A Nihilist is someone who, according to The Big Lebowski, is an individual who cares about nothing. A Nihilist would argue that, "life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value" (thank you Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism).
Anarchy is usually defined as objection to any form of government. An Anarchist would be an individual employing physical force as the statement of objection.
I have a different idea of what constitutes Anarchy and Nihilism.
Nihilism is the lack of concern about the consequence of the act. As there is no meaning, purpose, or value, then nothing has a point to it except the immediacy of the current act. Their exists no constraint within the Nihilist.
Anarchy is the objection to all methods of control, most specifically in regard to the imposition upon the individual by another, or group. This would include government, but it would also include things like clothing, peer pressure, medicine, food and, most certainly, the use of violence. As noted in the previous post, an act of violence is the imposition of will of one against another unwilling/unknowing individual.
I consider most anarchists to be nihilists. Look up 'black bloc anarchists" on YouTube and you'll get more hits than their guidelines seem to allow for. Most Anarchists that make it on film are not concerned beyond their immediate actions, they are acting without constraint.
An Anarchist understands violence is just another method of control, and would therefore not employ it for any reason. This is the point where a discussion on the difference between the ideology of Pacifism and Non-Violence becomes necessary, but that will be the purpose of the next post.
"The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out." ~Chinese Proverb from http://www.quotegarden.com/violence.html.
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