anarchists

Are Hacker News readers left leaning in general, or just is it just a handful of loud anarchists?

Many people don't accept the authority or legitimacy of those who would demand a pledge (religious, anarchists).

People make fun of libertarians for things that sovereigns and anarchists say, because hey, why not?

I mean, I don't think Zerzan is that influential even among anarchists.

But it makes for a pretty weird threat model, trying to protect your customers from high-tech murderers, anarchists, and three-letter-government agencies.

Complaining about anarchists focusing on social justice is like complaining about water being wet.

Ask me how I feel about the anarchists of Oakland who smashed up my neighborhood on May Day.

And four anarchists were martyred by the state via hanging.

Most people, except for some libertarian anarchists, agree that this is the proper role of government, that it should have a monopoly on force for that reason.

I'm not a libertarian, but I don't think libertarians are quite anarchists.

Are you complaining that the anarchists seem extreme?

This is like the anarchists cookbook of trolling.

This is not what the modern definition of "Anarchists" means at all.

Most self-proclaimed "Anarchists" I come across are actually something like Marxists, nonsensically railing against evil capitalist oppressors, without wanting to even discuss what capitalism means.

I'm an anarcho-capitalist, basically, which is quite different than the typical leftist "anarchists".

Since when do anarchists care about "tradition"?

Anarchists tried that crap in the 19th century and it failed terribly (and I'm an anarchist today).

Anarchists have murdered dozens of policemen, dozens of bosses, an American president and dozens of elected officials, and dozens of people for what they said all over the world.