By Alex P. Laslow

Definitions:

1.) Democrat: one who is a lot like a Republican.
2.) Republican: one who is a lot like a Democrat.
3.) Anarchist: one who is fed up with #1 and #2.

Why does the word “anarchy” offend most Americans? Maybe it’s because this word has suffered the same fate as, say, the word “communism.”

In school, we’ve been taught that communism is bad, it’s backwards, and that we’re forwards. Although, if you really look at what communism is about, it’s actually just a system that tries to govern a mass of people. Much like the “democratic” system we have. Anarchy is one of these “bad words” that we’ve been forced to accept.

If I were to walk very quietly down the street, wearing a pin on my coat that said something like “Anarchy is the way!” a person would probably walk up to me and call me “pinko commie”, which has nothing to do with anarchy. Anarchy is not communism. If you’re not a greedy capitalist or a blindly patriotic citizen, then you’re called a “liberal nut” which in American thinking closely borders “commie.”

Let’s talk democratically for a second. I like the Duke, but George ain’t all that bad, and hell, no-one’s interested in hearing about the issues during the debates; it’s a helluva lot more fun to listen to ‘em call each other names!

Yep. Forget all this beating around the bush (excuse the pun); I don’t think the majority of America (the passive majority) is quite ready for the real thing. The majority needs lots of good ‘ol structure, and dull leaders to tell them what to think. Leaders that will help preserve our subtly militaristic rule over this great land.

My question is, where can I go if I want to be an anarchist? It can’t be in America. There seems to be an unwritten amendment in our constitution: Freedom shall mean freedom only by the definition of the government.

So much for liberty.