[Despanan]

Anyone notice how I brought, you know examples to explain my reasoning, and Jillian responded by getting all butthurt and throwing theory and blind assertions at me?

I noticed.

also:

Originally Posted by Alan

The argument that I oversimplify things by arguing against 'representation' gets trumped by the simple fact that I mentioned how anarcho-syndicalism DOES need delegates, i.e. representatives of a specific collective/union.

Yeah, mentioning the word "delegates" offhand to someone else TOTALLY trumps the argument that you oversimplify things. Hats off to you sir.

Challenging your own political beliefs is not a red herring when I first argued for anarchism and against your opinions on it, which was the first thing you quoted about me.

Wrong again, read the thread, my post was poking holes in your idiotic, (and kinda racist) equivocation between slave owners and capitalists. You were responding to Kontan. You need to stop responding to legitimate complaints about your reasoning by personally attacking your critics and trying to somehow "prove" them hypocrites. That doesn't make you right, it just makes you an asshole. When I throw out personal attacks, queermo, I at least bother to address the position, and that makes me an asshole who's right.

Regarding your own political opinions, we still get the arbitrary, non-anarchist, traditional form of representative democracy (seriously, why THAT form of representational democracy that offers undeserved power to the few?) and the idea that a "mixed economy" is the "best" possible economy simply because it's a mix of two economic philosophies that are not compatible, nor are they the only existent ones.

I would say that the power granted by the people, to certain people is not undeserved, nor are capitalism and socialism incompatible. Most of the world currently runs on one form of a mixed economy or another, and officials are still elected so what the fuck?