Misconception: Anarchism opposes property. (Or private property, or capitalism.)

No; by definition, anyone who considers the State to be an unnecessary evil is an anarchist. Anarchists can be communist, capitalist, mutualist, or geoist, or whatever regarding property.

There are some anarchists who insist that their particular school is the "one true" anarchism, just as there are sectarian Christians who insist that their denomination is the only "true" Christianity.

  • "Property is robbery."
  • "Property is liberty."
  • "Property is impossible."
All three assertions were made by Pierre Proudhon, "father" of anarchism, who thrived on "contradiction."

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