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In reply to the discussion: I am an Anarchist. Not a "Libertarian" or a "Galtist" but an Anarchist. [View all]renie408
(9,854 posts)Can you figure out how everyone can be self-governing (autonomic) AND have any kind of structure? I guess they could have some kind of self-imposed schedule that could be construed as structure, but the minute you have more than one person in the room, you are going to have some kind of social structure. That is what we are. Social animals. As soon as you have social structure, governance is not far behind. SOMEBODY always winds up leading and SOMEBODY always winds up following. Even situations where all members of the group are apparent equals, someone winds up leading. Maybe not all the time in all situations, but even if the group says, "John is the best tracker, so he is responsible for finding our meals and Suzie is the best tactician, so she will coordinate our defense..."etc, that is a form of a small group self-governing and selecting different leaders for different tasks. And THEN you have the subversive leader. The person who leads from behind, who manipulates the people and situations to achieve whatever end they have envisioned.
Face it, humans are not designed for anarchy. There is a REASON society and civilization have evolved the way they have. And the more of us there are, the more governance and structure we need. You cannot cram 7 billion people on this planet in a free form, every man for himself, we each get to make all our own decisions way and have it work.