There is a whole debate within anarchism whether to use the term democracy or not. People on both sides of this semantical debate will have identical utopias but call them differently. Zoe Baker has a video essay about that on YouTube.
I like the term Direct Democracy since it shows my disagreement with parliamentary democracy while still using a term that's regarded as positive. "Our democracy isn't direct enough" will resonate with more people than "Democracy bad, anarchy good".
I didn't intend to start the discussion here. You are on lemmy.world. maybe filter "local" and you will see.
Important for this discussion is that the moderators reacted to the criticism and acted upon it.
That's why it's important to keep the rules non coercive
I'm not sure what makes you think of (right wing) libertarians. I specified the absence of authority. Libertarians are fond of the idea of voluntary contracts – or let's rather call it voluntary authority – which in effect is never voluntary. You can choose for whom to work but there is a ruling class you have to work for. All you can do is choose your oppressor.
Free association among equals on the other hand is a very common idea among (left/socialist) anarchists and I think very early on. You can choose and leave the community you belong to.
Guess what: She's old now...
An argument that goes back to Hobbes (which doesn't make it right)
That's a very surface level reading of the golden rule...
The golden rule or something
Is there a cure for homophobia? I was told education helps but has not guarantee
Cat dicks in this brothers bum
It means whatever you want it to mean and there is no punitive regime to punish you if you don't even follow your interpretation...yet
Well, there is a whole anti intellectual movement within anarchism which stems at least in part from a critique of intellectuals as an elite. That said, there are elitist Marxist and even ML uni professors, but also anarchist ones. I wouldn't draw the line there.