By far the most challenging aspect of political theory for me has been Emma Goldman’s concept of anarchism. To be honest I still cannot really describe what she stands for. I know that she thinks that the current system is broken and she doesn’t really know how to fix it. She talks about the evils and coercion that exist in all government but I still have yet to comprehend what she really wants to see happen. That is a concept that I still struggle with in political theory. I think this concept is difficult to grasp because she is proposing an idea that I knew little about and the little information I thought I knew was completely false. I thought anarchism meant that you must be a violent, hated filled, ignorant person who simply wanted violent revolution and chaos. So to go from that knowledge and be told that anarchism is really about living without the limitations in government in a world where you can do whatever you want was hard to wrap my head around. The easiest concept we have covered so far has been the shift from high school writing styles to college writing styles. I understand how now I cannot assume my audience is stupid and that they trust everything I say. I must assume they know at least as much as I do and that they don’t trust a word I say, meaning I have to cite absolutely everything. “Not using citations is like walking outside without pants on” (Morgan, 11/16/11)
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