I describe myself as a libertarian, but deep down, I’m an anarchist. I am a real anarchist because I don’t destroy any property, love capitalism and freedom, and cannot stand left or right.
You cannot be a socialist or communist and be an anarchist. Socialism and communism are all about giving total control to authority. Anarchy is a lack of authority.
So I laughed pretty hard when I saw a cafe in Toronto called The Anarchist, which described itself as anti-capitalist among other principles or the far-left.
1. If you’re a truly anarchist establishment, then you won’t take any side.
2. Anti-capitalist? Then you wouldn’t make anyone pay for anything in your shop.
I say “described” because The Anarchist closed up shop after one year.
A typical leftist, owner Gabriel Sims-Fewer blamed everyone but himself:
It’s been an amazing experience, connecting with so many great community members, sparking desperately needed debate, raising the blood pressure of Conservatives (that includes you, “anarcho-capitalists” and “Libertarians”), fulfilling the dream of most service workers by not having to tolerate the presence of professional class-traitors (pigs and military), and experimenting with living and working in ways that don’t enthusiastically embrace the pure misanthropy of Capitalism. Unfortunately, the lack of generational wealth/seed capital from ethically bankrupt sources left me unable to weather the quiet winter season, or to grow in the ways needed to be sustainable longer-term.
No, you went out of business because you’re a fraud. Also, we libertarians are way closer to anarchism than you far-leftists.
The dude claimed his shop was anti-capitalist because he had “pay as you can” coffee but also sold more expensive drinks.
Whether you like it or not, you had a business, and the only way to survive is to make a profit. Therefore, you are not anti-capitalist. You made people pay for your services and products, even the “pay as you can” coffee drinks.
I mean…what?! How did I ever belong to this side of the spectrum?
The Anarchist also had a shop with books and merchandise. Unless Gabriel gave the items out for free, he didn’t operate an anti-capitalist and anarchist shop!
HINT: You’re not an anarchist if you enjoy books and merchandise with “topics of interest to the radical left.”
GoDaddy powers the website. Gabriel had to pay for the website, thus participating in capitalism.
Plus, how did Gabriel expect to survive running a coffee shop by not serving the police? He also didn’t open his shop up to the military.
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