• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      Some definitions, sure. Not all of them. Not lawlessness and chaos, which is how it’s normally portrayed in the media. Ordered liberty without hierarchy is what it is.

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          anarchism 1: a political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and groups 2: the advocacy or practice of anarchistic principles

          https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anarchism

          Not sure why you’re so obsessed with the dictionary. Is it some kind of kink or something? x

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            1 month ago

            Your definition doesn’t sound like something with lots of rules…

            Not sure why you’re so obsessed with the dictionary.

            You mean the thing that establishes a common understanding of the meaning of words? Seems pretty important to me 🤷

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              Arguing based on dictionary definitions is like, a meme. It’s like those facebook memes with the horribly written maths problems. The dictionary definition of a word will never capture the full nuanced meaning of the term. Arguing about it is pure pedantry.

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                1 month ago

                You’re correct. The encyclopedia would be the wrong resource for this type of discussion.