| | Anarchists generally oppose what [[Noam Chomsky]] has termed "illegitimate authority": stopping a child from running into a busy street would be an act of legitimate authority. The government and other coercive entities are considered illegitimate. | | Anarchists generally oppose what [[Noam Chomsky]] has termed "illegitimate authority": stopping a child from running into a busy street would be an act of legitimate authority. The government and other coercive entities are considered illegitimate. |
| − | Although Anarchism is considered in some instances to be right-wing, due to it effectively being the opposite of left-wing ideals such as totalitarian government and government expansion, it should be noted that there were several anarchists who were explicitly left-wing in their outlook, including Chomsky as noted above, as well as [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], [[Michel Foucault]], [[Bill Ayers]], as well as [[Sacco and Vanzetti]]. | + | Although Anarchism is considered in some instances to be right-wing, due to it effectively being the opposite of left-wing ideals such as totalitarian government and government expansion, it should be noted that there were several anarchists who were explicitly left-wing in their outlook, including Chomsky as noted above, as well as [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], [[Michel Foucault]], [[Bill Ayers]], as well as [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] and various people belonging to the [[New Left]]. |