Marxist/Anarchist/Communist? Who the fuck puts anarchist between marxist and communist...you people are insane.
Apologies for the confusion. I'm using anarchism as a synonym for "libertarian socialism". The association of the word "anarchist" with "anarcho-capitalist" or "ultra anti-state private property libertarian" tends to only be found in the United States. That association is much more the exception than the rule in Europe or Australia. Anarcho-capitalism is an option if you want to select that one.
BTW for those who want to know why I put 'centrist' and 'moderate' as two different categories: Centrists tend to favour compromise and common ground between opposing political positions. It's all about the golden mean. Moderates think that, while some issues call for compromise, there are other many issues where the left is right and the right is wrong, and vice versa.
Lumping Conservatives with anarcho-capitalists also don't make much sense. See, it was Conservatives who banned drugs, went to war with Iraq... I could go on. Statists vs. Anarchists is that actual distinction.
That's a good point. The reason I clustered 'conservative' with 'libertarian' and its more anti-state varieties is because these ideologies all share a strong emphasis on individualism. Most forms of conservatism emphasize a commitment to free markets, private property and little to no wealth redistribution. As you will probably know, the Old Right was fairly anti-interventionist too. It's the reason why you see most libertarian-leaning politicians like Ron Paul, etc. joining the Republican Party rather than the Democrats (Ron Wyden being an exception).
Anarchist communism, which is how I describe my politics, is very different from an-cap. Both would abolish of the state. An-comm advocates common ownership of the means of production and removing all forms of hierarchy, including economic inequality. An-cap advocates private ownership of the means of production, draws its justification from the NAP and contracts, and does not intend to deal with economic inequality. So I say the groupings are valid. I agree with Marxists on the preferred end condition but not on the method of getting there.
