Anarcho-syndicalists

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

            mikebailey:
            But that is representative government!
            Unless you institute a consensus parliamentary
            procedure requiring unanimity at all levels, 
            you are going to be stuck with tyranny of the majority, 
            enforcement of unpopular decisions and its consequent
            hierarchy, representatives who don't represent 
            all their constituents (and, really, how could they?) 
            and all the other apparatus of government 
            that anarchy was created to dispel.

Somehow this is reminding me of a Firesign routine from
"Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers":

". . . .How much is this worth! What do I hear?"
"Why, this is metaphysically absurd! How can I know what you hear?"
"Yeah, fuck you!!!"
"I heard that!"

I think the real point has to do with the degree of democratic influence
each individual person could have access to and the good that could 
come from decentralizing government power and influence. As far as 
I can tell, anarchism is really about spreading governemental power 
around more equally and is very much in keeping with the intentions 
on many of our country's founding fathers. I am interested in Anarchism, 
have had many encounters and involvements with people calling 
themselves Anarchists (including my first wife), worked (very happily) 
within self-described anarchist organizations (yeah, I know---that's 
the ultimate oxymoron) but cannot honestly call myself an anarchist. 
And, yeah, Anarchism's a bit in coo-koo-cloudland, but I've always 
enjoyed my stays in their aeries. In any case, Anarchism's all over AtD.