporatism are in direct conflict with each other.

Anarchists hold that political and economic hierarchical institutions reduce both potential liberty and social equality. Many people have ideas for improving these within the current hierarchical structures. Anarchists feel that by transforming authoritative hierarchies into self-management in every aspect of life, liberty and equality will dramatically increase for the vast majority of members who under the current system are receiving the least.
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