Talk:Fred Woodworth

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[edit] individualist anarchism

This is the second time I removed this from the article because no one has been able to source it: "Woodworth, in the tradition of several 19th century American individualist anarchists, supports private property in the form of possession, opposes profit in economic relations and opposes ownership rights to raw land.^{[citation needed]} Consequently, he opposes both leninist communism and capitalism - similar to such individualist anarchists as Joe Peacott and Larry Gambone, and British individualist anarchist and cartoonist Donald Rooum, and past individualist anarchists such as Benjamin Tucker, Josiah Warren and Ezra Heywood.^{[citation needed]}"

Note that one can't conclude anything about an "individualist anarchist" other than he opposes state and collective control over the individual. So, any claims about his economic ideas need to be cited. By the way, "supports private property in the form of possession" is meaningless. Either he supports private property or not. "Possession" is not private property. Tucker supported "possession" for land (and I think homes too), and private property for other products of labor. There are individualist anarchists who disagree with the "possession" thing. "Individualist anarchism" can apply to a wide range of beliefs.Anarcho-capitalism 06:40, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I can't even find a source saying he's an individualist. Let's get that first of all. I've requested a source for that.Anarcho-capitalism 02:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)