even as an anarchist, the word "anarchy" nearly always brings up bad feelings thanks to social conditioning
anarchy is always shown as rioting, looting, everything violent under the sun. it's nearly always equated in mainstream media with the means anarchists use to peel back capitalism, rather than what anarchy actually is
capitalism and hierarchy sure have conditioned us extensively to believe that we require both to survive. but if they didn't, we'd have realised en masse that there are better options by now. conditioning us to believe they're the only option, is the only way they remain in place.
it'd be nice if different ideologies were actually talked about thoroughly in school. or if teachers at least taught us about how capitalism works.
even fascism is rarely talked about except in specific contexts. learning about "what not to do" is often very helpful, but we only know fascism as "hey there were nazis in that one war" which is really dangerous considering...what is happening now.
@ctrlaltdog Teachers walk a slippery slope when talking about things like this. Some parents are adamant that we teach nothing that could interfere with what their version of reality is.
I worked in a very "conservative" school when you-know-who was elected. It was understood that we didn't talk about it being a bad thing because it was unpatriotic. Because we are under contract, we have to toe the line or else they can make our lives miserable. I left as soon as my contract was up.
